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house in Sandgate Street, Ayr. It had probably been introduced 

 in wood. 



On behalf of the Earl of Haddington, F.S.A. Scot., Correspond- 

 ing Member, Mr. John Paterson exhibited a Roller (Coracias 

 garrulus, Linn.), which was shot at Tyninghame on the day the 

 Society visited that estate, 28th September of this year. His 

 lordship also communicated the fact that in the autumn of 1875 

 or 1876 another example of this species had been observed on at 

 least three occasions, in a plantation on Sir David Baird's 

 property, and subsequently in Binning Wood. There was also 

 exhibited, on behalf of his lordship, two Albino Hedgehogs 

 {Erinaceus europceus, Linn.), adult and young^respectively, which 

 had been procured from Somersetshire. 



]\Ir. Paterson also exhibited a Baillon's Crake (Porzana hailloni^ 

 VieilL), throuojh the courtesv of the officials of the Chad wick 

 Museum, Bolton, whose property it is. This, which was believed 

 to be the fourth Scottish example of this species, was found in 

 Lochwinnoch Parish, Renfrewshire, in the middle of May, 1893. 

 It had been killed through coming in contact with telegraph 

 wires. 



Mr. Henry M'CuUoch showed a Grey Phalarope {Phalaroi^us 

 fulicarius, Linn.), procured recently near Craigend Castle, 

 Milngavie. 



A small collection of the eggs of Arctic birds from Franz Josef 

 Land was exhibited by favour of Captain Crowther, ice-master of 

 the s.s. " Windward." 



Mr. John Renwick, by favour of Mr. A. Campbell Finlay, ex- 

 hibited the head of a Walrus from Franz Josef Land. 



On behalf of Mr. Christopher Sherry, there was exhibited a 

 branch of Eucalyptus 'paucijlora, Sieber. taken from a plant grow- 

 ing in the grounds of Craigandarroch, Blairmore. This plant had 

 been sent from the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, ten years ago, 

 when it was only seven inches high. It now measures 16 feet, 

 and it is 7^ inches in circumference at 3 feet from the ground. 

 It has stood the last ten winters without the slightest protection, 

 and the severe frosts of 1892 and 1894, when the thermometer 

 fell to zero, failed to injure it in any way. During the summer 

 of 1896 it flowered freely, and on the branch exhibited several 

 panicles of fruits were to be seen. E. pauciflora appears to be 



