254 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



The Eev. W. Iaqo next described an old pitcher which he 

 presented to the society. It had a circular mouth, and was 

 found in a stream work, embedded at some depth and filled with 

 tin. The ornamentation of the handle was made by the pricks 

 of a stick, so that the jar sent by Mr. Whitley and the pitcher 

 appeared to be somewhat of the same date. 



The following Paper was then read : 



"The Geological Ste,uotuk.e, and Age of the Strata 

 OF South Cornwall," by Alexr. Somervail. 



RARE BIRDS IN CORNWALL. 



Mr. N. Hare, of Liskeard, wrote to the secretaries of the 

 institution stating that Mr. John Ough, bird-stuffer, of that 

 town, recently brought to him for identification two birds which 

 were rather rare in the county, viz., a Wryneck, knocked down 

 from a tree by a stone, near Railway Terrace, St. Cleer, on the 

 30th September last ; and a Snow Buntin, shot in the same 

 parish on the 10th instant. 



THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE INSTITUTION. 



Dr. Barham, referring to the suggestion to obtain the 

 ground between the Institution and Pydar Street, said the 

 freehold was available at a not unreasonable price. They were 

 now building at Eedruth a set of rooms, the funds for which 

 were provided partly by private subscriptions and donations, 

 and partly by grants from the Science and Art Department, 

 South Kensington. The subscriptions amounted to between 

 £1,200 and £1,300, and the grants to between £400 and £500. 

 Before anything could be done it was necessary to communicate 

 with the department to ascertain the conditions on which the 

 grants would be awarded, and the probable amount. He 

 therefore wrote on the 1 7th July, stating that the purpose in 

 view was the extension of the accommodation now available, in 

 the way of laboratories and rooms for study, by purchasing the 

 freehold and buildings adjoining the premises belonging in fee 

 to the institution. If this purpose could be accomplished, 

 provision for an art gallery would probably be included in the 

 plan. He would be glad to be informed whether the land and 



