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the herring fishery of the year 1S94. A commu- 

 nication was read from the Rev. Julian Tuck, of 

 Tostock, stating that a Brunnick's guillemot had 

 been sent to a bird stuffer in Bury, which was shot 

 at Guyhirn, near Wisbech, about January 12th, 

 and which he had secured for his collection. Its 

 occurrence in the midst of the present abnormal 

 visitation of little auks seemed noteworthy. It was 

 also mentioned that a second example of this bird 

 had been obtained near Scarborough about the 

 same time, thus establishing its claim as a British 

 species, which before had been doubtful. Air. A. 

 W. Preston's valuable " Meteorological notes for 

 1894 " were read. Mr. Southwell read a note on the 

 occurrence of two very immature specimens of the 

 Grampus (Orca gladiator) on the Norfolk coast, 

 about the middle of November last, one of which 

 Mr. Patterson had sent to Norwich for the 

 Museum, but it was found to be too much damaged 

 to make a good specimen, and was, therefore, sent 

 on to the Cambridge Museum, for purposes of 

 dissection. A list of Coleoptera, captured in 1894, 

 in West Suffolk, was sent by Mr. W. H. Tuck, of 

 Tostock House : as was a list of West Norfolk 

 Mollusca by Mr. T. Pitch. Mr. F. Danby Palmer 

 also sent an interesting note on the transported 

 mulberry-tree at Great Yarmouth. Mr. Roberts 

 exhibited a very unusual variety of the Chaffinch. 



Society for the Protection of Birds.— Mr. 

 Sydney Buxton, M.P., presided at the annual 

 meeting of the society for the Protection of Birds, 

 held at Westminster Palace Hotel. He pointed 

 out that the society, of which the Duchess of 

 Portland is president, was originally called into 

 existence by the pitiless destruction of birds, 

 especially during the nesting season, to supply the 

 demands of fashion in female dress and decoration. 

 It had indirectly assisted to bring about the pro- 

 tection in this country of the feathered tribe 

 generally. Sir William Flower, director of the 

 Natural History Museum at South Kensington, 

 mentioned incidentally one good result of the 

 fashion which the society was formed to protest 

 against. A lady visitor to the museum was found 

 to be wearing in her hat a small bird of plumage, of 

 which, although its existence and habitat were 

 known, the authorities had never been able to 

 obtain a specimen. The fair wearer was induced to 

 part with her ornament in the interests of ornitho- 

 logy. The Rev Canon Rawnsley, Mr. Montagu 

 Sharp, the Hon. Miss Powys, and others spoke 

 warmly in support of the objects of the society, and 

 the report of the committee for the past year was 

 unanimously adopted. 



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