Ixvi REPORT 1881. 



Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr. F. M. Balfour, Sir Wyville Thomson, Professor 

 Lankester, Professor Allman, and Mr. P. Sladen, be a Committee for the 

 purpose of aiding in the maintenance of the Scottish Zoological Station ; 

 that Mr. P. Sladen be the Secretary, and that the sum of 40^. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. J. Cordeaux, Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown, Professor Newton, 

 Mr. R. M. Barrington, Mr. A. G. More, Mr. J. Hardy, and Mr. P. Kermode 

 be a Committee for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent of the 

 Master and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House and of the Commis- 

 sioners of Northern Lights) observations on the Migrations of Birds at 

 Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting upon the same at South- 

 ampton in 1882 ; that Mr. Cordeaux be the Secretary, and that the sum 

 of Ibl. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Lieut. -Colonel God win- Austen, Dr. G. Hartlaub, Sir J. Hooker, 

 Dr. Giinther, Mr. Seebohm, and Mr. Sclater be a Committee for 

 the purpose of investigating the Natural History of Socotra and the 

 adjacent Highlands of Arabia and Somali-land ; that Mr. Sclater be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of lOOZ. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Mr. W. T. Thistleton-Dyer, Mr. Howard Saunders, and Mr. Sclater 

 be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Natural History of 

 Timor- laut ; that Mr. Thistleton-Dyer be the Secretary, and that the sum 

 of lOOZ. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. Stainton, Sir John Lubbock, and Mr. E. C.Rye be reappointed 

 a Committee for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoological Litera- 

 ture ; that Mr. Stainton be the Secretary, and that the sum of 100^. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Flower, Dr. Beddoe, Mr. F. Galton, Mr. Park Har- 

 rison, Dr. Muirhead, General Pitt- Rivers, Mr. F. W. Rudler, and Mr. C. 

 Roberts be a Committee for the purpose of obtaining Photographs of the 

 Typical Races composing the British Empire, with a view eventually to 

 their publication ; that Mr. Park Harrison be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of lOZ. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. F. Galton, Dr. Beddoe, Mr. Brabrook (Secretary and 

 Reporter), Major-General Pitt-Rivers, Mr. J. P. Harrison, Mr. J. Hey- 

 wood, Professor Leone Levi, Dr. F. H. Mahomed, Sir Rawson Rawson, 

 and Mr. C. Roberts be a Committee for the purpose of carrying out the 

 recommendations of the Anthropometric Committee of last year, espe- 

 cially as regards the Anthropometry of children and of females, and the 

 more complete discussion of the collected facts ; and that the sum of 

 50Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Not Involving Grants of Money. 



That Mr. W. Hicks be requested to continue his Report on Recent 

 Progress in Hydrodynamics. 



That Captain Abney, Professor W. G. Adams, Professor G. C. Foster, 

 Lord Rayleigh, Mr. Preece, Professor Schuster, Professor Dewar, Pro- 

 fessor Vernon Harcourt, and Professor Ayrton be a Committee for the 

 purpose of fixing a Standard of White Light ; and that Captain Abney 

 be the Secretary. 



_ That Sir William Thomson, Professor Tait, Dr. Siemens, Sir Prede- 

 rick Bramwell, and Mr. J. T. Bottomley be a Committee for the purpose 



