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 Jeffreys, Mr. F. M. Baifottb, Sir C. Wtvilie Thomson, Professor Rat 

 Lankester, Professor Allman, and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secretary), ap- 

 pointed for the purpose of aiding? in the maintenance of the Scottish Zoo- 

 logical Station ^^.•. ^'' 



.eport of the Committee, consisting of Dr. M. Foster, Professor Roileston, 

 Ml-. Dew-Smith, Professor Huxley, Dr. Carpenter, Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, 

 Mr. ScLATER, Mr. F. M. Balfour, Sir C. Wytille Thomson, Professor 

 Rat Lankester, Professor Allman, and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secretary), 

 appointed for the purpose of arranging for the occupation of a Table at the 



Zoological Station at Naples ^'^ 



teport of the Committee, consisting of 1VL-. J. A. Harvie Brown, Mr. John 

 OoEDEAUX, and Professor Neayton, appointed at Swansea for the purpose 

 of obtaining (with the consent of the Master and Brethren of the Tnnity 

 House, and'^of the Commissioners of Northern Lights) observations on the 

 Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting on the 



same, at York, in 1881 ^°^ 



leport of the Committee, consisting of Lieut.-Colonel Godwin-Austen, 

 Dr. G. Hartlaub, Sir J. Hooker, Dr. Gunther, Mr. Seebohm, and Mr. 

 ScLATER, appointed to take steps for investigating the Natural Histoiy of 



Socotra ^^* 



.Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Sclater, Mr. Howard Saunders, 

 and Mr. Thiselton Dyer, appointed for the purpose of investigatmg the 



Natural History of Timor-laut 19' 



Report on the Marine Fauna of the Southern Coast of Devon and ComwaU. 



By Spence Bate, F.R.S., and J. Brooking Rowe, F.L.S 198 



Report of tlie Committee, consisting of Professor A. C. Ramsat and Professor 

 John Milne (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of investigating the 



Earthquake Phenomena of Japan 200 



N^inth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Prestwich, Professor 

 T. McK. Hughes, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, Professor T. G. Bonnet, 

 the Rev. H. W. Ceossket, Dr. Deane, and Messrs. C. E. De Rance, D. 

 Mackintosh, R. H. Tiddeman, J. E. Lee, J. Plant, W. Pengellt, W. 

 MoLTNEUX, H. G. FoRDHAM, and W. Terrill, 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 the Rev. H. W. Crosskey, Secretary 204 

 Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. Leith Adams, the 

 Rev. Professor Haughton, Professor Boyd Dawkins, and Dr. John 

 Evans, appointed for the purpose of exploring the Caves of the South of 



Ireland 218 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir F. J. Bramwell, Dr. A. W. 

 Williamson, Professor Sir William Thomson, Mr. St. John Vincent Dat, 

 Dr. C. W. Siemens, Mr. C. W. Merrifield, Dr. Neilson Hancock, Mr. 

 Abel, Captain Douglas Galton, Mr. E. H. Carbutt, Mr. Macrort, Mr. 

 H. Trueman Wood, Mr. VV. H. Barlow, and Mr. A. T, Atchison, ap- 

 pointed for the purpose of watching and reporting to the Council on Patent 



Legislation 222 



Report of the Anthropometric Committee, consisting of Mr. F. Galton, Dr. 

 Beddoe, Mr. Brabrook (Secretary and Reporter), Sir G. Campbell, Dr. 

 Farr, Mr. F. P. Fellows, Major-General Pitt-Rivers, Mr, J. Park 

 Harrison, Mr. James Hetwood, Mr. P. Hallett, Professor Leone Levi, 

 Dr. F. A. Mahomed, Dr. Muirhead, Sir Rawson Rawson, Mr, Charles 



Roberts, and the late Professor Rolleston 225 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Leone Levi, Mr. Stephen 



