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that, in accordance with Mr. Stevenson's expressed desire, its publication 

 will be undertaken in due course by Mr. Thomas Southwell, of Norwich. 

 But we shall miss the master-hand of the author, and cannot but deplore the 

 fact that he has not lived to complete what he so admirably commenced. 



The British Association. — As announced in our last number, the 58th 

 annual meeting of this Association will be held this year at Bath, and will 

 commence on Wednesday, Sept. 5th, the President elect being Sir Frederick 

 J. Bramwell, D.C.L., F.R.S., M.Inst.C.E. Amongst the Vice-Presidents 

 are the Earl of Cork and Orrery, K.P., Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, the 

 Marquis of Bath, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Bishop of Clifton, the 

 Mayors of Bath and Bristol, Sir Frederick Abel, the Archdeacon of Bath, the 

 Rev. Leonard Blomefield, Prof. Michael Foster, Mr. W. S. Gore Langton, 

 J. P., Mr. Skrine, J.P., Mr. Wodehouse, M.P., Col. Laurie, M.P., and Mr. 

 Jerome Murch, J. P. The General Treasurer is Prof. Williamson, the Local 

 Treasurers for Bath being Messrs. Hammond, Murch, and Stone. The 

 General Secretaries are Capt. Sir Douglas Galton, and Mr. A. G. Vernon 

 Harcourt ; Secretary, Mr. Arthur Aitchison ; and Local Secretaries for 

 Bath, Messrs. Pumphrey, Stothert, and Watts. In Section D., Biology, 

 the President is Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, C.M.G., M.A., F.R.S. ; Vice- 

 Presidents, Prof. Schafer and Dr. P. L. Sclater; Secretaries, Messrs. C. 

 Bailey, F. E. Beddard, S. F. Harmer, Walter Heape (Recorder), and Prof. 

 H. Marshall Ward. The President of the Biological Section this year 

 being a botanist, we cannot expect to hear of many zoological papers being 

 read in that section, but any that may appear of interest to our readers 

 will be brought to their notice in our next number. 



MAMMALIA. 



Bank Vole in Sussex. — May I add, in addition to other records, that 

 the Bank Vole occurs in this part of West Sussex, but, owing to its shy 

 and retiring habits and its rapid movements, often escapes notice ? Some 

 years ago (perhaps twenty), in clearing a large heap of garden rubbish, 

 several Bank Voles were disturbed, and I captured three or four, but failed 

 to keep them alive iu confinement. I have only occasionally observedjthem 

 since, but last summer (1887) a pair took up their quarters in an old fern- 

 covered oak-stem just opposite my dining-room window. They seemed very 

 shy in broad daylight, and, as a rule, only showed themselves when scuttling 

 from one point to another. — William Jeffery (Ratham, near Chichester). 



Bottle-nosed Dolphin in the Solway Firth.— On October 20th last, 

 when walking with a companion along Mersehead Sands, parish of Kirkbean, 

 Kirkcudbrightshire, we came upou a large Dolphin lying at high-water 

 mark. The carcase was smelling strongly ; the Gulls had got through the 

 thick and tough hide, and were tearing out the viscera. Not having a 

 knife with me strong enough to detach the head, nor any convenience for 



