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W. Whitear's Catalogue of the Birds of Norfolk and Suffolk was^ 

 continued. 



Mai/ 3. — Professor F. A. Bonelli, and Mons. C S. Kunth, were 

 elected to fill the two vacancies in the List of Foreign Members 

 of the Society ; and the reading of the Catalogue of Norfolk and 

 Suffolk Birds was concluded. Annexed to this catalogue was 

 a table of the times of migration of various Birds, as observed at 

 several places in the above counties during a series of years. 



Mat/ 24. — The Anniversary Meeting of the Society was held 

 this day, at one o'clock, Sir J. E. Smith, President, in the Chair : 

 when the following members were chosen Officers and Council 

 for the ensuing year. President, — Sir J. E. Smith, Knt. M. D. 

 F.R.S. Fice - Presidents, — Samuel, Lord Bishop of Carlisle, 

 L.L.D. V.P. R.S. ; A. B. Lambert, Esq. F.R.S. ; W. G. Maton, 

 M.D. F.R.S.; Edward, Lord Stanley, M.P. F.H.S. Secretary,— 

 J. E. Bicheno, Esq. Assistant Secretary, — Richard Taylor, Esq. 

 M.A.S. Treasurer, — Edward Forster, Esq. F.R.S. Council, — 

 Edward Barnard, Esq. F.H.S. ; Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. ; 

 If. T. Colebrooke, Esq. F.R.S. ; Edward Home, Esq. ; Charles 

 Konig, Esq. F.R.S.; Daniel Moore, Esq. F.R.S.; Rev. T. Rackett, 

 M.A. F.R.S ; and J. F. Stephens, Esq. 



The Society afterwards dined at the Freemasons' Tavern, where 

 the presence of Sir J. E. Smith in improved health added much 

 io the enjoyment of the day. Addresses on subjects interesting 

 to the cultivators of Natural History were delivered by various 

 members, and other men of science : amongst others, by the vener- 

 able Bishop of Carlisle, Lord Stanley, the Rev. Dr. Fleming, and 

 the respective Presidents of the Horticultural and Geological 

 Sorieties. Numerous expressions of respect and cordial esteem 

 were called forth towards the late Secretary of the Society, 

 Alexander MacLeay, Esq. F.R.S., on the occasion of his quitting 

 this country for a time, to occupy the important station of Colonial 

 Secretary in New South Wales. 



June 7. — Lieutenant J. H. Davies and C. Willcox, Esq. com- 

 municated an account of the species of Mytilus from Bombay, 

 naturalized in Portsmouth Harbour, which the latter gentleman 

 has already noticed in this Journal.* A paper was also read, 

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