292 TRAXSACTIONSj NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



The Rev. G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., Convener of the Museum 

 and Kesearch Committee, drew attention to the fact that the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science was to meet 

 in Glasgow in 1901. He urged the importance of setting to work 

 at once to prepare lists of the Fauna and Flora of the district, 

 and he asked the members of the Society to co-operate with the 

 Museum and Research Committee in the projected work. 



Mr. R. S. Wishart, M.A., exhibited some common Oak-Galls. 



Mr. Charles Kirk exhibited a hybrid between the Black Grouse 

 (Tetrao tefrix, Linn.) and the Capercaillie {Tetrao urogallus, Linn.) 

 from Perthshire. 



On behalf of Professor T. K. Dalziel, M.B., CM., Mr. John 

 Paterson exhibited the Common Moonal Pheasant [Loi^hophorus 

 refulgens, Temm.) from the Himalayas. 



Mr. Charles Hogg exhibited specimens of the Stoat and Weasel. 



Mr. James Whitton exhibited specimens of the inflorescence of 

 Yucca gloriosa, Linn., from Camphill, and stated that, though 

 this plant is popularly believed to flower only once in its lifetime, 

 he had known plants flowering at least twice within his own 

 experience. 



Mr. Thomas Scott, F.L.S., read a paper entitled " Notes on 

 the Micro-fauna of Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde." (See page 153.) 



Professor G. Bell Todd, M.B., CM., read a paper entitled 

 " Some Eucalypts and their Medicinal Products." 



28th December, 1897. 



Mr. Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., President, in the chair. 



Messrs. Norman H. "W. MacLaren, 5 Belhaven Terrace, and 

 Andrew Sharp, Jun., 211 Great Western Pvoad, were elected as 

 Ordinary Members. 



On behalf of Mr. R. S. Houston, Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., 

 exhibited a number of plants collected in Renfrewshire. Among 

 them were — Trifolium arveiise, Linn., Veronica scutellata, Linn., 

 Ranunculus sceleratus, Linn., Senecio viscosus, Linn., Neottia 

 Nidus-avis, Linn. 



Mr. Robert Brown, M.D., read a paper on " Alpine (Swiss) 

 Gentians." He referred to the Gentianacese as an order attractive 

 to the general lover of nature by its extreme beauty of colour, 



