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 LoMAS, and Mr. P. F. Kendall (Secretary), appointed to investigate the 

 Erratic Blocks of the British Isles, and to take measures for their preserva- 

 tion. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 552 



Structure of a Coral Reef. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Pro- 

 fessor T. G. Bonnet (Chairman), Professor W. J. Sollas (Secretary), 

 Sir Archibald Geikie, Professors J. W. Judd, C. Lapwoeth, A. C. 

 Haddon, Boyd Daweins, G. H. Dabwin, S. J. Hickson, and Andekson 

 Stuaet, Admiral Sir W. J. L. Whakton, Dr. H. Hicks, Sir J. Murray, 

 Drs. W. T. Blanfokd, C. Le Neve Foster, and H. B. Gttppy, Messirs. F. 

 Darwin, H. 0. Forbes, G. C. Bourne, and J. W. Gregory, Sir A. R. 

 BiNNiE, and Mr. J. C. Hawkshaw, appointed to consider a project for 

 investigating a Coral Reef by Boring and Sounding 556 



The Eurypterid-bearing Rocks of the Pentland Hills. — Final Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Dr. R. H. Traquair (Chairman), Mr. M. Laurie 

 (Secretary), and Professor T. Rupert Jones 557 



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

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

 Professor S. J. HiCKsoN, the late Mr. O. Salvin, Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 Mr. E. A. Smith, and Mr. D. Sharp (Secretary) 558 



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

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

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

 Mr. C. D. Sherborn, Rev. T. R. R. Stebsing, Professor W. F. R. AVeldon, 

 and Mr. F. A. Bather (Secretary) 558 



Life Conditions of the Oyster : Normal and Abnormal. — Third and Final 

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

 man), Professor R. Botce (Secretary), Mr. G. C. Bourne, Dr. C. A. Kohn, 

 and Professor C. S. Sherrington, appointed to Report on the Elucidation 

 of the Life Conditions of the Oyster under Normal and Abnormal Environ- 

 ment, including the EflFect of Sewage Matters and Pathogenic Organisms. 

 (Drawn up by Professor Herdman, Professor Boyce, and Dr. Kohn.) 559 



Bii'd Migration in Great Britain and Ireland. — Interim Report of the Com- 

 mittee, consisting of Professor Newton (Chairman), Mr. John Cordeaux 

 (Secretary), Mr. John A. Haevie-Beown, Mr. R. M. Baeeington, Rev. E. 

 PoNSONEY Knubley, and Dr. H. O. Foebes, appointed to work out the 

 details of the Observations of the Mgi-ation of Birds at Lighthouses and 

 Lightships, 1880-87 569 



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

 (Chairman), Mr. P. L. Sclatee, Dr. H. Woodward, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, 

 Mr. R. MacLachlan, Mr. W. E. Hoyle, and Mr. F. A. Bather (Secretary), 

 appointed to superintend the Compilation of an Index Animalium 570 



Caves in the Malay Peninsula. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir 

 W. H. Flower (Chairman), Mr. H. N. Ridley (Secretary), Dr. R. Hanitsch, 

 Mr. Clement Reid, and Mr. A. Russel Wallace, appointed to explore 

 certain caves in the Malay Peninsula, and to collect their living and extinct 

 Fauna 571 



Appendix.— Report by Air. H. N. Ridley 572 



Canadian Biological Station. — First Report of the Committee, consisting of 

 Professor E. E. Prince (Chairman), Dr. T. Wesley Mills, Dr. A. B. 

 Macallum, Professor John Macoun, Professor E. W. MacBeide, Mr. W. 

 T. Thiselton-Dyer, and Professor D. P. Penhallow (Secretary), on the 

 Establishment of a Biological Station in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 682 



Investigations made at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Plymouth. — Report 

 of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. C. Bourne (Chairman),Profe88or 



