Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh

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.),

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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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,

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

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

(Specimens exhibited.)

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(1.) Turdus Merula (Penn). Blackbird (pied),
(2.) Loxia curvirostra (Penn.) Common Crossbill,
(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.)

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(8.) Podiceps cornutus (Penn.) The Horned or Sclavonian

Grebe,

367

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

367

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

Wild Cat (Felis catus ferus),

368

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

scutatum from Davis Strait,-with Note,

368

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, .

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,

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 Phocide 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

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 Equoreal Pipe-fish,

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438

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

real Pipe-fish,

438

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.),

439

VII. Logan (George), Esq., Report of the Committee on Marine
Zoology. (Specimens were exhibited),

VIII. Thomson (Murray), M.D., and Binney (Mord), Esq., On
the Composition of a Pseudo-Steatite,

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IX. Brown (Robert), Esq., Exhibited a small Fœtal Specimen of a Narwal,

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Plate XIII.-Anatomy of Sacculina,

306

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

nosa,

314

Plate XV.-1-6, Æquoria vitrina,

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7-10, Atractylis arenosa, miniata, Laomedea deci-
piens, .

Plate XVI.-New Form of Holothuria,

Plate XVII. 7, 8, Acharadria larynx, .

Plate XVIII.-Zooteirea religata,

Plate XIX.-1, Zooteirea religata; 2, 3, Freya producta; 4, F. obstetrica; 5, 6, F. stylifer; 7, 8, Oxytricha longicaudata,.

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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,

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,

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