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members of the Society, and Mr. R. C. Mabbs undertook 

 the duties of its Honorary Secretaryship. 



Mr. Dalgliesh also exhibited stuffed specimens of several 

 of the smaller English quadrupeds, and a Flying Squirrel 

 which he had shot in the Himalayas. An animated discussion 

 ensued on the smaller mammalia of the Sarnian area, and 

 the peculiar distribution of certain species. 



Mr. W. Sharp read a most interesting paper prepared 

 for the Society by Mr. Herbert Fleure, B.Sc, on " Some 

 Points in the History of the Ormer." This paper will be 

 found in the following pages, but unfortunately it is not 

 possible to reproduce the author's admirable drawings showing 

 details of anatomy and structure. 



Monthly Meeting held on Sept. 16th, 1903, Mr. A. Cottenette, 

 Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. H. Gallienne was unanimously elected a member 

 of the Society. 



The Chairman said they all accorded a cordial welcome 

 to Mr. E. D. Marquand, who had come back to reside in 

 Guernsey after an absence of eight years. They would 

 remember that two years ago a very high distinction was 

 conferred on Mr. Marquand. The Linnean Society of 

 London had unanimously elected him an Associate, a much- 

 coveted honour, since the number of Associates was strictly 

 limited to twenty-five, and a new election could only take 

 place when a vacancy occurred. It was one of the highest 

 honours Science had to bestow in this country. 



The Hon. Secretary reported the receipt of several 

 books and publications, and laid on the table a large collection 

 of Flowering Plants, mostly from Guernsey, made between 

 forty and fifty years ago by the late Miss Guille, who was 

 a member of this Society up to the date of her death early 

 in this year. This collection, which contained much that 

 was valuable and interesting, had been presented to the 

 Society by Miss Guille's executors, and a detailed account 

 of it would be given in the Annual Report of the Botanical 

 Section. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand reported the occurrence in Alderney 

 of a plant new to the Channel Islands, the Scarlet Horn 

 Poppy ( Glaucium phceniceum), found by Capt. T. Broughton. 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited some limpet shells and flint- 

 scrapers found during the excursion to Ronceval ; also a small 

 Dipteron found among rockpools on the shore, and believed 



