:XV1 CONTENTS. 



Page 

 1. Eeport of the Committee for the Investigation of the Natural History of 

 Socotra -. 661 



:2. Report of the Committee for the Investigation of the Natural History of 

 Timor-laut 661 



3. Report on the Record of Zoological Literature 661 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 



1, Jurassic Birds and their Allies. By Professor 0. C. M.uisH 661 



5. On the use of the Chitinous Elements or Appendages of the Oheilosto- 

 matous Polyzoa in the Diagnosis of Species. By Geoese Busk, F.R.S. 662 



3. On the Botany of Madagascar. By J. G. Baker, F.R.S., F.L.S 663 



4. On the Colours of Spring Flowers. By Alfred W. Bennett. M.A., 



B.Sc., F.L.S 666 



5. On the Constancv of Insects in their Visits to Flowers. By Alfred W. 

 Bennett, M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S 667 



'6. On the Mode in which the Seed of Stipa biu-ies itself in the groimd. By 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S 668 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 



1. On the Insect House in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London. 

 By P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Zoological 

 Society of London 668 



:2. On the Birds which have bred in the Barnslej- and South Yorkshire 

 District. By Thomas Lister ' 670 



.3. On the Foot of Birds, and on the Use of the Serrated Claw. By Philip 

 M. C. Kermode 670 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 



1. On the Anatomy and Classification of the Petrels, based upon those 

 collected by H.M.S. ' Challenger.' By W. A. Forbes, BA., F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S 671 



■2. On some Permanent Larval Forms among the Crinoidea. By P. Herbert 

 Carpenter, M.A 671 



3. Note on the British Comatulee. By P. Herbert Carpenter, M.A 672 



4. On the Affinities of Proueomenia. By Dr. A. A. W. Hubrecht 673 



.5. Report on the Migration of Birds 675 



6. On some Points in the Development of Osmunda reyalis (Linn.). By 

 Chas. p. Hobkirk, F.L.S 675 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 



1. On the Sense of Colour among some of the Lower Animals. By Sir 

 John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S 676 



2. Report of the Committee on the Zoological Station at Naples 677 



3. Report of the Committee on the Sc'ottish Zoological Station 677 



4. On our present Knowledge of the Fauna inhabiting British India and its 



Dependeiicies. By AV. T. Blanford, F.R.S 677 



.6. On a Fossil Stem from the Halifax Coal-measures. By Thomas Hick, 

 B.A., B.Sc, and William Cash, F.G.S 679 



