148 TRANSACTIONS. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Mr. Charles Hogg exhibited examples of the Long-eared Owl 

 (Asio otus (Linn.) ), and the Tawny Owl {Syrnium aluco (Linn.) ), 

 the latter from Markinch, Fife. 



Mr. Charles Kirk sent for exhibition a beautiful female speci- 

 men of the Great iSTorthern Diver (Colymhus glacialis, Linn.), 

 from St. Abb's Head. 



Mr. R. D. Wilkie exhibited a Slow-worm (Atiguis fragilis, 

 Linn.), from the Greater Cumbrae. 



Cynomyia alpina, Ztt., a dipteron discovered at Barr, South 

 Ayrshire, in June, 1896, by Mr. Anderson Fergusson, was ex- 

 hibited by that gentleman. There appears to have been but one 

 British record for this species before its discovery by Mr. 

 Fergusson. (See Annals of Scottish Natural History^ January, 

 1897.) 



A collection of herbaceous plants was exhibited by Mr. 

 Michael Cuthbertson. 



Mr. Johnston Shearer exhibited Genista anglica, Linn., and 

 Pyrola rotundifolia, Linn., from Ballater, Aberdeenshire. 



Mr, John R,enwick exhibited Carlina vulga^'is, Linn., Trago- 

 pogon p7'ate7ise, Linn., Allium vineale, Linn., and Camp)anula 

 glomerata, Linn., from St. Cyrus. Kincardineshire. 



Mr. Christopher Sherry exhibited the Australian Glory Pea 

 {Clia7ithus Dampieri, A. Cunn.), with truly gorgeous flowers, 

 from the Botanic Gardens. At one time this plant was exten- 

 sively grown in greenhouses, but it has now become somewhat 

 neglected on account of the difficulty found in cultivating it. 



Mr. Thomas Wilson exhibited Lepidium Smithii, Hook., from 

 near Ayr, and Tragopogon minor, Fries, from Hawkhill, near Ayr. 



Mr. William Stewart sent Agaricus sordidiis, Fries, for exhibi- 

 tion from the Botanic Gardens. 



A letter from Mr. Robert H. Read, M.B.O.U., was read, 

 acknowledging election as a Corresponding Member. Mr. Read 

 sent reprints of lectures and papers read by him before the Ealing 

 Microscopical and Natural History Society betw^een 1893 and 

 1896. As a matter of interest to Clyde ornithologists, Mr Read 

 pointed out that in April, 1897, he had visited the heronry at the 

 north end of Bute (referred to in his paper read 10th February, 

 1894, before the Ealing Society), and found that it had ceased to 

 exist, some old nests alone remaining. 



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