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Mr. McArthiir exhibited a preserved and mounted wood- 

 pecker and a case of grouse, together with a beautiful 

 specimen of the white pheasant in case. 



Mr. A. Beaumont, F.E.S., exhibited a fine albino specimen 

 of Sylvia sylviella, the lesser whitethroat, from Yorkshire ; 

 specimens of Upupa epops, the hoopoe, and Cygmts ferus, the 

 hooper swan, from Ireland. 



Mr. C. H. Watson exhibited an albino specimen of the 

 ringdove [Columha palwnbus, L.), with a normal specimen 

 for comparison. 



Mr. J. A. Cooper exhibited a case with specimens of 

 several species of tern, also a magnificent collection of 

 British birds' eggs and many nests and clutches in situ. 



Mr. B. W. Adkin exhibited a case of razorbills {Alca torda) 

 captured on the Scilly Isles. 



Botany. 



Miss F. Whinstone exhibited a very large number of most 

 admirably mounted specimens of plants collected by her in 

 North-West Canada during the summer of 1894. 



Miss M. E. Adkin exhibited a number of dried botanical 

 specimens, especially noticeable being : — Liliiim martagon^ 

 L., from Headley ; Lathy rus sylvestris, L., from Deal ; Poten- 

 tilla fruticosa, L., from Teesdale ; Ranunculus ati-ricoi mis, 1^., 

 from Hereford ; Lavatera arborea, L., from Eastbourne ; 

 Viola hirta, L., from Oxshott ; Astrantia major, L., from 

 Isle of Man ; and many others. 



Fungi. 



For this distinctive and interesting exhibit the Society 

 were indebted to Messrs. C. A. Briggs, F.E.S., H. Mead 

 Briggs, Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., Chas. Oldham, and 

 R. Turner, who very kindly undertook an excursion to 

 Oxshott on the previous day for the express purpose of 

 obtaining specimens. In this they were most successful as 

 the great variety of species amply showed. The following 

 is a list of the species, as far as could be ascertained by Dr. 

 Cooke during the evening: — Amanita muscaria, L. ; A. 

 ruhescens, W. ; A. pJialloides, W. ; Tricholoma colum.bella, 

 W. ; Clitocybe clavipes, W. ; Collybia maculata, W. ; C. laccata, 

 W. ; Mycena gakriculata, W. ; Hebelonia mesopJicEus, W. ; 

 Psalliota campestris, L. ; Hypholoma fascicnlaris, W. ; Psilo- 

 cybe ndus, W. ; Panceohis phalenarum, W. ; Rtissula ochroleuca, 

 W. ; R- queletii, W. ; R.fiircata, W. ; Lactarius qrnetus, W. ; 



