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powers had been so widely experienced. He urged natural 

 history as an important educational instrument supplemental to 

 the three E's, which are, after all, only the handles of the tools. 

 Dr Young explained that the collection of the Museum, the 

 building in which it is lodged, and its maintenance, were at the 

 expense of Dr Grierson himself, and that in addition to this great 

 but unobtrusive gift to the district, a gift which the money spent 

 only feebly represented, Dr Grierson gave personal attendance for 

 the purpose of helping young students, and conducted a small 

 society of naturalists. Dr Young, in name of the Society, thanked 

 Dr Grierson for his remarks, and expressed a hope that the 

 Thornhill and the Glasgow workers might be more closely 

 associated. 



ANDERSON'S UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS. 



January 7th, 1873. 



Mr John Alexander in the chair. 



Mr John Lyle and Mr Walter Gibson were elected resident 

 members. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr Robert Gray, F.E.S.E., exhibited a very handsome pair of 

 Greenland Falcons {Falco candicans), from Davis' Straits; also 

 a specimen of the Kingfisher (Alcedo isjnda), which had been 

 captured alive about a fortnight ago at Ibrox Terrace, Govan 

 Road, a locality interesting from its close proximity to the city. 



PAPER READ. 



On the Sea-gidls at present frequenting the Estuary of the 

 Forth. By Mr Robert Gray, F.R.S.E. 



It will be in the recollection of some of the members, that about 

 a year ago I read a communication from one of our corresponding 

 members, Mr Harvie Brown of Dunipace, in which mention was 

 made of the extraordinary flocks of sea-gulls which were then 

 found frequenting the Firth of Forth, near Grangemouth. Besides 

 referring to the Kittiwake and some of the larger gulls, Mr 

 Harvie Brown stated that the two species which were most 



