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V. Smith (Dr), Exhibited Plaster Casts of the Skull of the

Gorilla, and also of its Brain Cavity,

February 26, 1862.

I. Elliot (Walter), Esq., Exhibition of Drawings, by Native

Artists, of Animals collected in India, belonging to the

different Great Divisions of the Animal Kingdom.

Communicated by John Coldstream, M.D.,

II. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo-

phytes. 1. Atractylis arenosa. 2. Atractylis miniata.

3. Laomedea decipiens (Plate XV.),

III. Thomas (Captain F. W. L.), R.N., On the Geological Age

of the Pagan Monuments of the Outer Hebrides,

IV. Cleland (John), M.D., Description of several Fishes from

Old Calabar. Communicated by William Turner, M.B.,

V. Weir (Thomas Durham), Esq., Note of the Common Squirrel

(Sciurus vulgaris) Feeding on Birds and their Eggs.

Communicated by Dr John Alex. Smith,

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VI. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Exhibited Albino Variety of the

Lepus timidus,

VII. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Ornithological Notes:-

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(Specimens exhibited.)

(1.) Turdus Merula (Penn). Blackbird (pied),

(2.) Loxia curvirostra (Penn.) Common Crossbill,

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(3.) Picus Major (Penn.) Great Spotted Woodpecker,

(4.) Hybrid Grouse, between Blackcock and Red Grouse,

(5.) Botaurus stellaris (Selby.)

(6.) Podiceps cristatus (Penn.)

(7.) Podiceps rubricollis (Penn.)

(8.) Podiceps cornutus (Penn.)

Grebe,

(9.) Podiceps auritus (Penn.) The Eared Grebe,

Hargitt (Edward), Esq., Exhibited a large Specimen of the

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Wild Cat (Felis catus ferus),

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VIII. Brown (Robert), Exhibited a Specimen of Astrophyton

scutatum from Davis Strait,-with Note,

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March 26, 1862.

I. Logan (R. F.), Esq., Notice of Indian Insects exhibited at

last meeting by Mr Elliot,

372

II. M'Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Notice of the Development of

Fish Spawn from the Firth of Forth, .

373

III. Mitchell (J. M.), Esq., (1.) On the Difference between the

young Herring, Clupea harengus, and the Sprat, Clupea

sprattus. (2.) On the Food of Fishes,

374

IV. Anderson (John), M.D., On Phryxus Paguri,

374

V. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo-

phytes and Protozoa. 1. Clava nodosa; 2. Acharadria

larynx; 3. Zooteirea religata ; 4. Freya (Lagotia) obstet-

rica, Freya stylifer; 5. Chatospira maritima; 6. Oxy-

tricha longicaudata (Plates XVII., XVIII., XIX.),

VI. Peach (Charles W.), Esq., On peculiar Hooked Spines on

Ophiocoma bellis, with Observations on the Spines of

other Ophiocoma (Plate XX.) (Specimens and Draw-

ings were exhibited),

VII. Carruthers (William), Esq., F.L.S., The Geology of Moffat,

Dumfriesshire, .

April 23, 1862.

I. Wallace (John), M.D., Observations on the Phocida of the

Greenland Seas. (Communicated by R. Brown, Esq.)

II. (1.) Smith (John A.), M.D., Notice of a Mass of Meteoric

Iron, found in the Village of Newstead, Roxburghshire;

with some General Remarks on Meteorites (Plate XXI.).

(Three electro-cuts).

(2.) Thomson (Murray), M.D., Analysis of the Meteorolite.

described in the foregoing paper by Dr J. A. Smith,

III. Young (William S.), Esq., On Professor M'Coy's Ray with-

out a Name, taken in the Firth of Forth, May 1861.

(The Specimen was exhibited),

May 7, 1862.

I. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Notes of the Capture of the Red-

Crested Whistling Duck (Fuligula rufina, Selby), in

Argyleshire; and of the Common Wild Duck building

on a Tree,

II. Traquair (R. H.), M.D., Note on a Case of Abnormality in

the Ossification of the Parietal Bones in the Human

Fœtus, .

III. M‘Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Remarks on the so-called

Raised Sea-beach Bed in the Neighbourhood of Leith,

and its Relations to other Deposits,

IV. Bryson (Alexander), Esq., F.R.S.E., On the Danger of Hasty

Generalization in Geology; with Special Reference to

the so-called Raised Sea-beach at Leith (woodcut),

V. (1.) Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., On the Pigmental System

of the Æquoreal Pipe-fish,

(2.) Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Description of this quo-

real Pipe-fish,

VI. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo-

phytes. (1.) Vorticlava Proteus; (2.) Trichydra

pudica; (3.) On the Development of Pycnogon Larvæ

within the Polyps of Hydractinia (Plates XVII., XXII.),

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VII. Logan (George), Esq., Report of the Committee on Marine

Zoology. (Specimens were exhibited),

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VIII. Thomson (Murray), M.D., and Binney (Mord), Esq., On

the Composition of a Pseudo-Steatite,

445

IX. Brown (Robert), Esq., Exhibited a small Foetal Specimen

of a Narwal,

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Plate XIII.-Anatomy of Sacculina,

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Plate XIV.-1-4, Hydractinia areolata; 5–7, Atractylis are-

Plate XVIII.-Zooteirea religata,

Plate XIX.-1, Zooteirea religata; 2, 3, Freya producta;

4, F. obstetrica; 5, 6, F. stylifer; 7, 8, Oxy-

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tricha longicaudata, .

Plate XX.-Ophiocoma bellis, O. granulata,

Plate XXI.-Meteoric Iron, from Roxburghshire,

Plate XXII.-Trichydra pudica,

Electro-cuts-Impression of Etched Surface of the Meteoric Iron,

Impressions of Etched portions of the Meteoric Iron,

Woodcut-Section of Sand-pit, Junction Road, Leith,

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GENERAL LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Plate I-Bernicla leucolæma, B. Canadensis, B. Hutchinsii, .

Plate II.-New Protozoa-Lagotia producta, Zooteirea religata,

Corethria sertularia, Salpistes Mülleri,

Plate III.-British Zoophytes-Clavula Gossii, Hydra tuba,

Plates III, and IV.-British Zoophytes-Bimeria vestita, Garveia

nutans, Coryne implexa, Goodsirea mirabilis, young of

Cydippe, Eudendrium arbuscula, Psuchastes glacialis,

Plate V.-Vomer, &c.—In Man, and the Lamb, and Rabbit,

Plate VI-Sertularia tricuspidata, S. labrata, S. corniculata,

Plate VII.-Plumularia gracilis, P. struthionides,

Plate VIII.-Hair of Angwántibo,

Plate IX.-Reproduction of Chrysaora and Truncatulina,

Plate X.-Ophryodendron abietinum,

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Plate XI.-Ophryodrendron, Dendrophyra, Atractylis palliata,

Plate XII.-Hydractinia, Lar sabellarum, Trichidra pudica,

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Cunina globosa, Sertularia pumila,

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Plate XIII.-Anatomy of Sacculina,

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Plate XIV.-1-4, Hydractinia areolata; 5-7, Atractylis are-

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Plate XVIII.-Zooteirea religata,

Plate XIX.-1. Zooteirea religata; 2, 3, Freya producta; 4,

F. obstetrica; 5, 6, F. stylifer; 7, 8, Oxytricha longicau-
data, .

Plate XX.-Ophiocoma bellis, O. granulata,

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Plate XXI.-Meteoric Iron, found at Newstead, Roxburghshire,

Plate XXII.-Trichydra pudica,

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Woodcuts-Larynx, showing Musculus Kerato-cricoideus,

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Fig. 2. Diagram of lateral view of Stomach of Hal

Superior aspect of the axis of a human fœtus, 225
Inferior aspect of the atlas of a human fœtus,

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Fig. 5.

Cervical vertebra from a human fœtus,

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from Roxburghshire,

Ovisac of Eudendrium confertum,

Electro-cuts-Impression of Etched Surface of the Meteoric Iron,

Impressions of Etched portions of the Meteoric Iron,

Woodcut-Section of Sand-pit, Junction-Road, Leith,

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