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a Great Skua's nest on the east side of the island, and after 

 having a look at the eggs they all turned away. On the 

 way back one of the men said it was a great pity to leave 

 the eggs, but he (witness) told them that these eggs were 

 protected, and that if they took them they would have to 

 take the consequences. The two men then stood aside, and 

 spoke for a little, and then they said they would take the 

 eggs and stand the consequences. They afterwards took the 

 eggs. He (witness) did not know the gentlemen's names at 

 the time, but he learned afterwards. They also took four of 

 the Richardson's Skua's eggs from the middle of the island. 



The eggs were produced in court and were identified by 

 witness. 



Mr. Grierson briefly addressed the Court. The offence 

 was not a serious one, he said, and the i for each egg 

 mentioned in the Order did not actually mean that the eggs 

 were worth that sum, and suggested that the eggs should not 

 be forfeited. If the Sheriff would not allow the men to keep 

 the eggs, perhaps he would agree to send them to Christ's 

 Hospital, London, which school was very much interested in 

 ornithology. 



The Sheriff sentenced accused to pay a fine of \ for 

 each egg, jointly and severally, and the eggs to be forfeited. 

 One Great Skua's egg, and two of the Richardson's Skua's 

 e gg s > were to be sent to Christ's Hospital, London, and the 

 remaining three to the Edinburgh Museum. 



CENTROLOPHUS NIGER, GMELIN, ON THE 

 SCOTTISH COAST, WITH A NOTE ON ONE 

 OR TWO POINTS IN ITS STRUCTURE. 



By JOHN RENNIE, D.Sc. 



IN the month of June in the present year I received from 

 Mr. Ewen, schoolmaster, Cullen, a fish regarding which he 

 supplied me with the following note : " It was caught in a 

 net among herring. The locality was a herring area called 

 by fishermen 'Smith Bank,' a sandy tract about 18 to 25 

 miles N.E. of Cullen. The skipper thinks it had been feed- 



