BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING IN THE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, OXFORD.

The article provides information on the annual meeting of the British Ecological Society in the University Department of Botany held in Oxford, England from January 5-6, 1944. H. N. Southern gave an interesting lantern lecture upon the ecology of birds. Exhibits set out to illustrate various aspects of ecology were examined. The feasibility of employing echo-sounding to give an outline of the main algal beds is examined.