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REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 
Jan., 1891 . 
477. M. androsaceus, Fr. Merulius androsaceus, Purt. Plan¬ 
tation at Arrow, Furt. ii.. 619. Combe Woods, Adams. 
Sutton Park ; Marston Green ; Maxstoke ; Solihull; 
Olton; Coleshill Pool; Trickley Coppice. &c. 
478. M. epiphyllus, Fr , Merulius squamula, Purt. On leaves, 
&c. Oct. In the lane from Oversley to the mill; 
Arrow, &c., Purt. ii., 620. 
479. M saccharinus, Fr. Woods. Bare. Aug. Crackley 
Wood, Kenilworth, Bussell , Illustr. On dead leaves, &c., 
Kenilworth Castle, Cooke , Illustr ., 1186. 
(To be continued.) 
fltprls of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.—December 4th. Microscopical Section. —A lecture was 
delivered in the Biological Theatre, Mason College, to a crowded 
audience of the above society and its friends, by A. W. Wills, Esq., 
J.P., on “ Burmah and its People.” The lecture was illustrated by 
about a hundred lantern views, selected from photographs which he 
had taken during his recent tour. These were thrown on to the screen 
by Mr. C. Pumphrey, with the aid of a new apparatus giving a 
brilliant white light superior to the lime-liglit. Mr. Wills, in intro¬ 
ducing his subject, referred to the outward trip, briefly describing 
Aden, Ceylon, and India, which continent he traversed as far as 
Darjeeling ; then he proceeded to describe his entrance into Burmah 
by the River Irawady to Rangoon. Here he showed views of its 
temples, homes of the Buddhist priests, and luxuriant foliage. He 
then described Toongho, on the River Sitang, and showed views of its 
bungalows, street scenes, and a number of natives in their picturesque 
costumes, which, he said, were often gorgeous in colour, but always in 
good taste. The district en route to Mandalay revealed much tropical 
scenery—the jungle, the paddy fields, and an area of fifty miles where 
the cactus, from six feet to thirty feet high, of many curious forms, 
are the chief objects in the landscape. He brought his most instruc¬ 
tive and interesting lecture to a close by some splendid photographs 
of Mandalay and its palaces.—December 9th. Biological Section.— 
Mr. W. H. Wilkinson in the chair. Mr. J. B. Williams, of Toronto, 
read a paper on Canadian birds, which he illustrated by an interesting 
collection of dried skins, fifty-two in number, of his own collecting, from 
the neighbourhood of Toronto. He also exhibited eggs of the Canadian 
stick insect, Diapliemora femorata. — December 16th. Geological 
Section.— Mr. C. Pumphrey in the chair. The chairman called the 
attention of the members to two photographs, kindly presented to 
the society by Mr. W. R. Hughes. (1) A photograph of the late Miss 
Constance Naden. (2) A photograph of the members who joined the 
Marine Excursion to Falmouth, in 1879. Mr. W. R. Hughes exhibited 
and described the pedunculate form of Antedon rosaceus (Comattila 
rosacea ), showing the early stages of the development of the plates and 
the arms of the rosy feather-star-fish before it becomes free. Mr. 
Madeley, of the Dudley Geological and Scientific Society and Midland 
Field Club, read a paper on “ Crinoids,” illustrated by several fine fossil 
forms from Dudley and elsewhere. A cordial vote of thanks was given 
to Mr. Madeley, and he was requested to conduct a party to see the 
Dudley Crinoids in the excursion season. This he promised gladly to do. 
