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of plants exhibited was 4,450, and the greater part of these were 
named by the collectors. 
A series of 36 Lectures in Nature Study, to Scholars from 
the City Elementary Schools, by the Curator of the Museum, 
was commenced on Monday, April 20th, to boys, and to girls on 
Thursday, April 23rd, 1914. The subjects approved by His 
Majesty’s Inspector of Schools per the Director of Education 
are :— 
(1) The Grouse, Pheasant and Partridge. 
(2) The Common Mole and some of its allies. 
(3) The formation and composition of Chalk and Limestone. 
(4) Some fresh-water Fishes. 
(5) The Young of some Mammals and Birds. 
(6) Some simple examples illustrating the inter-dependence ~ 
of Plants and Animals. 
The Lectures are illustrated with specimens in the Museum, 
chalk diagrams, and photographs where necessary. The average 
number of Scholars attending each lesson is 45, and the total 
number of attendances for the 18 weeks is 1,710. Exercises 
in composition upon the lessons are written by the pupils. 
ADDITIONS TO THE SOCIETY’S MUSEUM. 
Mr. J. C. Berron—Orange-tip Butterfly, Male, Gresford Woods. 
Mr. Ciirrorp Burton—Common Bream, Pettypool, Cheshire. Weight, 3 lb. 
3 ozs. 
Mr. S. G. Cummincs—Mountain everlasting (Antennaria dioica), Red Wharf 
Bay, Anglesea. 
Curator—Five species of Hemiptera, one new to Cheshire, all rare in Britain; 
3 Hymenoptera; 2 Lipidoptera, Cheshire and North Wales; Sead or 
Horse Mackerel (Caranz trachurus), Dee, Connah’s Quay. 
Tue Execurors or tae Late Mrs. EB. Hopxrson, per Mr. T. Hucues—23 Fossils 
from the upper Oolite beds at Solenhofen, Bavaria. This Collection, 
which contains examples of the earliest known bird (the 
Archcopteryx), has been accepted for teaching purposes exclusively, 
and not for exhibition. 
Dr. Hersert Dosre—27 Species Lepidoptera from Chester Electric Lights. 
Mr. E. Purnew Jones—Viper, Bickerton, Cheshire. 
