RESEARCH COMMITTEES. XXVll 



SECTION C— GEOLOGY. 



The Old Red Sandstone Rocks of Kiltorcan, Ireland. — Prof. Granville Cole (Chair- 

 man), Prof. T. Johnson [Secretary), Dr. J. W. Evans, Dr. R. Kidston, Dr. A. 

 Smith Woodward. £16. 



To excavate Critical Sections in the Paleozoic Rocks of England and Wales. — Prof. 

 W. W. Watts (Chairman), Prof. W. G. Fearnsides (Secretary), Prof. W. S. Boulton, 

 Mr. E. S. Cobbold, Prof. K. J. Garwood, Mr. V. C. Illing, Dr. J. E. Marr, 

 Dr. W. K. Spencer. 



The Collection, Preservation, and Sj'steniatie Registration of Photograplis of Geo- 

 logical Interest. — Prof. E. J. Garwood (Chairman), Prof. S. H. Reynolds (Secretary), 

 Mr. G. Bingley, Dr. T. G. Bonnev, Messrs. C. V. Crook, R. Kidston. and A. S. 

 Reid, Sir J. J. H. Teall, Prof. W.W' Watts, and Messrs. R. Welch and W. Whitaker. 



To consider the preparation of a List of Characteristic Fossils. — Prof. P. F. Kendall 

 (Chairman), Mr. H. C. Versey (Secretary), Froi. W. S. Boulton, Dr. A, R. Dwerry- 

 house. Profs. J. W. Gregorv, Sir T. H. Holland, and S. H. Rej'nolds, Dr. Marie 

 C. Stopes, Dr. .J. E. Marr, Prof. W. W. Watts, Mr. H. Woods, and Dr. A. Smith 

 Woodward. £5 . 



To investigate the Flora of Lower Carboniferous times as exemplified at a newly 

 discovered locality at Gullane, Haddingtonshire. — Dr. R. Kidston (Chairman), 

 Prof. W.T. Gordon (So.cretary), Dr. J. S. Flett, Prof. E. J. Garwood, Dr. J. Home, 

 and Dr. B. N. Peach. 



To investigate the Stratigraphical Sequence and Paleontology of the Old Red Sand- 

 stone of the Bristol district. — Dr. H. Bolton (Chair)niin), Mi-. F. 8. Wallis 

 (Secretary), Miss Edith Bolton, Mr. D. E. I. Inne.s, Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, Prof. 

 S. H. Reynolds. £15. 



SECTION D.— ZOOLOGY 



To aid competent Investigators selected by the Committee to carry on definite pieces 

 of work at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Prof. E. S. Goodrich (Chairman), 

 Prof. J. H. Ash worth (Secretary), Dr. G. P. Bidder, Prof. F. O. Bower, Dr. W. B. 

 Hardy, Sir 8. F. Harmer, Prof. S. J. Hickson, Sir E. Ray Lankester, Prof. W. C. 

 Mcintosh. £100 from Caird Fund, subject to approval of Council. 



To summon meetings in London or elsewhere for the consideration of matters affecting 

 the intere,sts of Zoology, and to obtain by correspondence the opinion of Zoologists 

 on matters of a similar kind, with power to raise by subscription from each 

 Zoologist a sum of money for defraying current expenses cf the organisation. — 

 Prof. S. J. Hickson (Chairman), Mr. R. A. Wardle (Secretary), Profs. G. C. 

 Bourne, A. Dendy, J. Stanle}^ Gardiner, W. Garstang, Marcus Hartog, Sir W. A. 

 Herdman, J. Graham Kerr, R. D. Laurie. E. W. MacBride, A. Meek, Dr. P. 

 Chalmers Mitchell, Prof. E. B. Poulton, Prof. W. M. Tattersall. 



Zoological Bibliography and Publication. — Prof. E. B. Poulton (Chairman), Dr. F. A. 

 Bather (Secretary), Mr. E. Heron-Allen, Dr. W. E. Hoyle, Dr. P. Chalmers 

 Mitchell. £1. 



Parthenogenesis. — Prof. A. Meek (Chairman), Mr. A. D. Peacock (Secretary), Mr, 

 R. S. Bagnall, Dr. J. W. Heslop-Harrison. £5. 



To nominate competent Naturalists to perform definite pieces of work at the Marine 

 Laboratory, Plymouth. — Prof. A. Dendy (Chairman and Secretary), Prof. E. S. 

 Goodrich, Prof. J. P. Hill, Prof. S. J. Hickson, Sir E. Ray Lankester. 



Experiments in Inheritance in Silkworms. — Prof. W. Bateson (Chairman), Mrs. Merritt 

 Hawkes (Secretary), Dr. F. A. Dixey, Prof. E. B. Poulton, Prof. R. C. Punnett. 



Experiments in Inheritance of Colour in Lepidoptera. — Prof. W. Bateson (Chairman 

 and Secretary), Dr. F. A. Dixey, Prof. E. B. Poulton. £2 17s. 



SECTION E.— GEOGRAPHY. 



To consider the advisability of making a provisional Population Map of the British 

 Isles, and to make recommendations as to the method of construction and 

 reproduction. — Mr. H. O. Beckit (Chairman), Mr. F. Debenham (Secretary), 

 Mr. J. Bartholomew, Prof. H. J. Fleure, Mr. R. H. Kinvig, Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, 

 Mr. O. H. T. Rishbeth, Prof. P. M. Roxby. 



