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The Eev. J. Hannington exhibited varieties of birds' eggs. 



On behalf of his brother, Colonel Hannington, the Eev. J. 

 Hannington stated that the house and grounds of the former, 

 at Hurstpierpoint, would be thrown open on Saturday to 

 Members of the Society taking part in the Society's field 

 excursion on that day. 



October, 26th, 1876. 

 MICEOSCOPICAL MEETING. 

 Mr. G. D. Sawyer, the President, showed, under the micro- 

 scope, spinnerettes of spider, vegetable stellar tissue, spicules of 

 gorgonia — section of skin from leg of an ox, a house fly — palate 

 of a trocJms, &c. 



Mr. E. Glaisyer selected diatoms and other fine specimens. 



Mr. Glaisyer, in the absence of the Hon. Secretaries, read 

 an invitation to the Members from Mr. Henry Lee, F.L.S., Con- 

 sulting Naturalist to the Brighton Aquarium, and the President 

 of the Croydon Microscopical Society, to their annual soiree, on 

 the 29th November. Mr. Lee had, the Chairman said, been a 

 very kind and obliging Member of the Society, and he hoped that, 

 consequently, many Members would regard it as a duty to respond 

 to his invitation. He would take with him a microscope and show 

 some interesting specimens. 



With reference to their next regular meeting, he remarked 

 that it happened to be fixed for the evening of the 9th of Novem- 

 ber — the night on which the next Mayor's inaugural banquet 

 would take place — and as the Mayor-Elect (Mr. Alderman Lamb) 

 had been kind enough to invite some of the Members of the 

 Society to be present on the occasion, he would suggest that the 

 regular meeting should be postponed for a week — till the 16th 

 November. 



It was unanimously agreed to act upon the suggestion. 



