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species, through the destruction of their eggs, deprecates the 

 encouragement given to dealers by collectors, through their 

 demands for British-taken eggs, and trust that the Corresponding 

 Societies will do all that lies in their power to interest and 

 influence naturalists, landowners, and others in the preservation 

 of such birds and their eggs." 



In the following sections — E (Geography), F (Economic 

 Science and Statistics), and G (Mechanical Science) there was 

 little that called for the special services of the members of local 

 societies. 



The last and youngest section of the British Association, 

 Section H, devoted to Anthropology, is one of the most active 

 and popular sections during the annual meetings, and, as such, 

 calls for assistance in promoting an ethnographical survey of the 

 United Kingdom. 



The President said he was sure that the members were deeply 

 indebted to Mr. Gray for attending the British Association 

 meeting on their behalf, and bringing the leading subjects before 

 them in such a lucid manner. 



Mr. Francis Joseph Bigger, junior secretary, was glad to say 

 that the Committee of the Club had already had under their 

 consideration the subject of local ethnography, and with a view 

 of encouraging this work had arranged with Professor Haddon, 

 of Dublin, a member of the British Association Ethnographical 

 Committee, to lecture before the Club on this subject in 

 January next, when it was hoped a local ethnographical com- 

 mittee would be formed. 



Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., then made some remarks on rare 

 local Foraminifera recently found, of which he exhibited dia- 

 grams. He said that on the dredging cruise which the Club 

 had some years ago in the steam-tug Protector one of the hauls 

 was taken in deep water, 100 fathoms, about midway between 

 Belfast and Portpatrick. This material, which has only recently 

 been examined microscopically, has yielded a large number of 

 foraminifera, several of them being rare and interesting species ; 

 the most noteworthy are Technitella legumen, Hyperammina 



