X LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The second meeting of the thirty-first session was held at 

 the University, on Friday, November 10th, 1916. The President 

 in the chair. 



I. Prof. Herdman submitted the Annual Report on the work 

 of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee, and gave 

 an address on the " Life and Work of Sir Wyville 

 Thomson, the great organiser of the ' Challenger " 

 Expedition " (see " Transactions," p. 31). 



The third meeting of the thirty-first session was held at 

 the University, on Friday, December 8th, 1916. The President 

 in the Chair. 



1. Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., in continuation of his lecture on 

 " Sir Wyville Thomson " gave a valuable epitome of 

 the chief scientific results of the " Challenger " Expedi- 

 tion (see " Transactions, p. 31). 



The fourth meeting of the thirty-first session was held at 

 the University, on Friday, January 12th, 1917. The President 

 in the chair. 



1 . Mr. G. Ellison submitted a note on the points of difference 



between the Willow Warbler and Chill Chaff. 



2. Mr. J. W. Cutmore gave an address on " Observations on 



Bird Life in the Neighbourhood." 



3. Dr. Johnstone described and exhibited some Oceanographic 



Apparatus. 

 The fifth meeting of the thirty-first session was held at 

 the University, on Friday, February 9th, 1917, jointly with the 

 Students' Society. The President of the Students' Section 

 (Miss H. M. Duvall, B.Sc.) in the chair. 

 1. Addresses were delivered on " Animal Parasites and 



Disease in War Time," by Miss Mackinnon, D.Sc, and 



Messrs. Williamson and Malins Smith. 



