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by the cups or suckers with which they are furnished. He showed 

 drawings of this species, and of the Calamary, Soligo vulgaris, and 

 pointed out the differences that exist in their structure. He had 

 kept the specimen alive for some hours, during which it showed 

 no signs of alarm, but when he was about to transfer it to his 

 tank, it emptied its ink bag, completely saturating with the black 

 fluid the handkerchief in which he had placed it, and died 

 shortly afterwards. Dr Flemyng presented the specimen to the 

 Hunterian Museum. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. — On the occurrence in Islay of the Iceland Falcon, Falco islanclicus. 



By Mr James Lumsden, F.Z.S. 



This species is rare in any part of this country, only three 

 specimens being recorded by Mr Harting in his " Handbook of 

 British Birds," as having been got in England, while not many 

 more than that number have been found in Scotland. This is, 

 however, the second specimen that has been taken in Islay. The 

 older writers included both the Iceland and Greenland Falcon 

 under the common name of Gyr Falcon, but of late years three 

 distinct species have been recognised, and we have now the Green- 

 land Falcon, Falco canclicans (Gmelin.); the Iceland Falcon, F. 

 islanclicus (Gmelin.); and the Jer Falcon, F. gyrfalco (Linnaeus). The 

 latter, however, is not known in this country, being a native of 

 Northern Scandinavia and Russia, Northern Asia, and Arctic 

 America. Further particulars regarding these interesting species 

 will be found in the new edition of " YarrelFs History of British 

 Birds," edited by Prof. A. Newton of Cambridge. 



II. — On the Hymenoptera of Kingussie. By Mr Peter Cameron. 



During last June I spent ten days at the pleasant village 

 of Kingussie, and I propose to give some account of the 

 Hymenoptera obtained there, as a further contribution to the 

 Hymenoptera of the North of Scotland (cf. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Glas. ii. 290-294). The country around Kingussie is very 

 beautiful; its physical features are very varied, and its vegetation 

 is equally so. These two conditions being present, it need 

 hardly be said that as a hunting ground for insects no better 

 could be had. I collected principally in the vicinity of the 

 village in the evenings, the day time having been devoted to 



