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of fish lice ; Mr. H. Parker, fresh-water aquaria, containing live 
fish, &c. ; Mr. R. W. Chase, fourteen mounted photographs, 
illustrating birds and bird-life, and thirty mounted photographs of 
scenery and birds of Lundy island, taken during a recent visit ; 
Mr. J. H. Pickard, mounted archaeological photographs of Warwick¬ 
shire, and framed photographs of birds and flowers : Mr. A. Camm, 
water-colour drawings of microscopic fungi ( mycetozoa ) from the 
Birmingham district; Professor Poynting, experimental demon¬ 
stration of dust-free atmospheres ; Mr. Dudley Docker, gravel from 
the De Beers Diamond Mines, and banket gold ores from the Trans^ 
vaal and Zululand ; Mr. W. B. Grove, woody fungi; Miss Amy 
Chambers, two framed pictures of ruins at Boxgrove, Sussex ; 
Mr. F. lies, harmonic curves, drawn by the compound pendulum ; 
Mr. John Collins, a collection of Botanical specimens from the 
Severn Valley district. The Botanical Laboratory was shown by 
Professor Hillhouse, and the Zoological Museum by Professor 
Bridge. There was also a large exhibit of microscopes, separately 
staged in one room, where also Mr. R. C. Bradley exhibited a fine 
collection of British flies ; Mr. P. W. Abbott, a collection of 
lepidoptera ; Mr. Chase, a series of nests and eggs of British birds ; 
and Mr. E. F. Spicer, a large zoological trophy of animals and birds, 
including a number of fine heads and antlers. An interesting- 
series of lantern exhibitions were given under the superintendence 
of Mr. C. Pumphrey. The slides shown were contributed as 
follows :—Professor Allen, Swiss scenery ; Mr. H. M. J. Underhill, 
coloured Norwegian drawings; Mr. T. H. Waller, geological and 
mineral; Messrs. J. Edmonds and G. M. Iliff, photomicrographs ; 
Mr. R. W. Chase, birds and bird-life; Mr. R. Pumphrey, zoological 
gardens; and Mr. C. Pumphrey, plants and flowers.—In the 
Biological Theatre, Professor Lapwortli delivered an address, which 
had great interest for geologists, on the probable derivation and 
fossil contents of the Bunter pebble beds of the Midlands and of the 
Permian Breccias of the Stour and Severn Valleys ; and an 
interesting paper on the Permian Breccia of Clent Hills was read 
by Mr. Wickham King, who also showed a most interesting 
collection of rocks and fossils from the Breccia. 
August, 1893. 
