Mar., 1891. 
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY'S REPORT. 
53 
THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY, 
Presented by the Council to the Annual Meeting, 
February 3rd, 1891. 
Tlie Council have the pleasure of reporting, respecting the 
position of the Society, that the number of members has been 
fully maintained during the past year ; and they have been 
enabled to pay off all the remainder of the loans that were 
contracted three years ago, thus making the Society entirely 
free from debt. 
The Council refer with special pleasure to the Muybridge 
Lectures on the “ Motion of Animals,” illustrated by remark¬ 
ably fine lantern views, that were delivered on March 12th 
and 14th, in the Town Hall, under the auspices of this 
Society, the Mayor and Sir Thomas Martineau taking the 
chair on the two occasions. These lectures not only gave 
great pleasure and interest to the members and a large 
attendance of the general public, but by the surplus receipts 
from them they have enabled the Council to pay off entirely 
the loans contracted by the Society. For this the members 
are indebted to the President (Mr. C. Pumphrey), Mr. Grove, 
and Mr. Wilkinson, and the several members who joined in a 
voluntary guarantee fund, by means of wdiich the lectures 
were carried out without any liability being incurred by the 
Society, the gratifying financial result being specially due to 
the personal exertions and excellent management of the 
President and Mr. Grove. 
The Council tender their thanks to the donors of the 
various gifts to the Society that are named in the reports of 
the Sections, and especially to Mr. Hughes for his present of 
a portrait of Miss Naden, and a photographic group of the 
members who formed the Falmouth Marine Excursion in 
1879; to Dr. Milnes Marshall for the copy of his “ Studies 
from the Biological Laboratories of Owens Collegeand 
to Mr. Burgess for his microscope slide of fifty species of 
Foraminifera from Hammerfest, Norway. 
The Council are gratified in recording the completion of 
the great work by Mr. Bagnall, the •* Flora of Warwickshire.” 
With him it has been a labour of love, but it nevertheless 
represents years of arduous toil; and, while it reflects great 
honour on Mr. Bagnall, the Council feel that the Society 
which numbers him amongst its active members enjoys a 
