4.00 REPORT—1904. 
the very people to help in this matter. They should record these words 
and send them up to the Secretary of the Committee or to the Secretary 
of the British Association, As an example, Mr. Whitaker said that when 
he was working in the neighbourhood of Southampton there was one term 
that he heard confined to a little district round Southampton ; a term 
applied to the bleached top of a gravel, which was known there as 
‘skyone.’ Howit is spelt and what it is derived from he had not the least 
idea ; but the name had a definite meaning there,and an economic mean- 
ing, because that particular sort of gravel was used for a particular object. 
It was interesting and ought to be recorded. Every one of the Delegates 
would find in their own districts some such terms, sometimes spread over 
a county, sometimes over a small district, sometimes over three or four 
counties, and it would be desirable to get at what they really meant and 
how they had been derived. He thought it would be interesting not only 
to geographers and geologists, but to students of folklore and similar 
subjects. 
The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing explained that Section D had appointed 
a Sub-Committee, which eventually drew up the following report :— 
‘ August 22, 1904. 
‘A meeting of the Sub-Committee appointed to prepare a reply to 
a letter from Mr. Rudler was held to-day. Messrs. Stebbing, Knubley, 
and Bles were present. 
‘It appears that several subjects for work by local Societies have been 
proposed to the Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies by 
representatives of Section D at former meetings without producing any 
substantial results. 
‘Four subjects suggested already are : 
‘1. Cave faunas : report to Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Ephraim Lodge, 
The Common, Tunbridge Wells. 
‘2. Zoological changes on a given plot of land during the year: 
report to Professor Miall, The University, Leeds. 
‘3. Compilation of local faunas. A complete working scheme has 
been prepared, and is actually in operation in some localities. For par- 
ticulars of schedules, &c., apply to Mr. Edward J. Bles, The University, 
Glasgow. 
‘4, Systematic observations on the micro-organisms of a given pond 
or ditch : report to Professor West, Agricultural College, Cirencester. 
‘In addition to the above the Sub-Committee suggest the two 
following subjects : 
‘5. Overland lines of migration of birds: report to Rev. E. P. 
Knubley, Steeple Ashton Vicarage, Trowbridge. 
‘6. Collection of slugs from all parts of the British Isles: apply for 
information to Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, Hyde Park Road, Leeds.’ 
Mr. Stebbing mentioned, in conclusion, that he would be much 
indebted to any member who lived in the neighbourhood of caves through 
which there might be flowing streams if they would let him have some 
information concerning the same and the fauna, and if there happened to 
be crustaceans he would like to have specimens. 
Dr. Herbertson (Section E) said that after Mr. Whitaker’s clear state- 
ment little remained for him to add to the request that the Corresponding 
