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XXXVII. Extracts from the MiwvTE-Boox of the LINNEAN 
Society of LONDON. 
1827. 
Nov. 6. Tuomas Bett, Esq., was chosen by ballot to fill up 
the vacancy in the Council, occasioned by the death 
of Samuel Lord Bishop of Carlisle, the Society having 
been specially summoned for the purpose of filling up 
such vacancy. 
Nov. 20. Mr. Brookes, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of Gy- 
paétos barbatus, two species of Larus, and a gigantic 
variety of the Rabbit (Lepus Cuniculus, Linn.). 
Mr. Lambert, V. P., exhibited cones of Pinus syl- 
vestris, Linn., found at considerable depths in the peat- 
bogs of Armagh, Ireland, in perfect preservation. 
The Secretary read a letter from John Cresswell, 
Esq., F.L.S., to Joseph Sabine, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S., 
informing him that a fish unknown to the oldest fish- 
ermen had been taken in the river Exe, weighing one - 
hundred weight, proving identical with that known at 
Gibraltar by the Spanish name of Umbrina (Sciena 
cirrhosa, Linn.). 
Dec. 4. Mr. Dillwyn, F.L.S., exhibited a series of speci- 
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