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naturalists since the time of Miiller ; but, from the short period since Mr 

 Baird commenced their investigation, he has determined no fewer than 

 eighteen species ; and as the season was not the most propitious for them, 

 we may look forward to the discovery of many not yet known to the 

 naturalist ; and there is no one, I am sure, more capable of doing justice 

 to the subject than he who has undertaken it. Qdly, A description, by 

 the Rev. A. Baird, accompanied by many specimens, of those curious 

 and fantastically formed productions, known by the name of " fairy 

 stones," from the Fairy Glen, near Melrose, so beautifully described by 

 Sir Walter Scott in the Monastery. 4M, Notices of the occurrence of 

 several rare and interesting species in Ornithology, Ichthyology, and 

 Entomology, by the Secretary ; * also a list of the Bivalve Mollusca 

 found on the coast of Berwickshire, illustrated by specimens, and re- 

 marks on the diversities in their organization and habits. 5th, Addi- 

 tions to the previous list of the Malacostraca of Berwickshire and North 

 Durham, which I laid before you at the previous meeting. On that day 

 two more were added to those I had already determined ; one, the beau- 

 tiful Pinnotheres Crcmchii, first found on the Devonshire coast by Dr 

 Leach, was brought by the Reverend Mr Turnbull from Eyemouth ; the 

 other at the time was supposed to be a species new to the Fauna of 

 Great Britain, and on referring it to Mr J. E. Gray of the British Mu- 

 seum, that opinion was confirmed. It is proposed to give to this species 

 the name of Galctthcea nexa, as forming a beautiful link between the 

 Galathcea squamifera and G. spinigera of Dr Leach. Three specimens 

 have only as yet been obtained, two in Berwick Bay, and the other near 

 Embleton. 



The next meeting at Allan ton, a district through which flow the 

 streams of the Blackadder and Whiteadder, so well known to the lovers 



1 Of these notices we may particularize the following : 



44 1. Phalaropus lobatus, Grey Phalarope. Shot in the Tweed at Berwick, by Mr Good, 

 about the middle of November 1834. 



" 2. Botaurus stellaris, Common Bittern. A fine specimen was shot at Redheugh, pa- 

 rish of Cockburnspath, by Mr Johnston, on December 6. 1834. Mr Selby has a specimen 

 in his collection, which was shot near Berwick. 



" 3. Liparis Montagui, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 190. Occurs occasionally on the coast 

 of Berwickshire, adhering to rocks and stones at low water-mark. It has not been pre- 

 viously noticed as a Scottish species, and is considered rare even in the south of England. 

 Among our specimens there was one marked with dark stripes, arranged in a very peculiar 

 fashion. 



' 4. Locusta migratoria, Locust. I have a specimen taken at Beal, North Durham, by 

 Mr W. Willowby, about the middle of August 1834; and another taken at Scremerston on 

 the 17th of September. A third was captured at Chirnside, where, as Mr Henderson has 

 told me, at least one other individual was seen about the same time. 



" 5. Oiceoptoma dispar. Of this rare insect I took a specimen on the heights near 

 Sinailholm Tower, in our excursion there in July 1834. 



" 6. Chrysomela lamina. I have a specimen which was taken on the Castle-hills at Ber- 

 wick. 



" 7. Vanessa lo, Peacock Butterfly. Taken near Redheugh and the Pease Bridge, by 

 Mr Ralph Johnston. 



" 8. Melitaea Selene. Captured near Dunse." 



