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variety in colouring, two specimens being rarely found of the 

 same shade. 



Mr James Lumsden exhibited a most beautiful hybrid between 

 the Black Grouse and Capercaillie, which had been shot, in the 

 beginning of November, near Campbelton, and obligingly lent by 

 Mr Martin, Exchange Square. This bird, which was the finest 

 any of the members had ever seen, had evidently sprung from the 

 male of Tetrao tetrix and a female of Tetrao ztrogalhis, the latter 

 having probably wandered from the island of Arran, where the 

 Capercaillie has now become naturalized. Mr Lumsden also 

 exhibited an albino Starling {Sturnus vulgaris), which had been 

 killed in Arran in May last. 



The Librarian announced the following donation to the 

 Library : — The Birds of the Faroe Islands, by Capt. H. W. Feilden, 

 1872; from the Author. 



SPECIAL MEETING. 

 NATUEAL HISTOEY CLASS EOOM, GLASGOW UNIVEESITY. 



December 16th, 1872. 

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



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Dr Young called attention, 1st, to a small fossil lent by Mrs 

 Robert Gray, which proved to be a portion of a star-fish, and 

 which appears to be entirely new to Scottish Silurian strata; 

 2d, to a large collection of crustaceans from the East Indies, 

 for which the Museum was indebted to Mr James Thomson, 

 F.G.S.; and, 3d, to a series of nearly eighty iron spears from the 

 Gaboon, presented by Mr Wales. 



Mr George E. Paterson exhibited a large series of bird-skins, 

 obtained by him during a residence of some months in Normandy. 

 These were in fine condition, and admirably illustrated the bird 

 fauna of the district. Mr Paterson read an excellent paper, in 

 which he gave the results of his observations and inquiries 

 regarding the habits and plumage of the various species exhibited,, 

 including the Goshawk, Honey Buzzard, Hobby, Montagu's 

 Harrier, Marsh Harrier, and the continental form of our Kestrel 

 (Falco tinnunculus). 



