X REPORT — 1895. 



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 The Present State of our Knowledge ot tlie Zoology and Botany of the West 

 India Islands, and on taking Steps to investigate ascertained Deficiencies in 

 the Fauna and Flora. — Eighth Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. 

 P. L. ScLATEE (Chairman), Mr. CIeokge Murray (Secretary), Mr. W. 

 Caretjthers, Dr. A. C. L. G. Gunther, Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. F. DuCane 

 GoDMAN, and Professor A. Newton 472 



Index Generum et Specierum Animalium. — Report of a Committee, consist- 

 ing of Sir W. H. Flower (Chairman), Dr. P. L. Sclater, Dr. II. Wood- 

 ward, and Mr. W. L. Sclater (Secretary), appointed for superintending 

 the Compilation of an Index Generum et Specierum Animalium 473 



Migration of Birds. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. 

 Newton (Chairman), Mr. John Cordeaux (Secretary), Mr. J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, Mr. Wm. Eagle Clarke, Mr. R. M. Barrington, and the Rev. 

 E. PoNSONBY Kntjbley, appointed to make a Digest of the Observations on 

 the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Light-vessels 473 



Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Dr. P. L. Sclater, Professor E. Ray Lankester, 

 Professor J. Cossar Ewart, Professor M. Foster, Professor S. J. IIickson, 



Mr. A. Sedgwick, and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secretary) 474 



Appendix I. — The Maturation and Fecundation of the Ova of certain 



Echinoderms and Tunicates. By M. D. Hill 475 



Appendix II. — List of Naturalists who have worked at the Zoological 



Station from July 1, 1894, to June 30, 1895 477 



Appendix III. — List of Papers which were published in 1894 by 

 Naturalists who have occupied Tables in the Zoological Station 478 



The Climatology of Africa. — Fourth Report of a Committee, consisting of 

 Mr. E. G. Ravenstein (Chairman), Mr. Baldwin Lathaji, Mr. G. J. 

 Symons, Mr. H. N. Dickson, and Dr. II. R. Mill (Secretary). (Drawn up 

 by the Chairman) 480 



The Exploration of Southern Arabia. — Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Mr. H. Seebohm (Chairman), Mr. J. Theodore Bent (Secretary), 

 Mr. E. G. Ravenstein, Dr. J. G. G arson, and Mr. G. W. Bloxam. 

 (Drawn up by Mr. Bent) 491 



Calibration of Instruments used in Engineering Laboratories. — Report of a 

 Committee, consisting of Professor A. B. W. Kennedy, F.R.S. (Chairman), 

 Professor J. A. Ewing, F.R.S. , Professor D. S. Capper, Professor T. H. 

 Beare, and Professor W. C. Unwin, F.R.S. (Secretary). (Drawn up by 

 the Secretary) 497 



An Ancient Kitchen Midden at Hastings, and a Barrow at the Wildernesse. — 

 Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir John Evans (Chairman), Mr. 

 W. J. Lewis Abbott (Secretary), Professor J. Prestwich, Mr. Cuthbert 

 Peek, and Mr. Arthur J. Evans. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 500 



Anthropometric Measurements in Schools.— Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Professor A. Macalister (Chairman). Professor B. Windle 

 (Secretary), Mr. E. W. Brabrook, Professor J. Cleland, and Dr. J. G. 

 Garson 503 



Mental and Physical Defects of Children.— Report of the Committee, consist- 

 ing of Sir Douglas Galton (Chairman), Dr. Francis Warner (Secretary), 

 Mr. E. W. Brabrook, Dr. J. G. Garson, and Dr. Wilberfoece Smith. 



(Report drawn up by the Secretary) 503 



Appendix I. — Defects enumerated individually and in groups as 



distributed amongst the Nationalities and Social Classes, &c 506 



Appendix II. — Groups of Children and their Percentage Distribution 

 on the numbers seen and numbers noted 508 



