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his notes, Mr Gray exhibited an interesting series of fossils, 

 forming part of a large and valuable collection of specimens 

 obtained during the present year, by himself and Mr Thomas 

 Anderson, from the Silurian rocks of the Girvan valley, and 

 embracing a number of rare organisms which have not yet been 

 recognised. In referring to tliese, he remarked that as the collec- 

 tion included some thousands of specimens, it was impossible at 

 present exactly to define its contents ; but that as far as it had been 

 exanuued the following genera were represented, viz.: — Univalve 

 shells — Bellerophon, Orthoceras, Murchlsonia, Plewotomaria, Turbo, 

 Eiiomplmlus, Platijceras, etc. Bivalves, including the Conchifera and 

 Brachiopoda — SanguinoHtes, Nucula, Pterinea, Axinus, Rhjnchonella, 

 Pentamenis, Atrypa, Orthis, Leptana, Lingida, Discina, etc. Among 

 Trilobites he had procured the folloAving: — Asaphus, Ccdymene, 

 Cheirurus, Encrinurus, Illmnus, Phacops, Agnostus, etc. The 

 collection also contained several species of corals and graptolites, 

 and one or Iavo slabs with annelid or molluscan tracks. The whole 

 of the fossils exliibited were in excellent preservation. 



II. — On the Natural History of Serpents. By Dr Scouler. 

 Illustrated by a numerous series of specimens. 



December 27th, 1864-. 



John Scouler, M.D., LL.D., F.L.S., President, in the chair. The 

 following gentlemen were elected resident members: — Messrs 

 Archibald Edmistou, William Edmiston, and William Lawrence 

 Hislop. 



SPECIMENS exhibited. 



Dr Dewar exhibited a specimen of the solitary snipe, {Scolopax 

 majoi-), from Ardrishaig — a species which is rarely met with in 

 Scotland. It had been lately shot near that locality, and for- 

 warded by Mr Colin M'Kinnon, corresponding member. 



Mr Geo. Brown exhibited a specimen of the spotted crake 

 {Crex piorzana), from Stewarton, in Ayrshire. 



Mr John Young exliibited various species of Spirorhis and an 

 Entomostracan, from the carboniferous beds of the West of Scotland. 

 He remarked that specimens of Spirorhis and of Serpula, some of 



