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THE NATURALIST. 



Cooke, (V.P.) in the chair. Mr. S. 

 Highley read a paper on " the application 

 of photogi'aphy and the magic lantern, to 

 microscopical demonstration," in the 

 course of which he briefly alluded to the 

 labours of the earlier photographers and 

 the results which had been since achieved. 

 After explaining some of the chief points 

 in the construction and arrangement of a 

 camera, he concluded by exhibiting on a 

 screen from an Oxy-hydrogen lantern a 

 series of beautifully executed photographs 

 of diatoms, parasitical insects, &c. The 

 chairman announced that a sub-committee 

 had been appointed to arrange Field excur- 

 sions during the summer ; and also, that 

 the first course of lectures on ''the micros- 

 cope and its use," recently given by Mr, 

 Suffolk, at the society of arts, to members 

 of the club, had terminated with the 

 greatest success. Seven members were 

 elected, and fourteen candidates were pro- 

 posed. 



Norwich Naturalists' Society. — The usual 

 meeting of this society, was held on Mon- 

 day evening, the 7th of May, in the rooms 

 Surrey Mews, Mr. H. Summons, Y.P., in 

 the chair. The secretary gave a report of 

 the past year's accounts, shewing the soci- 

 ety to be in a healthy and flourishing con- 

 dition. The chairman proposed that a vote 

 of thanks be passed to the officers and 

 committee for the past year, which was 

 unanimously carried. The hon. secretary 

 read a very interesting paper on the Eo- 

 dentia kindly furnished by Mr. J. 0. 

 Harper : it gave an account principally of 

 the structure of the skulls and teeth of the 

 several species comprising the order. Mr. 

 J. Perry referred to a notice in the 2nd 

 vol. of the Naturalist, page 366, of the 

 alleged capture of rare birds' eggs, in Nor- 

 folk last season. Mr, T. E. Gunn in reply 

 observed that out of the six species enume- 

 rated in the notice only four, viz. : the 

 golden oriole, little bittern, and the 

 Sandwich and Koseate terns, had ever been 

 known to occur in this county, and he had 

 seen only one authentic instance on record 



of one of these, the first mentioned, ever 

 breeding in Korfolk ; there was certainly 

 no authentic record or evidence of the 

 yellow-billed cuckoo and rock thrush ever 

 honouring us with a visit, much less to be 

 allowed to stay and nidificate unmolested 

 except by the fortunate individual, who 

 has affirmed in his correspondence to have 

 collected eggs of the whole six species in 

 one season. Perhaps, the correspondent 

 would kindly oblige the readers of the 

 Naturalist with more definite information, 

 as to the name of the fortunate collector, 

 and the localities of their capture w^hich 

 were the most essential points in the whole 

 matter; he (Mr. Gunn) also further remarked 

 that real substantial facts of the occurrence 

 of such rarities, would be required before 

 practical Ornithologists would place any 

 reliance in the statement, which if not 

 forthcoming could not be too extensively 

 contradicted, as at some future time this 

 interesting capture might be considered as 

 genuine. Various specimens of Lepidoptera 

 were exhibited by Mr, W, Lumb, and J. 

 Perry, and specimens oiColeoptera by Messrs, 

 J. J. Rice and K. Gunn. After a vote of 

 thanks the meeting terminated. 



INTERNATIONAL BOTANICAL 

 CONGRESS. 



The foreign Botanists and Horticultu- 

 rists who have visited England for this 

 Congress, v/ere on Wednesday morning 

 invited to breakfast by Messrs. Veitch and 

 Sons, of Chelsea Nursery, as a preliminary 

 to the commencement of more serious 

 labours. Amongst the gentlemen present 

 were : — Prof. Reichenbach of Hamburg,. 

 Prof. Koch, of Berlin, Prof. Caspary, of 

 Konigsberg, Prof. Morren, of Liege, and 

 M. Linden, of Brussels, M. Pepin delegated 

 by the French government, Sir Wentworth 

 Dilke, M.P., Sir Daniel Cooper, Drs, 

 Moore, Hogg, and Masters, and many 

 others. 



The congress was opened at eleven 

 o'clock in the South Kensington Museum, 



