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3. Report on the Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station, Naples S 
Gre AGL) sscasactsncce sedeuseansadsbievevy neds ons nsnte delet ieernent Nr Sea 504 
4. Report on the ‘Index Animalium ? (p. 195) 00... eee Vist deschieol een ‘504 
5. First Report on the Feeding Habits of British Birds (p. 196) ......... 504 
6. Report on Experiments in Inheritance (p. 195) ......seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 504 
7, Nineteenth Report on the Zoology of the Sandwich Islands (p. 197) ... 504 
8. Interim Report on Zoology Organisation (p. 198), ...0-s0c0-nsevee=omeenemnne 504 
9. Report on the Occupation of a Table at the Marine Laboratory, 
Plymouth (p. 198) .:......--:sssccceesseceesesneesensreeecesnensceeenenanacaneass 504 
10. *Interim Report on Experiments on the Development of the Frog ... 504 
MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 
1. *Palwobiology and the Age of the Barth. By Professor A. B. 
MACALium, FVR.S.  ...eecccccccceseeeeecececeetateescecneeeseesecdoneoseuman ... 505 
2. The Pre-Nuptial Plumage in Calidris arenaria. By ©. J. PatTEn, 
SDDS es donc ccunesudea se ccnedesqueedaphb evens oSunesss ds ooh Et aces canara a 505 
3. The Germinal Disc in Naturally Incubated Eggs of Passer 
domesticus. By C. J. PATTEN, Sc.D. .......::eeceeeeeeeecesec eee eeceeeeees 506 
3. British Pleistocene Canide. By Professor 8. H. Rnynotps, M.A. 507 
4. The Role of Visual Function in Animal and Human Evolution. By 
GrorGe M. GovLn, M.D. ..0...5..ccccdccseanssesseteiss-cseoesoetdeosastresicns 507 
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31. 
1. On the Distribution of the Rotifera. By Cuartes F. Rousséxet, 
FORMS. .oscscecsssiccsnvoneysscleonraal tuiet ete eee ier eres ee 508 
RESOLUGIONS, © sis. snc ss snncndecan ea totauauansdheaereenteesere hem aan 1 tiaaeaee tr aac a mmnaete 510 
2. *Autotomy in the Crustacea. By Dr. J. PEARSON ...0.......000ccssesnees 511 
3. On the Distribution of Fresh-water Hels. By Dr. ScHMIDT......... 511 
4. On the Parallelism between the Nymphaline Genera Adelpha and 
Chlorippe. By F: A. Dixty, M.As; MODS oiou.22.-:ccsecsseseemmemaeen 515 - 
5. *Histiology of the Kye of Pecten. By W. J. DAKIN..................++ 516 
6. *Coral Reefs. By J. Srantey GARDINER, F.R.S. ...........0.0eceeenee 516 
Srction E.--GHOGRAPHY. 
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. Ray 
Address by Colonel Sir Duncan Jounston,; K.C.M.G., ©.B., R.E., - 
nV GS., President of the Sectioti ......c.-+:-c1a.se-ocset ee cee eee 517 
1. Floods in the Great Interior Valley of America. By Miss L. ee 
MGEIEINGS  ccnasecsicstvevecvaresedvesseite sestesees tans te Saniach Sect E ante stain 528 
