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VIII.— A Voyage to Spitzbergen and the Arctic Seas. By Abel 



Chapman, Esq. With four Plates 138 



IX.— Presidential Address, 1882. E. I. J. Browell, Esq 159 



Members elected, 1881-82 178 



Treasurer's Report, 1881 179 



Officers elected for 1882-83 180 



X. — Miscellanea : 



Remarkable Instinct in a Foxhound. Commuuicated by 



Earl Percy 181 



. On a Perched Block of Sandstone in Lunedale. By 



Septimus Oswald 181 



On a new Lichen foiind in Northumberland. By Rev. 



W.Johnson..... 184 



Notice of Salmon Trout in the Ousebum, Newcastle-on- 



Tyne, in the Spawning Season, By R. Y. Green 184 



Additions to the Local Fauna and Flora, with Remarks 

 on some New Habitats 185 



XL— Presidential Address, 1883. Rev. Canon Wheeler, M.A 190 



Members elected, 1882 .. 210 



Field Meetings, 1883 210 



Treasurer's Report, 1882 211 



Officers elected for 1883-84 212 



XII. — Miscellanea : 



Note on the habit of the young Cuckoo in ejecting the 

 eggs and young of its foster-parent from the nest. By 

 John Hancock 213 



Note on the Indian form of the Spotted Eagle {Aquila 

 ncevia, Briss.), shot on the Northumberland Coast, near 

 Cresswell, Oct. 31st, 1885. By John Hancock 217 



Lichen Memorabilia, 1884. By Rev. W. Johnson 217 



Note on the Birds seen at Nest House, Felling Shore, in 

 May and June, 1884. By D. Embletou, M.D 219 



Note on the occurrence of Shrimps in the Tyne. By D. 

 Embleton, M.D 220 



Note on the capture of Tunnies and of a fine specimen of 

 the "Bergylt," or Norwegian Haddock, off the Tyne, 

 June, 1884. By D. Embleton, Esq., M.D 221 



