CONTENTS. xvii 



Section D. -ZOOLOGY. 

 , THURSDAY, SEPTE3I£ER 11. 



Page 

 Address by Professor G. B. Hoaves, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S,, President of the 



Section 618 



1. On Britiah Fisheries' Investigations and the International Scheme. By 

 Professor W. C. McIntosh, F.Pi.S 633 



2. "The International Investigation of the North Sea. By Walter Gae- 



STANG, M.A 611 



3. Certain Objections to tlie Proposed Scheme of International Invest io-a- 

 tions of the North Sea. By IJ. NoiiL Pato.v, M.D., B.Sc ?... 641 



4. The Scales of Fishes as an Index of Age. By J. Stuart Thomson 642 



5. Report on the Migration of Birds (p. 273) 642 



6. Report on the Occnpation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples 



(p. -'59) 642 



7. Report on Investigations made at the Marine Biological Laboratorv, Ply- 



mouth (p. 271) ■ ;.. 642 



8. Report on the ' Index Animalium ' (p. 283) 642 



9. Twelfth Report on the Zoology of the Sandwich Islands (p. 284) 642 



10. Third Report on the Coral Reefs of the Indian Region (p. 284) 643 



11. Report on Investigations in the Laboratory of the Marine Biolo"-ical 

 Association of the West of Scotland at Millport (p. 271) 643 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. ' 



1. *Account of his Recent Expedition to the Indian Ocean, includino- Work 



on the Pearl Oyster Banks of the Qiilf of Manaar. By Professor \V. 



A. Herdman, F.R.S.. 643 



2. On the Amphipods collected by Professor Herdman. By A. O. 

 Walker, F. L.S .' 643 



3. On the Plankton of the Indian Ocean. By Isaac C. Thompson, F.L.S. 643 



4. *0n the Cuttlefishes collected by Profe.=sor Herdman. By W. E. 

 HoTLE, M.A 644 



5. On Deposits dredged by Professor Herdman in the Indian Ocean 



By J. Lomas, A.R.C.S./F.G.S 644 



6. Notice of a hitherto unrecorded Element in the Occipital Bone of Seals. 



By Piofessor Oleland, F.R.S 646 



7. *0n the Habits of the Predaceons Flies of the Family of Asilidte. 



By Professor E. B. Poultox, F.R.S 647 



8. The Development of the Common Sea-urchin (Echinus esculentus). 



By Professor E. W. MacBeide, D.fcjc • 647 



9. *The Relationships of the Larva to the Adult in the Starfish. By Dr. 



A. T. Masteeman 647 



10. On the Cause of Salmon Disease. By J. Hume Patterson 647 



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