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most peculiar bird, and its beauty must be seen to be realised. It is 

 one of the most extraordinary varieties of this bird I have ever seen. — 

 J. Whitaker (Rainworth, Notts). 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 



Linnean Society of London. 



February Q, 1893. — Prof. Stewart, President, in the chair. 



Mr. John Percival was elected, and Mr. William Whitwell was admitted 

 a Fellow of the Society. 



On behalf of Mr. Thomas Scott, the Secretary read a report on the 

 Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by Mr. John Rattray. 



Mr. H. Bernard gave an account of two new species of Rhaz. 



An important paper, by Mr. Arthur Lister, " On the division of nuclei 

 in the Mycetozoa,"gave rise to an interesting discussion, in which Dr. D. H. 

 Scott, Prof. Howes, and others took part. 



This was followed by a paper " On the structural differentiation of the 

 Protozoan body as studied in microscopic sections," by Mr. J. E. Moore. 



February 16. — Prof. Stewart, President, in the chair. 



Mr. R. Spruce was elected an Associate of the Society. 



Mr. Clement Reid exhibited and gave an account of some seeds of 

 Paradoxocarpus carinatus, an extinct Pliocene and Pleistocene plant from 

 the Cromer fossil-bed. Mr. Reid also exhibited and described some examples 

 of Potamogeton headonensis, a new type of pond-weed from the Oligocene 

 strata of Hordle Cliff, in Hampshire. His remarks, which were listened to 

 with great interest, were elucidated with the aid of diagrams, and were 

 criticised by Mr. W. Carruthers and others. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited some dried plants of the so-called Greek Tea 

 (Sideritis theezans, Boissier), which during a recent visit to Thessaly he had 

 found to be extensively used there, as an infusion, in lieu of tea. He also 

 exhibited some photographs of Thessalian scenery, showing the geological 

 and botanical character of the country bordering the great plain of Larissa. 



Dr. Otto Stapf pointed out on the map the scene of his botanical 

 explorations in Persia, and gave some account of the flora of that region, as 

 far as has been at present ascertained. 



On behalf of Mr. C. B. Plowright, a paper, communicated by the 

 President, was read on the life-history of the iEcidium on Paris quadrifolia. 



On behalf of Mr. J. C. Willis, M.A., who was unfortunately prevented 

 by illness from attending, a paper was read entitled " Contributions to the 

 Natural History of the Flower." This paper, the first of a series, dealt 

 with the fertilization by insects of plants belonging to the genera Claytonia, 

 Phacelia, and Monarda. 



