90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



tion they acknowledged their obligations to Dr C. Nelson, Pitcox, 

 one of the society's corresponding members, resident near 

 Dunbar, whose collection contains many rare species obtained 

 by himself in Tyne Estuary, and elsewhere in East Lothian. The 

 following birds have occurred recently in that county: — Eough- 

 legged Buzzard {Buteo lagojms); Honey Buzzard (Pernis upivwus), 

 four specimens; Grey Slirike (Lanius excuUf or), three specimens; 

 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pirns majm-); Black-throated Diver 

 (Colymbus ardicus); Grey Phalarope (Phalarojms lobatus); the 

 Smew {Mergus alhellus), male and female; and the Shore Lark 

 {Alaucla alpestris), three specimens of this very rare British bird 

 having been shot on the banks of the Tyne Estuary by Mr Evans, 

 one of which is in Dr Nelson's collection. The latter gentleman also 

 communicated the occurrence in the same place of the King Eider 

 [Somateria spectaUUs), another species of extreme rarity in this 

 country. 



Among the fishes exhibited were Puinkeps trifurcatus, found on 

 Belhaven Sands, and the Viviparous Blenny, (Blennms viviparus), 

 which is a common species in the tide pools at Dunbar. In the 

 list were enumerated the greater weever (Trachinus draco); the 

 green cod [Merlangiis virens) ; the Ballan wrasse (Labnis maculatus) 

 the sea horse {Hippocampus hrevirostris), a living specimen of which 

 Avas found in the harbour of Dunbar by one of the society's corres- 

 ponding members, Mr John Levack of Cumbrae. 



May 31st, 1864. 

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

 The folloAving gentlemen were elected members : — Messrs Walter 

 Rutherfurd, and Louis C. Jarnaque, resident; John Mason, jun., 

 Dunbar, corresponding. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr David Robertson exhibited an extensive and carefully- 

 prepared collection of Entomostraca and Foraminifera from the 

 Paisley clay beds, nearly all of which are identical in genera and 

 species with those found in similar dej)osits at Fairlie, Helensburgh, 

 and Langbank. Their occurrence, however, at Paisley removes all 

 doubt as to the time when they were imbedded, and affords satis- 



