164 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



SESSIOInT 1871-72. 



THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, ANDERSON'S 

 UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS, SEPTEMBER 26th, 1871. 



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



Eeports were received from the Treasurer and Librarian ; the 

 statement of the former showing a balance in favour of the 

 Society of £41 Is. 2d. The following gentlemen were elected 

 office-bearers for the session: — Professor John Young, M.D., 

 President ; Professor Alexander Dickson, M.D,, and James 

 Ramsay, Vice-Presidents ; Robert Mason, Secretary ; Thomas S. 

 Hutcheson, Treasurer; Thomas Chapman, Librarian; Donald 

 Dewar, M.D., James Coutts, William Sinclair, John Alexander, 

 James B. JMurdoch, Gavin Miller, Robert Clray, and James S. 

 Dixon, Members of Council. 



Mr William Kirkwood was elected a resident member. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr Robert Gray exhibited a specimen of Temminck's Stint, 

 (Tringa temminckii), which had been shot near Aberdeen on 4tli 

 September, and forwarded by Mr Alexander ]\litchell of that 

 city. Another specimen of this rare bird had been obtained 

 about a week previously by Mr Mitchell at the same place, and 

 it seemed probable it would annually be found recurring in limited 

 numbers in Aberdeenshire, where so many rare species have of 

 late years been obtained during the autumn migrations. 



Mr Henry A. Rannie exhibited an Albino variety of the Sand 

 Martin, {llirundo riparia), which he had shot at Mill of Bbyndie, 

 Banffshire; and Mr Gray laid on the table a pair of Willow 

 Wrens {Sylvia irochilus), yellow variety, procured in Aberdeenshire, 

 and forwarded by Mr William C. Angus, corresponding member. 

 These were of a pure canary yellow, with the quills and tail 

 feathers pure white. 



