CONTENTS. Vii 



Paga 

 Rev. E. B. Savage, and Mr. P. M. C. Kermodb (Secretary), appointed to 

 examine the Conditions under which remains of the Irish Elk are found in 

 the Isle of Man 346 



Erratic Blocks of the British Isles. — Second Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Professor E. Hull (Chairman), Professor T. Q. Bonnet, Mr. P. 

 F. Kendall (Secretary), Mr. C. E. De Range, Professor W. J. Sollas, 

 Mr. R. H. TiDDEMAN, Rev. S. N. Haeeison, Mr. J. Hoenb, Mr. Dtjgald 

 Bell, Mr. F. M. Bueton, and Mr. J. Lomas, for investigating- the Erratic 

 Blocks of the British Isles and taking measures for their preservation 349 



The Necessity for the Immediate Investigation of the Biology of Oceanic 

 Islands. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir W. H. Flowek 

 (Chairman), Professor A. C. Haddon (Secretary), Mr. G. C. Boxjene, Dr. 

 H. 0. Foebes, Professor W. A. Heedman, Dr. John MtrREAT, Professor 

 Newton, Mr. A. E. Shipley, and Professor W. F, R. Weldon. (Drawn 

 up by the Secretary.) 352 



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

 Committee, consisting of Professor W. A. Heedman (Chaii-man), Pro- 

 fessor E. Ray Lankestee, Professor W. F. R. Weldon, Professor S. J, 

 HicKsoN, Mr. A. Sedgavick, Professor W. C. McIntosh, Mr. W. E. Hoylb, 

 and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secretary) 353 



Appendix I. — Report on the Occupation of the Table. By Mr. H. M. 



Vernon 354 



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



Station from July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897 356 



„ III. — List of Papers which were published in 1896 by Natu- 

 ralists who have occupied Tables in the Zoological 

 Station 357 



The Zoology of the Sandwich Islands. — Seventh Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Professor A. Newton (Chairman), Dr. W. T. Blanford, 

 Professor S. J. Hickson, Mr. 0. Salvin, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. E. A. 

 Smith, and Mr. D. Sharp (Secretary) 358 



Zoological Bibliography and Publication. — Second Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Sir W. H. Flower (Chairman), Professor W. A. Heedman, 

 Mr. W. E. HoYLE, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. Adam Sedgwick, Dr. D. Sharp, 

 Mr, C. D. Sherborn, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Professor W. F. R. Weldon, 

 and Mr. F. A. Bather (Secretary) 359 



Bird Migration in Great Britain and Ireland. — Interim Report of the Com- 

 mittee, consisting of Profes.sor Newton (Chairman), Mr. John Cordeadi 

 (Secretary), Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. R. M. Barrington, Rev. E. 

 PoNSONBY Knublet, and Dr. H. 0. Forbes, appointed to work out the 

 details of the Observations of the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and 

 Lightships, 1880-87 362 



Life Conditions of the Oyster : Normal and Abnormal. — Second Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Professor W. A. Herdman (Chairman), Professor 

 R. BoYCE (Secretary), Mr. G. C. Bourne, and Professor C. S. Sherring- 

 ton, appointed to Report on the Elucidation of the Life Conditions of the 

 Oyster under Normal and Abnormal Environment, including the Effect of 

 Sewage Matters and Pathogenic Organisms. (Drawn up by Professor 

 Herdman and Professor Boyce.) , 363 



Index Animalium. — Report of a Committee, consisting of Sir W. H. Flower 

 (Chairman), Dr. P. L. Sclater, Dr. H. Woodward, Rev, T. R. R. Stbb- 

 binq, Mr. R. MacLachlan, and Mr. F. A. Bather (Secretary), appointed 

 to superintend the Compilation of an Index Animalium 367 



