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LIST OF SOCIETIES, ETC., TO WHICH THIS VOLUME IS

Luffaria Archeri, Halichondria birotulata, and other
Sponges, by Mr. THOS. HIGGIN,

An Orthoceras from the Millstone Grit of Sweeney

Mountain, near Oswestry, by Mr. G. H. MORTON,

F.G.S.

A Collection of Shells of the Genus Oliva, by Mr.

F. P. MARRAT.

Tusk of the Siberian Mammoth; Egg-sacs and Spawn

of various Molluscs; Skulls and Bones of Pouched

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Rats; Specimens of rare fish, allied to Spinola's

Deal Fish, and of Balani and Mangrove Oysters;

Sample of the Fossil Fish, Dapedius punctatus ;

all by Mr. T. J. MOORE, Cor. Mem. Z.S.

Our Social Wasps, and on a Specimen of Polistes

taken at Ince Blundell, by the Rev. H. H.

HIGGINS, M.A.

SECOND ORDINARY MEETING

Magneto-electric Machine, exhibited by Dr. CAMPBELL-

BROWN.

Specimen of Eucalyptus, exhibited by Dr. CARTER.
Notice of a Poem, by Mr. Brooke, on "Liverpool,"
published in 1820, by Mr. J. A. PICTON, F.S.A.

Dr. CAMPBELL-BROWN on "Electricity compared with

Heat, as a source of Motive Power."

THIRD ORDINARY MEETING

Fossil Corals, from the Carboniferous Limestone of

North Wales, by Mr. G. H. MORTON, F.G.S.

Skeleton of the Dinornis Elephantopus, by Mr. T. J.

MOORE, Cor. Mem. Z.S.

FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING

Mr. E. R. RUSSELL on "The True Macbeth."

FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING

Mr. JAMES A. PICTON, F.S.A., on "The House of

Stanley, and the Origin of its Legend of the

Eagle and Child."

Dr. INMAN "On a means employed for Removing and

Erecting Menhirs."

Mr. ALFRED MORGAN, "A few Notes on the Khasi Hill

Tribes, and the Geology of the Shillong Plateau."

Mr. JOSEPH BOULT, "Gleanings from the Early History

of Liverpool."

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