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CONTENTS.
SESSION
1860-61.
November 28, 1860.
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Rhind (William), President's Opening Address,
I. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo- phytes and Protozoa :-
(1.) Notice of Ophryodendron abietina (Corethria sertu-
laria),
(2.) On the Reproductive System of Chrysaora (Plate IX.),
II. Cleland (John), M.D., On the Serial Homologies of the
Articular Surfaces of the Mammalian Axis, Atlas, and
Occipital Bone. (Woodcut),
III. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Ornithological Notes:-
(Specimens exhibited.)
(1.) Falco islandicus (Lath). The Gyrfalcon,
(2.) Picus major (Linn.) The Pied Woodpecker,
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(3.) Lanius excubitor (Linn.) The Great Grey Shrike,
(4.) Perdrix cinerea (Linn.) Common Partridge (variety),
IV. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., A large Cup-shaped Sponge was
I. Edwards (A. M'Kenzie), F.R.C.S.E., On Inflammation in
Fishes,
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II. M'Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Exhibition of Sponges, with
Explanatory Remarks,
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III. Logan (George), Report of the Committee on Marine
Zoology; with a Notice of the Sprat-Fishing in the Firth
of Forth. (Specimens exhibited),
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IV. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Two Otters, Lutra vulgaris,
shot near Edinburgh, were exhibited, &c.,
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V. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Ornithological Notes:-
(1.) Strix Tengmalmi (Tem.); Tengmalm's Night-Owl,
(2.) Lanius excubitor. The Great Grey Shrike,
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(3.) Turdus musicus. The Song Thrush (white),
(4.) Alcedo ispida. The King Fisher,
(5.) Hybrid Grouse, between Black Cock and Red Grouse,
(6.) Querquedula caudacuta. The Pintail Duck,
(7.) Mergus albellus. The Smew,
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VI. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Petromyzon marinus. The Sea
Lamprey, exhibited,
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VII. Davies (James B.), Specimens of various Marine Animals,
sent by Dr E. W. Dubuc, R.N., from Ceylon, &c. were
exhibited,
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February 27, 1861.
I. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo-
phytes and Protozoa,-On Atractylis palliata and coc-
cinea (new species) :—
(1.) Atractylis palliata, new species (Plate XI. fig. 6),
(2.) Atractylis coccinea, new species,
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(3.) On Rhizopod Structure,
II. Traquair (R. H.), Note on the Occurrence of Trilobites in
the Carboniferous Limestones of Fifeshire. (Specimens
exhibited),
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III. Taylor (Andrew), Note on the Exposure of the Liberton Old
Red Sandstone Conglomerate Bed, in a Quarry recently
opened near the Grange House, Newington,
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IV. Peach (Charles W.), On the Occurrence of the Argentine,
Anchovy, and other Fishes, on the Coast of Caithness;
with a Note on the Termination of the Vertebral Column
in the Tails of the Salmon tribe,
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V. Ornithological Notes:-
(1.) Dassauville (P. A.), Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull,
(2.) Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Cygnus Bewickii. Bewick's
Swan,
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March 27, 1861.
I. Logan (R. F.), Note on the Occurrence of Vanessa poly-
chloros and Cheimatobia borearia in Edinburghshire.
(Specimens exhibited),
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II. M'Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Remarks on some Comparative
Anatomical Distinctions between the Skull of the Manatus
senegalensis and that of a Manatee from the Bay of
Honduras. (Specimens exhibited),
III. Livingston (John S.), Historical Review of the State of our
Knowledge respecting Metamorphism in the Mineral
Kingdom, with special regard to certain recent Researches,
April 24, 1861.
Logan (George), Memorial against Salmon Fisheries Act
(Scotland),
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I. Mitchell (J. M.), Some Statements in Cuvier's "Natural
History of Fishes," as to the Herring, shown to be
erroneous,
II. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British
Zoophytes and Protozoa :—
(1.) On the Reproductive Elements of the Rhizopoda (Plate
IX.),
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(2.) On the Reproduction of Ophryodendron,
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(3.) On Dendrophyra radiata and D. erecta (nov. gen.
III. Dubuc (E. W.), M.D., R.N., Notes on Deep-Sea Soundings.
Communicated by Mr James B. Davies,
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IV. Logan (George), Further Notice of the Herring and Sprat
Fishery of the Firth of Forth,
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Mitchell (J. M.), exhibited Sprats with developed milt and
roe,
V. Young (William S.), Notice of a Specimen of the Syngna-
thus Equoreus, taken in a lobster net off Inchkeith 17th
April 1861,
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(Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Notes of the Equoreal Pipe
Fish (Nerophis Equoreus), taken at the Isle of May), .
VI. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Crex porzana. Spotted Crake.
(Specimen exhibited),
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Plate IX. Reproduction of Chrysaora and Truncatulina, Plate X.-Ophryodendron abietinum,
Plate XI-Ophryodendron, Dendrophyra, Atractylis palliata, Plate XII-Hydractinia, Lar satellarum, Trichidra pudica, Cunina globosa, Sertularia pumila,
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SESSION 1861-62.
November 27, 1861.
Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., President's Opening Address, .
I. Anderson (John), M.D., On the Anatomy of Sacculina, with
a description of the Species (Plate XIII.),
II. Alder (Joshua), Esq., Observations on British Zoophytes.
1. Hydractinia areolata, n. sp. 2. Atractylis arenosa,
n. sp. (Plate XIV.) Communicated by T. Strethill
Wright, M.D.,
III. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., On Reproduction in Æquoria
vitrina (Plate XV.),
IV. Charlesworth (Edward), Esq., Exhibited various Objects of
Natural History, and a new mode of mounting very
small specimens,
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December 16, 1861.
Office-bearers Elected,
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I. (1.) Turner (William), M.B., On a Non-striped Muscle con-
nected with the Orbital Periosteum of Man and Mam-
mals,
(2.) Notes on the Occurrence of the Musculus Kerato-cricoi-
deus,
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January 22, 1862.
Address of Condolence to Her Majesty,
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I. M'Kenzie (James), Esq., Notes on the Habits of the Beaver.
By an Eye-witness. Communicated by A. Murray, Esq.,
II. Anderson (John), M.D., On an apparently New Form of
Holothuria (Plate XVI.),
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III. Shearer (R. I.) and Osborne (H.), Notes on the Ornithology
of Caithness (specimens exhibited). Communicated by
John A. Smith, M.D.,
IV. Smith (J. A.), M.D., Ornithological Notes.-Larus glaucus
(Glaucous gull), Mergulus alle (Little Auk), &c. (speci-
mens exhibited),
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