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cells ; each, of these cells again subdivides, and ultimately by repeated 

 cell division the fruit rudiment is formed. During this process the 

 archegone increases in size considerably, the rudiment also increasing 

 both in vertical and horizontal growth, striking deep down into the 

 base of the archegonmm» 



( To he continued. ) 



To the Editors of the Naturalist. — 

 On the 6th instant a fine specimen 

 of the great northern diver (Colym- 

 bus glacialis)w£i& shot at Coldhiendly 

 reservoir, near Wakefield. On the 

 same day, an adult female of the 

 red-throated diver (0. septentrionalis) 

 was shot, and on examining the 

 contents of the stomach, it was 

 found to contain 165 small fishes, 

 averaging 1^ inches in length. I 

 forwarded them to an experienced 

 angler, and he informed me that 

 they were all young roaches. This 

 is the fourth red-throated diver 

 which has visited this neighbour- 

 hood since the 3rd of October. — 

 Wm. Talbot. 



Wakefield, 11th Dec., 1875. 



Bradfoed Naturalist s' 

 Society. — Meeting Nov. 29th. 

 the president, Mr. John Carter, in 

 the chair. — Mr. E. Beaumont 

 exhibited a number of specimens 

 of lepidoptera from his cabinet, in- 

 cluding Acherontia Atropos, Choero- 

 campa Celereo, C. porcellus, Gate- 

 cala nupta, &c. A very interesting 

 and* instructive paper on " Fossils " 

 was read by Mr. Edwd. Margerison, 

 after which a discussion ensued, in 



which several of the members took 

 part. 



GooLE Scientific Society. — 

 Meeting Dec. 15. — The president, 

 Mr. M. A. Morris, read a paper on 

 the ''Expression of the Emotions." 

 After alluding to the ^Daucity of 

 literature on the subject, and 

 acknowledging that his paper would 

 be mainly a resume of Mr. Darwin's 

 work on the subject, the author 

 enunciated and illustrated the 

 three chief principles of emotional 

 expression, viz., that of serviceable 

 association, of antithesis, and of 

 nervous construction. The principal 

 means of investigating the subject 

 were the observation of human 

 features and gestures, especially 

 those of children and savages, 

 under the influence of different 

 emotions ; comparative observa- 

 tions on the lower animals ; the 

 study of works of art and of actors ; 

 consideration of the anatomy of the 

 facial muscles and nerves, and 

 direct experiment. Passing briefly 

 over the gestures of the lower 

 animals, the author described the 

 outward marks of the different 

 expressions in man with consider- 

 able minuteness, and at some 

 length. An interesting discussion 

 followed, in which the blanching of 

 the hair under the influence of 

 terror was alluded to, instances 



