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company, is in keeping with the rest of the University, and 

 enables the magnificent Egyptian collections in the Museum 

 to be properly displayed. There can be no question that the 

 value of the Manchester Museum is now increased to an enor- 

 mous extent, through the generosity of Mr. Haworth and other 

 helpers who have, in all, subscribed over ;f 12,000. Professor 

 Flinders Petrie gave an address, and speeches were made by 

 many influential people. A well-illustrated handbook, with 

 excellent illustrations of the more important Egyptian exhibits, 

 was presented to each of the visitors. 



A BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The multiplication of special scientific societies is as alarming 

 as it is essential. The latest proposition is that a British 

 Ecological Society should be formed, and in view of the enor- 

 mous amount of work that has been done in recent years by 

 the Central Committee for the Survey and Study of British 

 Vegetation (British Vegetation Committee) and others, there 

 is perhaps little wonder that such a proposal should be made. 

 Northern botanists, and specially Yorkshiremen, have taken 

 a prominent part in connection with this ' Botanical Survey ' 

 work. Any of our readers interested in the matter are 

 requested to send a card for particulars to Dr. W. G. Smith, 

 ^ Braidburn Crescent, Edinburgh. The proposed subscription 

 is a guinea ; the officers suggested are, a President, Honorary 

 Treasurer, and a paid Secretary, and it is also hoped to publish 

 a quarterly journal. 



BRITISH MARINE CERCARIAE. 



In Parasitology, Vol, iv.. No. iv., Miss Marie V. Lebour, 

 of the Leeds University, gives an admirable review of the 

 British Marine Cercariae. As Miss Lebour points out, the study 

 of the life histories of digenetic Trematodes is as yet in its 

 infancy, and in many cases it is even yet impossible to say 

 anything of the larval forms of many described species. Having 

 paid particular attention to the Trematodes, Miss Lebour, 

 in the present memoir, has summarised all that is known of 

 the species inhabitating birds and fishes, and these she has 

 brought together in order that it may form a nucleus around 

 which future work may be centred. Miss Lebour also deals 

 with the difficult question of the classification on the Cercariae ; 

 there is an extensive bibliography, and numerous excellent 

 plates. We should like to congratulate Miss Lebour upon 

 the excellent work she has accomplished in an exceedingly 

 difficult and, to most of us, uninviting, branch of natural 

 science. 



AN INTERESTING YORKSHIRE CATAMITE. 



In the Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary 

 and Philosophical Society, Vol. LVL, No. 17, our contributor, 



Naturalist, 



