72 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



SESSIOlsT 1863-64. 



THE TWELFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, ANDERSON'S 

 UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS, SEPTEMBER 29th, 1863. 



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

 following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for the session : — 

 John Scouler, M.D., LL.D., F.L.S., President; Michael Connal, 

 Vice-President; Eobert Gray, Secretary; Matthew P. Bell, Trea- 

 surer; Thomas S. Hutcheson, Librarian; Hugh Colquhoun, M.D., 

 John Grieve, M.D., and Alexander Lindsay, M.D., Members of 

 Council. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Dr Dewar exhibited two specimens of Buffon's skua (Lestris 

 Buffonii), from a small island off Benbecula, one of the Hebrides, 

 and gave a short account of the bird, with a description of the 

 locality whence it and other rare species have been obtained. 



Mr Gray exhibited a specimen of the bee hawk or honey buzzard 

 (Pernis ajnvorus), which was shot at Broxmouth Park, East 

 Lothian, by Mr Henderson, and, at same time, mentioned several 

 other recent instances of its occurrence in Scotland, the bird being 

 considered a rare species in this country. 



Mr David Eobertson exhibited the following objects, with 

 remarks: — 



Cerianthus Lloydii. — This tube-inhabiting anemone, so far as I 

 know, is new to Scotland. It was first obtained at Menai Strait 

 by Mr Lloyd, in 1856, and again at the island of Herm, near 

 Guernsey. I took the living specimens wliicli I now exhibit at 

 Cumbrae, at low water, and have observed that they are not con- 

 fined to the margin of low tide, as I have occasionally brought up 

 from deep water portions of their tubes cut off a few inches below 

 the surface of the muddy sand. A piece of one of them was dredged 

 this summer in Loch Goil by Mr Keddie and myself, and it is only 

 by meshing such portions of their outer tunics that we gain a know- 

 ledge of their deep water habitat, as it is hardly possible to obtain 



