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of Habenaria viridis^ a plant of very rare occurrence in Berwick- 

 shire, was found by Mr Selby. 



During the vacant time before the appointed dinner hour, the 

 Church and remains of the ancient Abbey were visited by such of 

 the members as had not attended any of the former meetings of the 

 Club at this place. After dinner, and the customary toasts (no 

 minutes of the preceding meeting being forthcoming), Dr Johnston 

 proceeded to exhibit two stone bowls, probably of British origin, lately 

 found in Berwickshire, and sent to the Club by Mr Hardy in illus- 

 tration of his paper on bowling. Ho also exhibited a specimen of a 

 Tiilobitet found in the limestone in Berwick Bay ; and a fine 

 specimen of a new British Crustacean, the Nymphon giganteum^ 

 distinguished from all the species hitherto described, for its great 

 superiority in size. The specimen was described by Mr Goodsir, 

 and discovered by Mr Embleton in Embleton Bay. 



Such, gentlemen, is the imperfect sketch I have to offer, of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Club during the past year; and though its dis- 

 coveries in a scientific point of view cannot boast of being either so 

 numerous or so important as on several other occasions, still in a 

 field now often trodden, and in a district of no extensive limits, we 

 have succeeded in adding to its local Flora, as well as to the Fauna 

 of the British Islands. 



Interesting, however, as each new discovery must ever prove to 

 those engaged in our pursuits, I wish, at the same time, to impress 

 upon my fellow members, that the merits and usefulness of the Club 

 are neither bounded by, nor are they to be estimated by such dis- 

 coveries, however numerous or important they may chance to be. It 

 was founded with intentions more important, and directed to objects 

 of a higher and more praiseworthy nature ; but as these have already 

 been explained, and pointed out in many of our previous annual Ad- 

 dresses, in terms and language far more forcible than any I could 

 urge, I make no apology for abruptly concluding an address which I 

 am sure must long ago have tired my hearers, and put their patience 

 to the proof. 



On the Flight of the Peregrine Falcon in pursuit of prey. 

 By Ralph Carr, Esq. of Dunston Hill. 



The flight of birds is something so graceful in itself, and so cap- 

 tivating to many lovers of natural history, that, when some of our 



