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Mr Robertson then directed the notice of the members to a 

 living Doris which he had on the table for exhibition, and which 

 at present could not be referred to any British species. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. — On the Skeleton of Oviparous Vertebrates. By Dr Scouler. 



II. — Observations on the Long-tailed Ice-Duck (Harelda glacialis). 



By the Secretary. 



Two very beautiful specimens of the bird from Dunbar were 

 exhibited, and an account given of the habits of the species as ob- 

 served by Mr Gray, during the present month on the East Coast. 



March 29th, 1864. 



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

 Mr George Brown was elected a resident member. 



SPECIMENS exhibited. 



Dr Dewar exhibited two specimens of the gadwall (Anas strepera), 

 male and female, which had been shot during the present month 

 on the Island of Benbecula, one of the outer Hebrides, a locality 

 of very great interest to the ornithologist, as being the haunt of 

 many rare species; also, a specimen of the spotted crake {Crex 

 porzana) from Mid-Lothian. 



Mr Edward R. Alston exhibited the eggs of a few rare British 

 birds from various localities, and likewise made some observations 

 on the eggs and breeding habits of Uria Brunnichii and Uria 

 Lachrymans. 



Dr Scouler exhibited a specimen of Polyclinum constellatum, a 

 compound mollusc, and made some remarks on its structure. He 

 also exhibited a cranium from an ancient tumulus in North America, 

 and at same time directed the notice of the members to several 

 other skulls on the table, showing the results of artifical pressure 

 as practised by some of the tribes of that country. 



Mr David Robertson exhibited a specimen of Montagu's Sucker 

 (Liparis Montagui), from Cumbrae, with remarks on its distribution 

 in the British islands. The same gentleman exhibited a very fine 

 series of glacial shells from a new locality he had discovered in 

 September last, at Langbank, and the shore at West Ferry, 

 opposite Dumbarton Castle. This collection embraced several of 



