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3. To make a Digest of the Observations on the 



Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Light- 

 vessels, which have been carried on by the 

 Migration Committee of the British Association, 

 and to report upon the same at Leeds, (Sec, Mr. 

 John Cordeaux). Every British Ornithologist is well 

 aware of the amount of light thrown by the Reports of the 

 above Committee in past years upon the obscure problems 

 of the migrations of birds, as well as upon their more or 

 less casual visits to our shores ; but the number of annual 

 Reports now renders it a somewhat difficult task to hunt 

 out references, scattered as they are through several large 

 volumes of the B.A. Reports. This being so, it is a matter 

 for congratulation that Mr. William Eagle Clarke has 

 undertaken the preparation of a digest of the observations, 

 which will thereby be rendered far more useful to all 

 ornithologists. 



4. The Committee charged with the task of Reporting upon 



the Provincial Museums of the United King- 

 dom has not been re-appointed ; though there seems to 

 be ample scope for such a Committee in the direction of 

 promoting the formation of museums where not already 

 existing, and of stimulating many of those already existing 

 into a healthier and more efficient condition. But that 

 the importance of the subject is not likely to be lost sight 

 of may be assumed from the fact that the Presidential 

 Address was devoted to the consideration of the aims that 

 should be kept in view in the formation of museums, and 

 the best methods of attaining these aims. Much infor- 

 mation and many suggestions of the utmost value to all 

 interested in the encouragement of museums are contained 

 in Professor Flower's Address, and in the Reports of the 

 Museums Committee of the British Association, published 

 in the volumes of Transactions for 1887 (pp. 97-130), and 

 1888 (pp. 124-132). 



Section H. 



1. The effects of different Occupations and Employ- 

 ments on the Physical Development of the 



