XIV CONTENTS. 



MONDAY, AUGUST 28. 



Page 



1. On tlie Perception of Colour in Man and tlie Lower Animals. By J. D. 

 Macdonalb, M.D., F.RS 575 



2. An improved Method of directly determining the Velocity of the Con- 

 traction-Wave in Curarised Muscle. By Professor E. A. SciaAFER, F.R.S. 575 



3. Note on the Structure of the Muscular Tissue of the Leech. By T. W. 

 Shoee, Jun., B.Sc 577 



4. On the Kidneys of Teleostei. By W. Newton Parker 577 



5. On the presence of a ' Tympanum ' in the genus Eaia. By George Bond 

 Howes 577 



6. On some Toxic Conditions of the Blood, illustrated hy the action of 

 Hydrocyanic Acid. By Thomas S. Ralph, M.R.G.S 577 



7. On some new Methods of investio-ating the Physiology of the Mamma- 

 lian Heart. By Professor H. N. Martin 578 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 29. 



1. Considerations arising from Koch's Discovery of the Bacillus of Tuber- 

 culosis. By F. J. Faraday, F.L.S 578 



2. Remarks on Filaria Sanguinis Hominis. By Dr. Cob'bold, F.R.S 579 



3. On the Destiny of the Filaria in the Blood. By Dr. P. Hanson 579 



4. Note on the Early Development of Lacerta Muralis. By W. R. Weldon, 



B.A 570 



Department of Zoology and Botany. 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 25. 



Address by Professor M. A. Lawson, M.A., F.L.S., Chairman of the Depart- 

 ment 580 



1. Second Report of the Committee for the Investigation of the Natural 

 History of Timor-laut 589 



2. Report of the Committee for the Livestigation of the Natural History of 



Socotra and the adjacent Highlands of Arabia and Somali Land 589 



3. Report on the Record of Zoological Literature 589 



4. On the Brown Coloration of the Southampton Water. By A. Angell, 

 Ph.D., F.O.S 589 



5. On the Distribution and Dates of Spring Migrants in Yorkshire, compared 

 with West of England and Ireland. By T. Lister 589 



MONDAY, AUGUST 2^. 



1. Report of the Committee for arranging for the occupation of a Table at the 

 Zoological Station at Naples 591 



2. Report of the Committee for aiding in the maintenance of the Scottish 



Zoological Station 691 



3. Report on the Migration of Birds 591 



