. Report of the fifty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [microform] : held at Montreal in August and September 1884. Congresses and conventions; Science; Congrès et conférences; Sciences. I il 1 };â ', â 1 i : m r if f"' '4 T ]t "'â. U : . ; - 772 REPORTâ1884. havinf? a distinct hind nail. Many other points indicate timt it is in the Pacific that the majority of the existing,' groups, and even species ol" Gulls and Terns, havf originated. 8. Result of the Investigations of Insular Floras. Bij W. B. Helmslet. 9. Some Observations on t
. Report of the fifty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [microform] : held at Montreal in August and September 1884. Congresses and conventions; Science; Congrès et conférences; Sciences. I il 1 };â ', â 1 i : m r if f"' '4 T ]t "'â. U : . ; - 772 REPORTâ1884. havinf? a distinct hind nail. Many other points indicate timt it is in the Pacific that the majority of the existing,' groups, and even species ol" Gulls and Terns, havf originated. 8. Result of the Investigations of Insular Floras. Bij W. B. Helmslet. 9. Some Observations on the direct descendants of Bos rriniirjenius it, Great Britain. By G. P. Hughes. The author gave a brief .sketch of the grounds we have, through numeroi;!! remains of Iks Urus or I'rimigenius, and from the account in llomau history of the domestic and Avild ox of 2,000 years ago, for supposing that the threo typical breeds we have remaining in the parks of ('hartley, Cadzow, and Chillingham ar« well nigh direct descendants of that aboriginal race. lie described the difl'erenco between the Bos Primigenius and the Bos Lon- gifrons, the ancestors of our British cattle. lie pointed out some mistakes in the report sent to the late Mr. Storerof the Cadzow herd of cuttle, stating that they were a polled herd of cows. Tiie aiitVr found the entire herd possessed of well-set on horns of 18 inches long ; ho also tburd their colour to be white, with a few black ticks, and not cream-coloured. He visited the Ohillinjrliiim herd, and gave particulars as to an attempt at crossinjr being tried witli a Durham bull. He considers the Chillingham herd the finesi type of the Primigenius at this day extant. 10. On Natural Co-ordination, as evinced, in Organic Evolution. By Dr. W. Fraser. Nature affords us no decisive evidence of either creative or annihilative iDte> ference, all its manifestations seeming to result solely from the spontaneous operation of pre-inherent energies. But while
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