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original parent or the second generation. In describing the Antheridia of 
the Rhodosperms the writer acknowledged that although he had seen them 
he had failed in either tracing their action himself, or in finding in any text- 
book a definite account of how fertilization was effected by their means. 
“The pseudo analogy between the true spores and the tetraspores of 
Rhodosperms and the Micro- and Macro-spores of Selaginella and Tsoetes 
was alluded to, and the probable true analogy between the tetraspore and 
the primary four-fold aggregation of the macrospore in Isoetes, and the 
development of the spores in mosses was pointed out, and it was asserted 
that from specimens in the writer’s possession the primary four-fold division 
of the cell, which forms the tetraspore Callithamnion, could be shown. 
“Tn speaking of Ulva it was shown that from his own observation the 
writer had come to the conclusion (which he had since found published by 
Professor Thiselton Dyer, in Art. ‘ Biology,’ Enc. Brit.) that the frond of 
Ulva must be considerod as an aggregate of simple forms of Alge, having 
a true analogue in Volvox globator.” 
At the February meeting a gentleman wishes to put the “ world 
arights” with a paper “On the Destruction of many Birds through 
the Ignorance of Gamekeepers and Gardeners.” Would it not be 
well for him to get some clause on the subject inserted into the 
next Education Act? 
Our valued correspondent, Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., next appears 
with an able lecture entitled “The Rambles of a Naturalist in 
Egypt,” of which the President gives the following summary :— 
“Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., gave a lecture, entitled ‘The Rambles of a 
Naturalist in Egypt,’ which was almost entirely confined to the Ornithology 
of the country, which he said was remarkable for the number of aquatic 
birds that made the Nile their home, and that to observe their nidification 
was the principal object of his visit last year: he stated that the number of 
birds identified by him was 223, a number far exceeding that observed in 
Algeria. He then stated the number of game birds shot by himself and 
friends, consisting of snipe, quail, two species of sand grouse, and ducks 
(but for these latter they were too late to kill many), showing that there 
was plenty of temptation for the sportsman as well as the naturalist, and 
that the snipe-shooting of the Delta was equal if not superior to the best 
in India. In some of the lakes the coots were in such abundance that on 
the water he mistook them for an island, and when they rose they looked 
like the smoke out of the funnel of a steamboat. Flamingos, also, were in 
prodigious numbers. After mentioning the names of those naturalists who 
had written on Egypt, he informed us that he hoped ere long to add a work 
of his own to those already published. 
