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several other interesting ornithological specimens, including 

 examples of the Gadwall, Anas strepera (L.) : Pintail. Dafila 

 acuta (L.); Shoveler, Spatula clypeata (L.) ; Velvet Scoter, 

 (Edemia fusca (L.) ; and Norfolk Plover or Stone-curlew, 

 CEdicnemus scolopax (S. G. Gmelin). 



Mr. Robert Dunlop showed a Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus 

 fulicarius (L.), which had been shot on the Fifeshire coast. 



Air. R. S. Wishart, M.A., submitted a series of specimens of 

 Hedgerow Plants from Buckinghamshire. These represented 

 twenty-four species, most of which do not grow as natives in the 

 West of Scotland. 



Mr. Robert W. S. Wilson read a paper entitled " Autumn and 

 Winter Bird-Life of the Pairlie Shore " (page 173). 



Mr. James Whitton submitted " Meteorological Notes and 

 Remarks upon the Weather during the year 1907, with its 

 General Effects upon Vegetation " (page 188). 



28th April, 1908 



Mr. D. A. Bovd, President, in the chair. 



Mr. James Vincent, Mary hill Public School, was elected an 

 Ordinary Member. 



Reports were submitted on Excursions to Calder Glen, Loch- 

 winnoch (page 252), and Arran (page 253). 



Mr. John Paterson exhibited a Great Grev Shrike, Lanins 

 excubitor, L., obtained in Arran, and sent by Dr. Neil Fullarton, 

 Lamlash. Mr. Paterson gave an account of the peculiarities and 

 habits of this bird, and stated that the species had not hitherto 

 been known to occur in Arran. 



Mr. Alexander Ross exhibited specimens of the Twite (Linota 



Jiavirostris, L. ) and Storm Petrel ( Procellaria ]jelagica, L. ) from 



Islay. He explained the characteristic features of these birds, 



and gave an account of their habits, with a description of their 



nests and eggs. 



There were also submitted a photograph of a nest of the Stock- 

 Dove (C lumba amas, L.), found near the Cart in Renfrewshire, 

 and a specimen of the bird itself. 



Mr. Thomas W. Robertson exhibited a Glass-rope Sponge 

 (Hyalonema Sieholdii, Gray), obtained off Tokio. Japan, from a 



