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key map were subsequently framed and are now hanging in the old 
Lecture Room. 
. Mr. Henry Radcliffe showed some fossils from Surrey Chalk 
Flints. Mr. Hugh Findon brought up some rare Hawaiian Land 
shells, and Mr. Whiting sent a fine Belemnite (B. Owenit) from 
the Oxford Clay at Steeple Claydon, Buckingham, for exhibition. 
Mr. Goodchild, M.B.O.U., gave a demonstration on ‘‘ The 
Plumages of Ducks,” illustrated by specimens, and Mr. Hugh 
Findon also a gave a demonstration on Sinistrosity in Shells 
with the aid of specimens, black board, and lantern slides. 
Friday, November 8th. Sir Samuel Wilks, Bart., F.RS., 
President, in the chair. 
Miss N. Allcock exhibited horns and a skin of the Bush Buck 
from the veldt and the skins of two Bush Monkeys (Cercopithecus 
samango) from the bush of Griqualand East, and Mr. Findon spoke 
on a Shell of a deep sea oyster bored by a parasitic sponge 
(Clionella). 
Mr. Francis Baker brought thirty-two species of Fungi collected 
near Chingford, on the borders of Epping Forest, on Nov. 2nd. 
Mr. Henry Radcliffe, spoke on ‘‘The Flint Fossils of the 
Surrey Hills,” He had, he said, collected all his specimens from 
one hill quarry near Guildford. Many of his specimens, which were 
principally echinoderms, were exceedingly beautiful. The bed 
from which he had obtained them consisted entirely of flints from 
which the chalk had been denuded. 
Friday, December 13th. Mr. J. E. Palmer in the chair. 
A committee of four members was elected to assist the Secretary 
in the work of the Section and the outdoor meetings, viz., Mrs. 
Forbes, Mrs. Park, S. P. Allcock, and H. Pace. 
Mr. A. Jukes Allen exhibited a basket of Crocodiles’ Eggs 
from Gambia and the nest of a Tarantula spider from Jamaica. 
Three short papers were read by members :— 
Mrs. Park spoke on “ Plant Remains from the Carbon- 
iferous Period,” and exhibited many excellently preserved fossils. 
Miss Garlick read a paper on *‘ The Place of Ferns in Natural 
Classification,” illustrated by dried specimens and diagramatic 
slides, and Mr. Findon showed four cases of Helix nemoralis and 
explained the variation in that species and the formula used to 
describe the banding. 
On Saturday, July 6th, Mr. and Mrs. Montague Hopson invited 
those members who more regularly attend the Natural History 
meetings to their house to view their collection of British Butterflies 
and Moths. . 
