4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr Thomas Chapman exhibited a book of original drawings of 

 plants and insects inhabiting the island of Taboga in the Bay of 

 Panama, and read descriptive notices of them by Dr Macdowall, 

 corresponding member. 



Professor Young exliibited a series of fishes, including 19 species 

 from Indian seas, being a portion of a valuable donation recently 

 presented to the Hunterian Museum by Dr Allen Thomson. In 

 this collection, Dr Young had found specimens varying in many 

 of their characters from species already described. 



Mr Eobert Gray exhibited a specimen of the Little Stint (Tringa 

 rainuta), sent by Mr W. C. Angus of Aberdeen, corresponding- 

 member, who had observed flocks of this species annually near 

 that city. 



Mr Gray also called attention to the following birds from the 

 cabinet of Mr John A. Harvie Brown, corresponding member — 

 Starling (albino), Yellow Hammer (melanoid variety), and Book 

 (jjied 'variety). He also submitted to the inspection of the meeting 

 a photograph of urns and bones, lately taken from several graves 

 of ancient Britons discovered in Cumbrae, and read a short notice 

 of them, sent by Mr John Levack, corresponding member. 



Mr John Young, F.G.S., exhibited an interesting example of 

 Produdus longispinus (Sowerby), which he had discovered in a cavity 

 of weathered Carboniferous limestone at Cunningham, Bedland, on 

 the Bye water. Dairy. This specimen was so beautifully preserved 

 that it showed in their natural position the long spines projecting 

 in relief from the ventral valve as if it was a recent shell. Mr 

 Younsr called attention to the fine state in which the Producti are 

 found weathered out from the limestone in the above locality, and 

 remarked upon the very gentle way in which the limestone strata 

 must have accumulated and consolidated around the organisms, 

 so as to preserve the spines in their natural position without 

 break or fracture. 



The Kev. James Somerville exhibited a specimen of a species of 

 Cuttle-fish, Elcdone octopodia, which had 'been captured a few 

 weeks ago in Brodick Bay, and made some remarks on its 

 structure and habits, at the close of which he handed the specimen 

 to Dr Young as a donation to the Hunterian Museum. Mr 

 Somerville also mentioned that, in the month of June last, he had 

 found a rare plant, TrientaUs europcca, growing in Brodick Castle 

 woods, near the side of the road leading to Goatfell. 



