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especially the great nebula about Theta Orionis, which here ap- 

 pears as a great white patch, in which detail has been lost by 

 over exposure, and it extends far beyond the ordinary limits as 

 seen with the telescope, for its margin extends beyond the star 

 Iota. The third star in the sword handle is also shown with its 

 nebula about it, in which some structural forms can be clearly 

 traced. 



Note. — Part of these remarks on Star photographs were sent 

 with the photographs to the Royal Astronomical Society some 

 weeks since; but additional matter is here incorporated with 

 them, and the whole read before the Society with the sanction of 

 the Council. 



The thanks of the Society were accorded to the various authors 

 for their valuable papers. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and 

 acknowledged : — - 



Donations Received during the Month of October, 1890. 



(The Names of the Donors are in Italics.) 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 



Amsterdam — Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. 

 Verslagen en Medecleelingen, Afd. Natuurkunde, 

 Dercle Reeks, Deel vi.,vn., 1839-90, Jaarboek, 1889. The Academy. 



Berlin — Gesellschaf t fur Erdkunde. Verhandlungen, Band 

 xvii., No. 6, 1890. Zeitschrift, Band xxv., Heft 3, 

 No. 147, 1890. The Society. 



Berne — Schweiz. Departement des Innern, Abtheilung 

 Bauwesen. Graphische Darstellung der Lufttem- 

 peraturen nnd der Niederschlagshohen, Bl. i., n., 

 in., 1889. Tableau graphique des observations 

 hy drometriqries suisses, PL ia, ib, na, n&, nc, in., 

 iv., va, vb, vi. The Department. 



Brisbane — Chief Weather Bureau. Weather Chart of 

 Australasia, at 9 a.m., Sept. 26, 27, 29, 30, Oct. 1 - 

 4, 6- 11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-29. Government Meteorologist. 



Buenos Aires — Direction Generale de Statistique. Annu- 



aire Statistique de la Province de Buenos-Ayres. 



Huitieme Annee, 1888. Edition Franchise. The Director General. 

 Institute Geografico Argentino. Boletin, Toino xi., 



Cuadernos Nums 1-3, 1889-90. The Institute. 



Calcutta — Geological Survey of India. Records, Vol. 



xxin., Part iii., 1890. The Survey. 



Cambridge (Mass.) — Museum of Comparative Zoology at 

 Harvard College. Memoirs, Vol. xvi., No. 3, Nov. 

 1889. The Museum. 



Cambridge Entomological Club. Psyche, Vol. v., No. 



171, July, 1890. . The Club. 



Charlottesville — University of "Virginia. Publications 

 of the Leander McCormick Observatory, Vol. i., 

 Part iv., 1889. The University. 



O— November 5, 1890. 



