LINNEAN SOCIETY 01" LONDON. Jxxxiji 



As yet no practical plan has been proposed ; but suggestions have 

 been made which, if matured, will, I have no doubt, be considered 

 by the President and Council of the Eoyal Society in that liberal 

 spirit which they have ever evinced towards us. 



In conclusion, G-entlemen, I have to beg you to excuse my hav- 

 ing thus alluded to these various difficulties and suggestions, my 

 object being to show how deeply I feel the obligation imposed 

 upon us to maintain our position at the head of Biological Science, 

 and the necessity of constant vigilance and activity to secure that 

 end, and to assure you how anxious I am to perform my part, 

 which is but very little without the cordial cooperation of you all. 



Additional Notes. 



The Copenhagen Videnskabelige Meddelelser, mentioned above, 

 p. xiv., are complete in Dr. Sclater's library. They relate exclu- 

 sively to Zoology and Botany. The last volume received is that 

 for 1863, dated 1864. 



At Naples, an Annuario del Miiseo Zoologico della E. TJniver- 

 sita di Napoli is published under the editorship of Achille Coste 

 in thin annual parts, large octavo, with a few plates. The second, 

 for 1862, but dated 1864, is the last received. 



At Palermo, a Griornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche, 

 pubblicato per cura del consiglio di perfezionamento annesso al R. 

 Istituto tecnico di Palermo, has commenced, in quarto, with plates. 

 The two parts received, both dated in the present year, contain, 

 amidst a variety of subjects, a paper on fossil Nerinese by 

 G-emmellaro, and one on some new Pungi by Inzenga. 



A Bulletin de la Societe Ornithologique Suisse, in very large 

 octavo, with plates, has just been commenced at Greneva. 



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