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leisure of three years to the carrying out of her generously- 

 undertaken task. 



I mentioned just now that Sir Edgar was our first 

 President. When the statutory two years of his presidential 

 sway terminated, he was unanimously elected Patron of the 

 Society, and so continued to the end of his life. It is also 

 a pleasure to add that Miss Carey, too, is a valued member 

 of the Society. 



In now recording, in our Transactions, the advent of 

 this latest treasury of legendary lore, I feel sure that the 

 members will be glad to join, as a Society, in most cordially 

 expressing their pleasure at the completion of the volume, 

 and most heartily thanking everyone who has been concerned 

 in its preparation and production. 



J. Linwood Pitts, Hon. Sec. Folk-lore Sect. 



Note. — Sir Edgar MacCulloch, F.S.A.., was born at Ann's Place, St. Peter-Port, 

 Guernsey, June 1, 1808 ; elected Jurat of the Royal Court, Feb. 28, 1844 ; 

 Lieutenant-Bailiff, Jan. 18, 1869; Bailiff, Sept. 29, 1884; Knighted May 8, 

 1886; retired from the Bailiffship in the early part of 1895; died July 31, 

 1896, at his residence in the Pollet, aged 88 years and 2 months. 



REPORT OF SECTION FOR MARINE ZOOLOGY. 



For many years this Society has lamented that so little 

 work has been done by its members in connection with the 

 extremely rich marine fauna of the Sarnian waters. Mr. 

 Marquand's paper on the Marine Shells of this region has 

 given an impetus to this work, and since there are a few 

 members interested in this department, it was decided to 

 form a section for Marine Zoology, of which the Society 

 elected me Secretary. But there is little to report. We 

 have the capture of the rare fish, Luvarus imperialis, described 

 elsewhere in these Transactions, and also a paper by Mr. 

 H. Fleure on the anatomy of the Ormer. Two of Guernsey's 

 rarities are again reported, viz. : a Mediterranean crustacean, 

 Scyllarus arctus, and that link with the past, Comatula 

 rosacea, or Rosy Feather-star, which was found independently 

 by Mr. Fleure and Mr. Marquand between tide-marks at 

 Bordeaux Harbour. Mr. Marquand also reports several 

 additions to his published list of Mollusca. I would like 

 to mention one branch of the work in which members may 

 take part without much technical training. I refer to the 

 observation of habits and life-history of sea animals, both 

 on the shore and in aquaria. The scope is enormous, and the 

 chances of making original observations considerable. 



