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cinclidioides, and Hypnum ardicum, with fruit, from Ben Challum; 

 Neckera Philippeana, gathered on a tree near Inverarnan, Hijpnum 

 dimorphum, H. ochraceum, with fruit, and Hypnum moUi, with 

 fruit, which Dr Stirton and he had found in various stations in 

 Clova. He also intimated that he had discovered, on Ben 

 Voirlich, Dicranum circinnatum (Wils.), wliich had not been any- 

 where observed since first found on that hill by Dr Greville many 

 years ago. It occurs on Ben Voirlich in some quantity, assuming 

 various forms, some closely approaching to Dicranodonti, numer- 

 ous specimens of which he exhibited, some having male in- 

 florescence. 



Mr James Ramsay exhibited a specimen of Lastrea cristata, from 

 a Renfrewshire locality, in connection with which the Secretary 

 mentioned that he had received a communication from Mr Peter 

 Clark, a member of the society, stating that he had discovered 

 this plant in the same county ui 1861. 



Dr Dewar exhibited a specimen of Pallas' Sand Grouse {Syrr- 

 haptes paradoxus), from the outer Hebrides, an object of some 

 interest, as showing that the flocks of this rare and interesting 

 species, which have recently occurred in the British islands, have 

 extended to all parts of the country. It has been found in Ren- 

 frewshire, Perthshire, the Lothians, and most of the north-eastern 

 counties of Scotland; and as the present specimen was found on 

 the 19th of this month, there is some reason to hope that the 

 birds, having now been observed upwards of four months since 

 their first arrival, will continue in their British habitats, and thus 

 form a very important addition to our ornithological catalogues. 



Mr John Young exhibited a fine specimen of the Porbeagle 

 (Lamna cornvbica), from the Minch, and made some observations 

 upon fossil species of shark, illustrating his remarks with an 

 extensive series of the teeth of these fishes. Mr Young like- 

 wise exhibited a grey phalarope (Fhalarojms lobatus), and a 

 Hoopoe (Upupa Epops); the former having been shot near 

 Gourock, the latter at Langbank, both during the present 

 month. 



The Secretary (Mr Gray) exhibited a specimen of the short- 

 nosed hippocampus {Hippocampus hrevirostris), from Banff'shire — a 

 fish which has not hitherto been met with in Scotland, the locali- 

 ties quoted by Yarrell and other authors being the Channel 

 Islands and the southern shores of England. 



