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and was entitled ‘‘ Notes on some Marine Forms of Animal Life found in 
Llandudno Bay.’’ Mr. Thomas is related to a well known Chester family, and 
his lucid descriptions (which were illustrated with Lantern Slides and Diagrams) 
of Foraminifera, Noctiluca—the cause of the luminosity of the sea during the 
hot summer nights—-Sponges and their structure, Jellyfish and their develop- 
ment, Sea-anemones, and the Octopus, were greatly appreciated by the large 
audience present, which proved that the subject was an attractive and interest- 
ing one. 
The second Lecture, on February 18th, was delivered by Mr. G. A. Dunlop, 
Sub-Curator of the Warrington Museum, before an appreciative audience, the 
subject being ‘‘ Some Local Leaves from a Zoologists’ Note-book.’”’ In his 
opening remarks the lecturer emphasised the importance of keeping a Note- 
book for making records, which, he said, had been his own practice. The 
lecture embraced a series of notes of Mr. Dunlop’s personal observations in the 
field on some of the mammals, birds and insects of the Society’s district, and 
was illustrated by about 50 fine Lantern Slides from the lecturer’s own negatives. 
At the Meeting for ‘‘ Notes and Records of the Past Year,’’ held on April 
22nd, the Chairman (Dr. W. H. Dobie) read a letter he had received from 
Mr. R. W. Boden, of Saighton, which recorded his observing some apparently 
Wild Geese in the neighbourhood of Saighton. The Chairman said that judging 
from Mr. Boden’s description and the accompanying pencil sketches made by 
him, he (the Chairman) thought the birds observed were Canada Geese, which 
had probably flown over from Bolesworth, where they are kept in a semi- 
domesticated state. The neatly executed sketches were passed round to the 
audience for inspection. 
Mr. J. Arkle gave some interesting comparative dates for the last two 
years on the arrival of the Swallows. House Martins, Swifts, and other 
migrants, the result shewing only a slight variation of dates. He also contri-' 
buted notes on Snakes observed by him, the small Tortoise-shell Butterfly 
versus the Red Admiral Butterfly and exhibited specimens, the increasing 
numbers of the Chaffinch, ete. He also recorded the capture, at rest, of the 
Muslin Moth (Arctia mendica), May 18th, in Bumper’s Lane, new to the 
Chester district. 
Mr. 8. G. Cummings followed with some records of birds observed by him 
in North Wales and the locality of Chester, which included the following :— 
Bar-tailed Godwits, Turnstones, Whimbrel, Curlew-Sandpiper, Green Sand- 
piper, Grey Plover, Llandwrog, Carnarvonshire. Grey Wagtail, November 1st, 
1914, Upton Heath, Chester. Bramblings, near the Bache, Chester, October 19th, 
1914. Tree Pipit, on the waste ground of Cheshire Lines Railway Company, 
in Brook Lane, Chester, during the summer of 1914; mentioning finally a 
Greenfinch’s nest, which had been built in a tree in Upper Northgate Street, 
opposite the residence of Dr. Herbert Dobie, who discovered the site of the nest. 
Mr. Joseph Thompson gave some notes of his observing on 25th August a 
very large number of Swallows, estimated to be at least 3,000, hovering over 
Sealand Marsh, and finally settling on the Willows growing there, where they 
remained the night, and departed early next morning. He attributed the 
unusual quantity of these birds to their migration from France and Belgium 
since the outbreak of War, to peaceful England; and he minutely described 
their aerial flight before settling down for the night. Mr. Thompson gave also 
some observations on Linnets and their love-making, and the nesting of Black- 
birds, which he ventured to think would in time build their nests in the 
chimney stacks of houses, like the Home Starlings and Jackdaws. 
ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 
The following Notes were contributed by THr Curator (Mr. Alfred New- 
stead, F.E.S.) :— 
Cormorant in the Dee at the Fords, Chester, January 30th, 1914. Reported 
by Mr. J. T. Riches. 
