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1901-1902) extends well over 500 pages, more than half of which 

 are concerned with a memoir on Pleuronectes by Messrs. Cole 

 and Johnstone, and one on Cliondrus h\ Mr. O. V. Darbyshire. 



The issue of these memoirs (Xos. VIII. and IX. of the 

 series) is a feature peculiar to the Liverpool Biological Society, 

 and is altogether admirable. Already teachers and students 

 have found them of great value, and those included in the 

 present volume more than sustain the high standard attained in 

 former years. 



Another feature always looked forward to with great interest 

 is the ' Annual Report of the Liverpool Marine Biology Com- 



Slab of Sandstone probably from Storeton. 



mittee and their Biological Station at Port Erin,' by Professor 

 Herdman. In this he gives a resume of the work done by 

 members of the L.M.B.C. in the Irish Sea, at the Port Erin 

 and Piel Laboratories. The work at Port Erin has outgrown 

 the accommodation of the old station, and. the past year has 

 been marked by the opening of new buildings, which include an 

 aquarium, laboratories, and a fish hatchery. The volume in- 

 cludes a simply-worded guide to the biological station, which 

 will doubtless prove of great interest to workers and visitors to 

 Port Erin. 



Naturalist, 



