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I have thus only just faintly outlined, as it were, some of the 

 " ornithological characteristics " of a part of the year. The details, 

 if properly filled in, would occupy far too much of your time on the 

 present occasion, even if I confined myself to the birds arriving in 

 the spring and early summer. I must, therefore, defer any fui-ther 

 notices of our " migrants " to another opportunity. 



The paper was illustrated by specimens. 



Remarks on some of the birds referred to were made by 

 Messrs. Murray, Vandersmissen, Keys, Squier, McKenzie, 

 Livingstone, Bain, Brodie, and Dr. Scadding. 



ELEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



The Eleventh Ordinary Meeting of the Session i884-'85,. 

 was held on Saturday, January, 24th, 1885, the President in 

 the Chair. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The Hon. G. W. Ross, Minister of Education, and David 

 B. Dick, Esq., Architect, were elected members of the 

 Institute. 



Tbe following list of donations and exchanges was read : 



1. Monthly Weather Review, Dominion of Canada, for December, 1884. 



2. Science, Vol V., No. 102, January 16th, 1885. 



3. The American Journal of Science, for 1884, Vols. XXVII. ^nd XXVIII. 



4. Report of the Observatory of Yale College for 1883-'84. 



5. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society, Vol. XVIII,, Part III,,. 



Session 1884-'85. 



6. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, N.S., Vol. VII., No. 1, 



for January, 1885. 



7. Quaritch's Catalogue of Spanish Literature, No. 361. 



8. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, Nos, 195 to 230, forming 



Vol. XIV. and part of XV. 



List of Members of the London Mathematical Society, November I3th,. 

 1884. 



9. M^moires et Compte Rendu des Travaux de la Soci^t^ des Ingenieurs 



Civils, 4 e S^rie, 37 e Aun^e, 10 e Cahi^r, October, 1884, 



