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Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Flower (Chairman), 

 Mr. D MoKRis (Secretary), Mr. Gakeutheks, Dr. Sclatek, Mr. Thiselton- 

 Dyek, Dr. Shakp, Mr. F. DuCane Godman, and Professor Newton, 

 appointed for the purpose of reporting on the present state of our know- 

 ledge of the Zoology and Botany of the West India Islands, and taking 

 steps to investigate ascertained deficiencies in the Fauna and Flora 93 



Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor E. Rat Lankestek, 

 Professor A. Milnes Marshall, Mr. A. Sedgwick, and Mr. G. H. Fowler 

 (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of investigating the Development of 

 the Oviduct and connected structures in certain fresh- water Teleostei 95 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. P. L. Sclater, Professor Rat 

 Lankester, Professor Cossae Eavaet, Professor M. Foster, Mr. A. 

 Sedgwick, Professor A. M. Marshall, and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secre- 

 tary), appointed for the purpose of arranging for the occupation of a Table 

 at the Zoological Station at Naples 95 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors E. A. ScH.iFEE and W. 

 A. Heedman and Mr. W. E. Hotle (Secretary), appointed to improve and 

 experiment with a Deep-sea Tow-net, for opening and closing under water . Ill 



Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Thiselton-Dyer (Secretary), 

 Mr. Caeeuthers, Mr. Ball, Professor Oliver, and Mr. Forbes, appointed 

 for the purpose of continuing the preparation of a Report on our present 

 knowledge of the Flora of China 112 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. Newton (Chairman), 

 Mr. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Professor M. Foster, and Mr. S. F. Harmee 

 (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of taking steps for the investigation 

 of the Natural History of the Friendly Islands, or other groups in the 

 Pacific, visited by H.M.S. ' Egeria ' 113 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Newton, Mr. John Cor- 

 deaux (Secretary), Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. R. M. Barrington, 

 Mr. W. E. Clarke, and the Rev. E. P. Knubley, appointed to make a digest 

 of the observations on Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightvessels, 

 which have been carried on during the past nine years by the Migrations 

 Committee of the British Association (with the consent of the Master and 

 Elder Brethren of the Trinity House and the Commissioners of Northern 

 and Irish Lights), and to report upon the same 114 



Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Foster, Professor 

 Bayley Balfour, jMr. Thiselton-Dter, Dr. Teimen, Professor Marshall 

 Ward, Mr. Carruthers, Professor Hartog, and Professor Bower (Secre- 

 tary), appointed for the purpose of taking steps for the establishment of a 

 Botanical Station at Peradeniya, Ceylon 114 



Seventeenth Report of the Committee, consisting: of Professors J. Prestwich, 

 AV. Bo YD Daweins, T. McK. Hughes, and T. G. Bonney, Dr. H. W. 

 Crosskey, and Messrs. C. E. De Rance, W. Pengelly, J. Plant, and 

 R. II. TiDDEMAN, appointed for the purpose of recording the Position, 

 Height above the Sea, Lithological Characters, Size, and Origin of the Erratic 

 Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, reporting other matters of interest 

 connected with the same, and taking measures for their preservation. 

 (Drawn up by Dr. Crosskey, Secretary) 115 



Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors Schapee (Chairman), 

 Michael Foster, and Lankester and Dr. W. D. Hallibueton (Secre- 

 tary), appointed for the purpose of investigating the Physiology of the 

 Lymphatic System ", 128 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. J. H. Gladstone (Chairman), 

 Professor Aemsteong (Secretary), Mr. Stephen Bouene, Miss Lydia 

 Beckee, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Dr. H. W. Crosskey, Sir Richard 



