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PROCEEDINGS OF PROVINCIAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
The Transactions of the Eastbourne Natural History, Scientific and 
Literary Society (N.S., Vol. IV., Pt. III., 1909-10, 87 pp.), besides several 
short papers of general interest, contain a number dealing with the East- 
bourne area. Amongst these are ‘ The Older Pre-historic Races of Sussex,’ 
by W. J. Lewis Abbott; “the South Downs, by J. H. A. Jenner; Some 
Notes on the Eastbourne Flora,’’ by E. J. Bunnett; ‘Ground-nesting 
Birds,’ by E. J. Bedford ; and ‘Old Sussex Ironwork,’ by W. Ruskin 
Butterfield. 
The Transactions and Journal of Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire 
and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (N.S. Vol. XXI., 
1908-9) have recently been issued. The volume contains 346 closely- 
printed pages, which contain reports of the Society's meetings and excur- 
sions, as well as abstracts of the various papers read at the Society's 
meetings. These deal with natural history, historical, botanical, meteoro- 
logical and general subjects, by various well-known writers. The volume 
is a substantial record of a year’s work. 
The Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society (Vol. XI., Pt. L., 
1909-ro) are edited by Mr. J. H. Milton, and contain five important papers. 
The first is the Presidential Address of Mr. H. C. Beasley, in which he refers 
to the geological wo1sx accomplished by amateurs. here is an excellent 
address by Dr. J. W. Judd, on ‘ The Triumph of Evolution : a Retrospect 
of Fifty Years’; Mr. T. H. Cope has a paper ‘On the Recognition of 
an Agglomerate (Bala Volcanic Series)’; Mr. W. Hewitt describes an 
excavation in the Keuper Marl in Liverpool, and Mr. C. B. Travis describes 
some Borings and a Buried Pre-glacial Valley near Burscough. There is 
also the usual record of meetings, balance-sheet, etc. 
The South-Eastern Naturalist for 1910, being the Transactions of the 
South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies (Ixxvu. + 94 pp., 3/6 net. 
London: Elliott Stock) is an unusually interesting volume, and includes 
a record of the Guildford Congress. The ‘Museum Notes’ are illustrated 
by several blocks of pre-historic implements. The Presidential Address 
of Prof. E. A. Gardner deals with ‘ The Criteria of Artistic Progress.’ 
Mr. H. Bury describes ‘ The Relations of the River Wey to the Blackwater 
and the Arun’; Mr. E. A. Martin gives the “ Results of Dew-Pond In- 
vestigation’; Mr. J. G. N. Clift describes ‘The Pilgrim’s Way between 
Farnham and Albury’; Mr. W. Martin has a useful paper on ‘ The Inter- 
pretation of the Maps of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries’; Mr. O. H- 
Latter describes the Charterhouses at Godalming, and Mr. A. R. Horwood 
has a lengthy paper on ‘ The Extinction of Cryptogamic Plants.’ 
The Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society, 
Vol. XXIV. (1909-10): Liverpool, 360 pp. 21/-. 
This report contains the usual excellent record of a good year's bio- 
logical work. There is an abstract of Mr. R. Newstead’s Presidential 
Address, ‘Some Notes on the Natural History of Jamaica;’ Prof. W. A. 
Herdman contributes the Twenty-third Annual Report of the Liverpool 
Marine Biological Committee and their Biological Station at Port Erin, 
and Prof. Herdman, with Messrs. A. Scott and J. Johnstone, give their 
Report on the Investigations carried on during 1909, in connection with 
the Lancashire Sea-fisheries Laboratory at the University of Liverpool, 
and the Sea-Fish Hatchery at Piel, near Barrow. Under these headings 
is a review of an enormous amount of original work, of a quality far ex- 
ceeding what might be judged from the somewhat official nature of the 
titles. The reports also are illustrated by numerous sketches, etc., 
in the text, plates; diagrams, and maps. There is a series of illustrations 
of plankton, the development of the Plaice, etc. Amongst the papers 
mention might be made of ‘ Fish Hatching at Piel,’ by Mr. A. Scott ; 
‘Internal Parasites of Fishes from the Irish Sea,’ by Mr. J. Johnston, 
who also gives a Report on Measurements of Irish Sea Plaice ; “ The Flow 
of Water through the Irish Seas,’ by Dr. H. Bassett’ and ‘ Report on 
Temperature Observations,’ etc., by Mr. J. Johnstone. 
Naturalist, 
