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between 1871, and 1872, giving the locality of pond, 



the date of the visit, and the state of the weather at the time. 

 3/. 3s. for the second best ditto ; 21. 2s. for the thii'd ditto. Total, 

 lOZ. 10s. The papers on Microscopy must not in any instance exceed 

 in length two columns of ' The Times ' newspaper Parliamentary 

 Debates. Professional collectors and dealers are excluded from the 

 competition. The prizes are intended exclusively for those with 

 whom Natural History pursuits are solely the recreation of their 

 leisui'e after business hours. 



PEOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.* 



EoYAL Microscopical Society. 



King's College, Jawxary 3, 1872. 



W. Kitchen Parker, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



A list of donations to the Society was read, and a vote of thanks 

 given to the respective donors. 



The Secretary announced that among the donations there were two 

 volumes from the Lisbon Academy, the one containing a description 

 of terrestrial and fluviatile mollusks of the island of Madeira, with 

 papers of an anatomical nature, some descriptions of Crustacea, &c. ; 

 the contents of the other volume being purely medical. 



It was moved by Mr. Suffolk, and seconded by Mr. Shadbolt, 

 " That Messrs. James Hilton and Henry Perigal be requested to act 

 as auditors in the preparation of the accoimts of the Society to be 

 presented at the anniversary meeting." 



The Secretary read the proposed list of of&cers for the ensuing 

 year. 



A paper " On the Development of Fungi within the Thorax of 

 Living Birds," by Dr. James Murie, was read. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Murie. 



Ml-. Slack said he wished to call the attention of the Fellows to 

 one of the presents mentioned at the last meeting. He referred 

 to the box of slides of various lepidopterous scales sent by the 

 Chevalier H. de Cerbecq, which he had selected, as showing that 

 the beaded appearances on the scales resulted from positive forms of a 

 globular character, and not from any optical illusion. He (Mr. 

 Slack; had carefully examined the whole of these slides, and he 

 thought it might stimulate others to the same course if he stated what 



* Secretaries of Societies will greatly oblige us by writing their report legibly 

 — especially by printing the technical terms thus: H ydra — and by "underlining" 

 words, fcuch as specific names, which must be printed in italics. TJiey will thus 

 secure accuracy and enhance the value of their proceedings. — Ed. ' M. M. J.' 



