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5. To admit of an annual scrutiny of the Library, all books, etc., 

 shall be returned to the Librarian at the final Meeting of each 

 Winter Session, and the issue shall not be resumed until the first 

 Meeting of the ensuing Summer Session. 



6. In the event of failure to return a book, etc., after application 

 therefor shall have been made by the Librarian, or of damage or 

 defacement to any volume, etc., before its return to the Library, the 

 Council shall have power to replace it, charging the borrower with 

 its cost, or, if it form part of a work, with the cost of the whole 

 work thus rendered imperfect. 



XXIII. 



Donations to the Society. 



Any donation to the Society, except money, books, and MSS., 

 may, if approved by the Council, be presented to one of the local 

 Museums. In the event of the Society deciding to form a collection 

 in any special branch of Natural History, suitable donations may 

 be retained for that purpose. All donations accepted shall be 

 acknowledged in the Society's circular. 



On the motion of the Chairman (Mr. Ewing) a vote of thanks 

 was awarded to the Secretary (Mr. Boyd) for his services in the 

 preparation of the revised Constitution. 



Mr. R. Broom, B.Sc, exhibited the shoulder-girdle and pelvis 

 of the Emu, and made some remarks on the characteristics and 

 affinities of the Ratiice. These he illustrated with an ample series 

 of specimens. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of the following Mosses 

 from the localities mentioned : 



Grimma Hartmanni, Schpr. — Crosbie, West Kilbride. 



Orthothecium intricatum, Hartm. — Rottenburn Glen, Loch Thorn ; 

 Gogo Glen, Largs. 



Amblysteghm irriguum, Wils. — West Kilbride. 



Hypnuni Wilsonianam, Schpr. — Cumbrae. 



The following papers were read : 



" The Cadzow Herd of White Cattle," by Mr. R. Turner.* 



" Notes on the Land and Fresh- water Mollusca of Iona," by Mi\ 

 A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S.f 



11 On Parthenogenesis in the Hymenoptera," by Mr. P. Cameron,. 

 F.E.S., Corresponding Member. J 



* Transactions, vol. ii., p. 222. f Ibid., p. 296. I Ibid., p. 194. 



