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^ssanatc3 : 
Adams, Lionel. 
Aitken, John. 
Brockbank, Herbert W. 
CuNLiFEE, Peter. 
Hartog, Marcus jVL, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
Labret, B. B. 
Linton, James. 
Peace, Thos. S. 
Percival, James. 
Plant, John, F.G.S. 
Quinn, Edward Paul. 
Eogers, Thomas. 
Stirrup, Mark, F.G.S. 
Tatham, John F. W., M.D. 
Ward, Edward. 
Young, Sydney. 
Mr. R. D. Darbishire gave some notes upon, and ex- 
hibited a case of eggs of the Black Back Gull (Larus 
ridibundus), found at Pilling Moss, near Fleetwood, Lan- 
cashire. 
Mr. Darbishire also noted for record, that a pair of 
Rooks had built their nest in a poplar tree standing in Oxford 
Road, just beyond Ducie Street, about If miles from the 
centre of Manchester, and in the midst of a very dense 
district of small houses, Oxford Road itself being one of the 
noisiest and busiest streets of the whole cit}^ The nest 
was built and a brood hatched last year. This year the 
birds were busy on 7th April, 
Dr. Alcock read an introductory paper “ On the Forms 
and so-called Species of Foraminifera.” 
Mr. R. D. Darbishire proposed the following resolution — 
“That this Meeting of the Microscopical Section of the 
Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester respect- 
fully invites the serious attention of the proper authorities 
of Owens College to the increasing disadvantage which 
students and naturalists of this district suffer, while the so- 
called Manchester Museum remains unexhibited and unde- 
veloped in the private rooms of the College — while other 
towns, and notably Liverpool, enjoy very largely the bene- 
fits of free access to good and well arranged collections. 
