524 BEPORT— 1893. 



Crovernment. They have continued to act in concert with the Royal Society 

 Committee, the two having together maintained Mr. R. C. L. Perkins 

 in the islands during the whole of the twelve months since the last report. 

 They have now the pleasure of stating that that gentleman has obtained 

 valuable results in several departments of zoology, and more espe- 

 cially in entomology. The Committee have received from him several 

 consignments, being the result of his first year's work. These are 

 roughly estimated at nearly 150 bird-skins, 3,000 insects, 1,000 shells, 

 a collection of spiders in spirit, together with some crustaceans, worms, 

 and myriapods. These specimens confirm the importance of the investi- 

 gation your Committee are carrying on, while the information received 

 from Mr. Perkins and other quarters strengthens their belief that the 

 work should be done at once, and that it is not probable that it will be 

 satisfactorily done except by some such body as your Committee. 



The Committee therefore request that they may be reappointed, with 

 the same powers as before, and that the sum of 200L be placed at their 

 •disposal. 



A Digest of the Observations on the Migration of Birds at Light- 

 houses and Light-vessels, a report on the same. — Report of 

 a Committee, consisting of Professor A. Newton (Chairman), 

 ]Mr. John Cordeaux (Secretary), Messrs. R. M. Barrington, 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, W. Eagle Clarke, and the Rev. E. P. 

 Knubley, 



The Committee have to report that steady progress has been made with 

 the systematic tabulation of the statistics, and a series of schedules 

 framed for the final report. The nature of the work is such that it 

 necessitates a great expenditure of time, as each item contained in the 

 vast mass of schedules accumulated has to be separately dealt with and 

 ■entered in the sheets. The Committee trust that the Association will re- 

 appoint them as before, so that the work, now entrusted to one of their 

 number — Mr. W. Eagle Clarke — may be duly carried out and brought to 

 a conclusion. 



The present state of our knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of 

 the West India Islands, and on taking steps to investigate 

 ascertained deficiencies in the Fauna and Flora. — Sixth Report 

 of the Committee, consisting of Dr. P. L. Sclatee (Chairman), 

 Mr. George Murray (Secretary), Mr. W. Carrdthees, Dr. 

 A. C. L. Gr. GtJNTHER, Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. F. DuCane Godman, 

 Professor A. Newton, and Dr. D. H. Scott. 



This Committee was appointed in 1887, and it has been reappointed each 

 jear until the present time. 



During the past year the eff'orts of the Committee have been directed 

 ^mainly to the working out of the great series of specimens secured from 

 the West Indian region by means of its collectors, and the collector em- 

 ployed by Mr. Godman. 



