THE ANNUAL MEETING 
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Another most interesting series of slides were shown by Professor 
Bentley, M.A., F.L.S., of University College, Sheffield, and 
among them were three telephotographs, one of a chaffinch 
sitting on its nest, another of a sandpiper on its nest, and the 
other of a rabbit outside its hole. Two photographs by Pro- 
fessor Bentley of the sandpiper were of great interest ; the first 
showed a nest with four eggs on the ground, the eggs very large 
for the bird and very pointed, with point towards centre of nest 
to economise space. Large eggs laid by birds which have long 
incubation mean chicks well developed inside the egg and able 
to run as soon as hatched. The second photograph bearing out 
this point showed a young sandpiper from the same nest four 
hours after hatching. Another slide showed a cockchafer on a 
daisy. The insect had been caught asleep and it had been 
eating the daisy ; and the slide was a good illustration of an 
insect visiting a flower to eat the flower tissues, and incidentally 
effecting pollination. Another slide showed a humble-bee on a 
wild hyacinth, and a second was an instantaneous photograph 
of three bees on an inflorescence of the sea-holly, both slides 
showing how the insects effect pollination. Mr. Bentley’s slide 
showing a spider in its web was also of interest. The picture 
shows that the bulk of the web is made not in rings but in a 
continuous spiral, and the end of the thread is shown attached 
to the insect, which is in its normal position, head downwards. 
From a biological standpoint Professor Bentley’s flower and 
insect slides representing the phenomena of pollination were 
of special interest, as these points, we believe, have not been 
photographed much. From Mr. William Farren, of Cambridge, 
came an interesting series of photographs. To members of the 
Selborne Society the photos of the stone curlew, showing a series 
of adult, young and eggs, were interesting, as Gilbert White so 
frequently mentions this bird. Mr. Martin also showed a series 
of photographs of the snipe and lapwing ; and as the three birds 
named are, as a rule, very unapproachable, such photographs 
are therefore of interest. Studies of the ringed plover were also 
shown, the photographs having been taken at their inland breed- 
ing place in Norfolk. Mr. Martin also exhibited studies of the 
caterpillars of the Puss moth in different attitudes, also of the 
“(Stick ” caterpillars, including that of the Pepper moth and 
Thorn moth. Perhaps the most interesting features in these 
were the fine instances of protective resemblance of the Stick 
caterpillars to their food plants and the contrast between the 
resting attitude of the Puss Moth Caterpillar and when it is 
disturbed. From Mr. Chas. Reid, of Wishaw, whose name is 
known far and wide as a Nature photographer, came interesting 
albums of photographs ; the subjects depicted were so numerous, 
however, that it is impossible to enter on them in detail. Mr. 
Reid’s photographs are pictures containing correct representa- 
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