liv PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



of The Glen, Bart., Innerleithen, Peebleshire ; Colonel Sir Donald 

 Matheson, K.C.B., 6 Park Terrace. 



The following were elected Ordinary Members : Sir James 

 Colquhoun of Luss and Colquhoun, Bart., Rossdhu, Luss ; Sir 

 Andrew Maclean, Viewfield House, Balshagray, Partick ; Pro- 

 fessor John G. M'Kendrick, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., The University, 

 Glasgow; Mrs. George Crichton, 8 Montgomerie Crescent, Kelvin- 

 side ; Mrs. Henry G. Shepherd, Free Church Manse, Cambuslang ; 

 Miss C. Henderson, 17 Belhaven Terrace, Kelvinside ; Mr. Gilbert 

 Beith, 15 Belhaven Terrace, Kelvinside; Dr. James Colville, M.A., 

 14 Newton Place ; Mr. George Russell, The Gardens, Redlands, 

 Kelvinside ; Mr. Joseph Riley, 8 Albany Place ; Mr. Walter 

 Easton, 125 Buchanan Street; Mr. Charles J. Easton, 205 Bath 

 Street; Mr. Thomas Frame, 17 Union Street, Hamilton ; Mr. John 

 Sturrock, jun., Howard Street, Kilmarnock; Mr. George Macaulay 

 Cruikshank, Cs2 St. Vincent Street ; Mr. David Sturrock, 95 Bath 

 Street ; Mr. O. F. Bock, 1 Eton Terrace, Hillhead ; Mr. J. Bruce 

 Hunter, 103 St. Vincent Street; Mr. C. S. Bowe, 21 Wilton 

 Terrace ; Mr. Charles Eadie, 74 Hutcheson Street ; Mr. Thomas 

 Gentles, 338 Sauchiehall Street; Dr. C. Fred. Pollock, F.R.C.S.E., 

 F.R.S.E., 1 Buckingham Terrace, Hillhead ; Mr. William J. 

 M-Ilwrick, 98 High Street, Paisley; Mr. Alfred T. Drysdale, 125 

 Buchanan Street. 



Professor D'Arcy W. Thompson, B.A., F.R.S.E., Corresponding 

 Member, exhibited a series of small Seals and Whales, measuring 

 from 4 inches upwards. 



Mr. Duncan Mackenzie exhibited an immature specimen of the 

 Kiwi, Apteryx avstralis, Shaw, from New Zealand, kindly lent by 

 Mr. Walter Campbell, Ormsary, for exhibition to the Society. 



Dr. James Colville, M.A., exhibited a fine adult male example 

 of the same species, lent by Mr. Timothy Bost ; and he made some 

 interesting remarks on the habits of the remarkable group of birds 

 to which the genus Aptery.r belongs. Mr. R. Broom, B.Sc, gave 

 an account of the anatomy of the Apteryx and its allies. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King exhibited a specimen of Micromvs 

 aphidivorus, Schrank, which he stated to be one of the rarest 

 British species of Ifemervbiidcz. The latest record of its occurrence 

 appears to be 18th October, I8.s6, when it was taken at West 

 Wickham, and it was captured at Worcester and Witherslack in 

 18G3. The species has always occurred singly in this country 



