. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. cil for the ensuing year :— President: W. Boyd Dawkins, , , : Sir William H. Bailey ; H. B. Dixon,, ; J. Cosmo Melvill, , ; CharlesBailey, , Secretaries: Francis Jones, , F. , ;Charles H. Lees, Treasurer: Arthur McDougall, Librarian: W. E. Hovle, , , Otlicr Members of Council: Horace Lamb, , ,; Francis Nicholson, ; R. L. Taylor, , ; F. E, Weiss, , ; C. E. Stromeyer,
. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. cil for the ensuing year :— President: W. Boyd Dawkins, , , : Sir William H. Bailey ; H. B. Dixon,, ; J. Cosmo Melvill, , ; CharlesBailey, , Secretaries: Francis Jones, , F. , ;Charles H. Lees, Treasurer: Arthur McDougall, Librarian: W. E. Hovle, , , Otlicr Members of Council: Horace Lamb, , ,; Francis Nicholson, ; R. L. Taylor, , ; F. E, Weiss, , ; C. E. Stromeyer,; Frank Southern, Ordinary Meeting, April 28th, Bailey, , , President, in the Chair. The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of thebooks upon the table. Professor F. E. Weiss, , made some remarks on thepollination of the primrose, and exhibited some insects which hehad caught on primroses in the Church Stretton district. Theseincluded specimens of Bonibus terrester^ Anthophora furcata, Manchester Memoirs^ Vol. XL VII. M. NEST OF THE COMMON BUZZARD. Jo face pai^e ,] April 28th, Igoj.] Proceedings. xxxv Andrena grynana, and Bombiliiis major, the last two being themost frequent visitors of the primrose flowers. Dr. George Wilson read a paper entitled A Factor inthe Safety of High-speed Torpedo Boat Destroyers,written by himself in conjunction with Mr. A. T. Weston. The following paper was also read .— Notes on the Breeding Habits and Distribution ofthe Common Buzzard (Buleo vulgaris) in theNorthern Counties of England. By R. W. Ellison.( With a Plate.) The Common Buzzard is still a resident in the Lake Districtsof Cumberland and Westmorland, where I have had frequentopportunity of observing the birds, and examining several of theirnests. For some time it was supposed that this species hadceased to breed in England, owing to its having been subjectedto the increasing persecution of gamekeepers, and to theremoval of large
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