SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS. — D. 359 



Wednesday, August 25. 



4. Joint Meeting with Sections C and K. Discussion on 



Mendelism and Paleontology: the Mendelian Inter- 

 pretation of g,rad,ual changes, especially when new 

 Characters appear late in the individual Life-cycle. 

 For speakers see Programme of Section C, p. 354. 



Afternoon. 



5. Reports of Committees. 



Q, Prof. J. E. DuERDEN. — A Caudal Vesicle and Reissner's 

 Fibre in the Ostrich. 



7. Mr. J. H. Lloyd. — The Early Development of the Pro- 



nephros in Scyllium. 



Thursday, August 26. 



8. Discussion on the Need for the S\cientific Investigation of 



the Ocean. Opened by Prof. W. A. Herdman, O.B.E., 

 F.R.S. Other speakers: Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, 

 F.R.S., Dr. E. J. Allen, F.R.S. , Mr. 0. Tate 

 Regan, F.R.S., Prof. C. A. Kofoid, Prof. J. E. 

 DuERDEN, Sir Francis Ogilvie, Mr. F. E. Smith, 

 Dr. E. C. Jee. 

 Section E (p. 361) took part in this discussion. 



Afternoon. 



9. Discussion on the Need for the Scientific Investigation of 



Fisheries. Opened by Mr. H. G. Maurice, G.B. 

 Other speakers : Prof. A. Meek, Prof. James John- 

 stone, Mr. Crawford Heron, Prof. G. Gilson, 

 Dr. E. J. Allen, F.R.S., Prof. W. Garstang, Mr. C. 

 Tate Regan, F.R.S., Mr. Neale, Prof. J. Stanley 

 Gardiner, F.R.S. 



Friday, August 27. 



10. Ri'of. J. E. Duerden. — The Pineal Eye in the Ostrich. 



11. Prof. A. Meek. — The Physiology of Migration. 



12. Prof. C. A. KoFoiD. — The Neuro-motor System of Ciliate 



and Flagellate Protozoa, and its Relation to the process 

 of Mitosis and to the Origin of Bilateral Symmetry in 

 certain Flagellates. 



13. Dr. Cresswell Shearer, F.R.S. — The Influence of Salts 



on Growth. 



14. Mr. E. Heron-Allen, F.R.S., and Mr. A. Earland. — 



Protoplasm and Pseudopodia. 



