CONTENTS. V 



PAOE 



Note on the visit of a Shoal of Tunnies to the Northum- 

 berland Coast, in June, 1884. By Richard Howse 221 



Note on the capture of a very large Tunny in the Salmon 

 Nets, off Frenchman's Bay, near the mouth of the Tyne, 



in August, 1885. By Richard Howse 223 



XIII. — Pi-esidential Address, 1884. Alexander S. Stevenson, Esq.... 225 



Members elected, 1883 247 



Field Meetings, 1884 247 



Treasurer's Report, 1883 248 



Officers elected for 1884-85 249 



XIV. — Letters from Charles Darwin, Esq., to Albany Hancock, Esq. 



Communicated by John Hancock 260 



XV.— Presidential Address, 1885. G. H. Philipson, Esq., M.A., 



M.D., D.C.L., etc 278 



Members elected, 1884 296 



Field Meetings, 1885 ... 296 



Treasurer's Report, 1884 297 



Officers elected for 1885-86 298 



XVI. — The Tyne, the Lort Burn, the Skerue. By D. Embleton, Esq., 



M.D. 299 



XVII. — A Catalogue of Mr, N. J. Winch's Lichens, now in the 

 Museum of the Natural History Society, Newcastle-on- 



Tyne. By the Rev. W. Johnson, December, 1887 307 



XVIII.— Presidential Address, 1886. H. Cooper Abbs, Esq 326 



Members elected, 1885-86 345 



Field Meetings, 1886 346 



Treasurer's Report, 1885 347 



Officers elected for 1886- 87 348 



XIX. — On the Spinal Column of Loxomina AUmanni, Huxley. By 



D. Embleton, Esq., M.D., etc. With one Plate 349 



Rules of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 357 



List of Members 360 



Index to Vol, VIII 371 



