208 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Mr Alexander M'Kinlay exliibited specimens of the follomng 

 mosses, recently found in Scotland, but not described in British 

 works: — Sjjhagimm Girgensohni (Eossoio); S. teres (Sch.), Angst; 

 S. Lindbergii (Sch.); S. curvlfoliwn {Wits. MSS.); S. Kinlayanum 

 {JVils. MSS.); S. auriculatum {Sell.) ; S. Mueller i (Sch.) ; S.rigidum, 

 var crassifolium ; with remarks on their structure and affinities. 

 Mr M'Kinlay also exliibited Plageothecium M'dllerianum {Sch.) 

 from Ben Wyvis, a species new to Britain. 



Professor Young exhibited some mammals from Mexico, with 

 remarks on their geographical range and affinities. Dr Young 

 also exhibited a specimen of Diard's pheasant {Phasianus versicolor), 

 which had been lately shot at Skipness in Argyleshire, and sent 

 for exhibition by Professor Gr. Ramsay of Glasgow University. 



Mr John Dougall exhibited a living specimen of Testuda 

 marginata from Algoa Bay, Southern Africa, and read a few 

 remarks on the organs of sense, food, and habits of that species. 



Mr Walter Gait exhibited Ghjphomitrium Dmiesii, from Craig- 

 allion, Stirlingshire, a new locality discovered by Mr George 

 Thomson and himself, in Marcli, 18G8. He further observed 

 that during the last few years the stations for this moss had in- 

 creased considerably, and it was not so rare as formerly supposed. 

 We have now in Scotland the following habitats : — 



Bowling, May, 1863, Messrs Gait and MacCartney. 



Whangie, New Kilpatrick, May, 1863, Messrs Shaw and 

 M'lvinlay. 



Ardtun, Mull, May, 1864, Mr Donald Black of lona, who 

 examined tliis locality at the request of Messrs MacCartney 

 and Gait. 



Killin, Perthshire, Rev. Mr McMillan and Mr M'Kinlay. 



Skye, Mr G. E. Hunt of Manchester, about 1864, and again 

 in 1866, by Mr John ShaAV. 



Blairlogie, Stirlingshire, by Mr George Thomson, in June, 

 1865. 



Craigallion, March, 1868, by Messrs Thomson and Gait. 



Crags betwixt Strathblane and Dungoyne, Campsie Hills, March, 

 1868, Messrs George Thomson and Walter Gait. 



This interesting moss has thus been found in the counties of 

 Dumbarton, Argyle, Inverness, Perth, and Stirling. 



