6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr John Gilmour exhibited a remarkably fine specimen of the 

 King Crab [Limulus polyphemus), whicli had been captured by him- 

 self in Horn Island, Mississi^^pi Sound, Gulf of Mexico. The 

 unusual size and formidable aspect of this specimen attracted 

 considerable attention. 



Mr Gilmour also exhibited a beautiful specimen of Diard's 

 Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), which was shot in September last, 

 near Kames, in the Kyles of Bute. Eeferring to this bird, Mr 

 Gray stated, that it had now become established to some extent 

 in various localities in the West of Scotland, and that there was a 

 prospect of seeing other breeds of equal value and beauty intro- 

 duced ere long into Ayrshire. 



Mr William Haddin exhibited a collection of ferns from Dunedin, 

 New Zealand, including a number of interesting forms. 



Mr Eobert Gray exhibited a very fine Goshawk, which was shot 

 on the flanks of Schiehallion, Perthshire, in 1868, corresponding 

 in every particular with the species found in North America, 

 which, since the time of Audubon, has been re-named Astur 

 atricapillus, by the late Prince C. L. Bonaparte. As the American 

 bird is larger than the European, and has been catalogued under a 

 separate name by all recent writers on ornithology, with apparently 

 good reason, the occurrence of this Perthshire specimen is a some- 

 what important circumstance, being, in fact, an addition to the 

 fauna of Europe. 



Mr Gray also exhibited a specimen of the Black-throated Diver 

 (Colymbus arcticus), in the brilliant plumage of the breeding season, 

 which had been captured in a salmon net at Girvan; and an 

 unusually fine specimen of the Bird's-foot Sea-star (Palmipes 

 mernhranaceus), which had been forwarded from Girvan by Mr 

 Thomas Anderson, corresponding member. 



Mr James Coutts exhibited a live specimen of a Scorpion which 

 had been captured in a timber yard in East Campbell Street,Glasgow. 



Tlie Librarian announced the following donations to the Library: 

 Bell's British Quadrupeds, Travels on the' Amazon and Eio 

 Negro, and Eecords of a Naturalist on the river Amazon, from 

 Mr Gavin Miller. Bell's British Keptiles, from a member of 

 Council. Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 

 Vols. iii. and iv., and Part L of Vol. vii., from the Society. 

 Hooker's Travels in Lapland, from Mr J. A. Mahony. 



