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Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at T*J^aples. — Report of the 

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

 Professor J.Cossak Ewart, Professor M. Foster, Mr. A. Sedgwick, Professor 

 A. M. Marshall, and Mr. Percy Slaben (Secretary) 537 



I. On the Action of Coloured Light on Assimilation. By Cecil C. 

 Duncan 638 



II. On the Function and Correlation of the Pallial Organs of the 

 Opisthobranchiata. By John D. F. Gilchrist 540 



Investigations made at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association at 

 Plymouth. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor E. Ray 

 Lankester (Chairman), Professor M. Foster, Professor S. H. Vines, and 

 Mr. S. F. Harmer (Secretary) 546 



I. The Turbellaria of Plymouth Sound. By F. W. Gamble, B.Sc... 546 



II. The Larvae of Decapod Crustacea. By Edgar J, Allen, B.Sc... 547 



III. Notes on How Fish find Food. By Gregg Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. 548 



The Physiological Action of the Inhalation of Oxygen in Asphyxia, more 

 especially in Coal Mines. — Report of the Committee, consistuig of Professor 

 J. G. M'cKendeick, F.R.S. (Chairman), Dr. J. T. Bottomley, F.R.S., and 

 Mr. W. Ernest F. Thomson, M.A., M.D. (Secretary). (Drawn up by the 

 Secretary) 551 



The Legislative Protection of Wild Birds' Eggs. — Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Mr. Thomas Henry Thomas, RCA. (Chairman), Rev. Canon 

 Tristram, D.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor Alfred Newton, F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor Adolph Leipner, F.Z.S., Professor Newton Parker, Ph.D., F.Z.S., 

 and Dr Charles Tanfield Vachell (Secretary). (Drawn up by the 

 Secretary) 552 



Index Generum et Specierum Animalium. — Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Sir W. II. Flower, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Dr. II. Woodward, and 

 Mr. G. Brook (Secretary), for supervising its compilation by Mr. C. Da vies 

 Sherborn 553 



Scottish Place-names. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir C. W. 

 Wilson, F.R.S. (Chairman), Dr. J. Burgess (Secretary), and Mr. Coutts 

 Trotter. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 554 



Exploration of Ancient Remains in Abyssinia. — Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Dr. J. G. Garson (Chairman), Mr. J. Theodore Bent (Secre- 

 tary), Mr. F. W. RuDLEE, Mr. E. W. Beabeook, and Mr. G. W. Bloxam. 

 (Drawn up by Mr. J. Theodore Bent) 557 



Appendix. — On the Morphological Characters of the Abyssinians. By 

 J. G. Garson, M.D 563 



The Exploration of the Glacial Region of the Karakoram Mountains. — Report 

 of the Committee, consisting of Colonel Godwin-Austen (Chairman), Pro- 

 fessor T. G. BoNNEY (Secretary), and Colonel H. C. B. Tanner 564 



The Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools. — Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Dr. J. H. Gladstone (Chairman), Professor II. E. Aemstrong 

 (Secretary), Mr. S. Bouene, Dr. Oeosskey, Mr. G. Gladstone, Mr. J. 

 Heywood, Sir John Lubbock, Sir Philip Magnus, Professor N. Stoey 

 Maskelyne, Sir H. E. Roscoe, Sir R. Temple, and Professor S. P. Thompson 566 



The Methods of Economic Training adopted in this and other Countries. — 

 Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor W. Cunningham (Chair- 

 man), Professor E. C. K. Conner (Secretary), Professor F. Y. Edgeworth, 

 Professor H. S. Foxwell, Dr. J. N. Keynes, and Mr. H. Higgs 571 



