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regarding the shell mounds, was pointed out, but exception was 

 taken to Captain Feilden's views regarding the elevation of 

 the land. 



The Librarian announced the following donations to the 

 Library: — Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, 

 Vol. ii.. Part i., from the Society. TJngedruckte, unbeachtete 

 und wenig beachtete Quellen zur Geschichte des Taufsymbols 

 und der Glaubensregel, Dr C. P. Caspari, Professor der Theo- 

 logie an der Norwegischen Universitat, Christiania, 1869. 

 Mserker Efter en listid I Omegnen af Hardangerfjorden, af S. 

 A. Sexe, Christiania, 1866. Om Siphonodentalium Yitreum, en 

 ny Slsegt og Art af Dentalidernes Familie, af Dr Michael Sars, 

 Professor ved Christianias Universitet, Christiania, 1861. Etudes 

 sur Les Affinites Chimiques, par C. M. Guldberg et P. Waage, 

 Christiania, 1867. Le Glacier De Boium, en Juillet, 1868, par 

 S. A. Sexe, Christiania, 1869. Ten Maps of North Norway, 

 — from the University of Christiania. Natural History Trans- 

 actions of Northumberland and Durham, Vol. iii., Part ii., 

 1870, from the Society. 



October 25th, 1870. 



Professor John Young, M.D., F.G.S., President, in the chair. 

 Messrs John M. Campbell, James Peebles, and David C. Glen, 

 were elected resident members. 



SPECIMENS exhibited. . 



The Secretary exhibited a specimen of the Manx Shearwater 

 (Puffinus anglorum) which had been taken alive last month at 

 the railway station, Larbert, Stirlingshire, and was forwarded by 

 Mr John A. Harvie Brown, corresponding member. Mr Gray 

 made some remarks on the distribution of the species in Western 

 Scotland. 



Mr John Bell exhibited specimens of the Iqeland Falcon (Falco 

 islandicus), Greenland Falcon {F. candlcans)j and Norwegian 

 Gyrfalcon {F. gyr-falco norvegicus), on which the Secretary and Dr 

 Dewar offered some observations, showing the difficulty of dis- 

 tinguishing between the three species, especially in the case of 

 immature specimens. Mr Bell also exliibited a specimen of the 

 Swallow-tailed Kite (N'anderus foircahis). 



