264 MEETINGS AND LECTURES 



EVENING MEETINGS HELD DURING THE 

 WINTER SESSION, 1911-1912. 



Oct. 11. — Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.R.M.S. : "The Romance of Marine 

 Biology"; chair taken by Prof. Alex. Meek, M.Sc, F.Z.S. 



Nov. 8. — Mr. S. Rennie Haselhurst, M.Sc. : "When Tynemouth was a 

 Desert " ; chair taken by Mr. Edwin Burnup. 



Dec. 15. — Mr. John Smith, F.L.S. : "British Ferns"; chair taken by 

 Mr. W. Mark Pybus. 



Jan. IO. — Mr. Sydney Mangham, M. A. : " Types of British Vegetation " ; 

 chair taken by Mr. H. I. Brackenbury. 



Feb. 14. — Mr. W. Buckley : "Starfishes" ; chair taken by Mr. George 

 Sisson. 



Mar. 13. — Dr. A. Randell Jackson, M.D., D.Sc. : "Animal Partner- 

 ships"; chair taken by Mr. C. E. Robson. 



Mar. 23. — Private Evening Meeting of the Society : Report on Field 

 Meetings of 191 1 by Mr. R. S. Bagnall, F.E.S., F.L.S., Chairman 

 of the Field Meetings Committee. Reading of extracts from the 

 two prize essays in the Hancock Competition by Mr. J. Baxter and 

 Mr. W. Eltringham. 



AFTERNOON LECTURES TO CHILDREN. 



Dec. 28.— Mr. J. W. Nicholson, M.A., D.Sc: "Mimicry in Butter- 

 flies and Moths"; chair taken by Mr. N. H. Martin, F.L.S., 

 F.R.S.E. 



Jan. 4.- — Dr. R. Gordon Bell, F.R.C.S. : "Starch: a Romance of Plant 

 Life " ; chair taken by Principal W. H. Hadow, M.A., Mus. Doc. 



CURATOR'S "MUSEUM TALKS." 



Oct. 25. — The Structure of a Bird. 



Nov. 29. — The Structure of a Fish. 



Dec. 20. — Northumbrian Bird Life. 



Jan. 31. — Corals. 



Feb. 28. — The Reptiles. 



Mar. 27. — The Summer Migrants. 



Apr. 24. — Rock Pool Life. 



HONORARY CURATORS 



Col. C. H. E. Adamson, CLE. 

 R. S. Bagnall, F.E.S., F.L.S. 

 Rev. W. McLean Brown. 

 Harry Eltringham, M.A., F.Z.S. 

 Samuel Graham. 



Prof. G. A. Lebour, M.A., D.Sc. 

 Prof. Alex. Meek, M.Sc. 

 Prof. M. C. Potter, M.A., Sc.D. 

 P. Walther. 



