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The Shieldrake (Tadorna Bellonii), M. and F. 



Crested Cormorant {Phalacrocorax cristatus), M. and F. 



Little Grebe (Podiceps minor), M. 



Jack Snipe (Scolopax Gallinula), M. 



Long-tailed Titmouse (Parus caudatus), M. and F. 



Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza Schceniculus), M. and F. 



Mountain Finch (Fringilla Montif ring ilia), M. and F. 



Common Linnet (F. cannabina), M. and F. 



Contributions towards the ornithological department of the collec- 

 tion are received with gratitude, and we are glad to perceive that 

 the friends of the Institution do not weary in their exertions. 



It is always agreeable for us to dwell upon the continued pros- 

 perity of the Institution whose proceedings we are now noticing. 

 We have stated, that even the attempt to establish it was creditable 

 to the district, and that it is doubly creditable that it should have 

 been hitherto constantly supported in so efficient a manner by nearly 

 every grade of the community. 



We ought to mention that the prospect of the Society's being able 

 to present the new building to the public, free of debt, is daily im- 

 proving, though not yet fully realized ; but as the Institution conti- 

 nues to find additional friends, in proportion as it shows more sure 

 tokens of permanence and usefulness, we do not doubt that at the 

 period of our next report we shall have it in our power to state that 

 the whole of the necessary funds have been collected. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EniNBURGH. 



April 11, 1839. — Prof. Graham, President, in the Chair. 



His Majesty Frederick William III. King of Prussia, was elected 

 a Foreign Honorary Member, by unanimous acclamation. 



The President read the conclusion of his report on the Progress 

 and State of Botany in Britain during the last twelve months, which 

 we have already had occasion to notice at p. 53 of the present volume. 



The Secretary read a communication from Mr. William Gardi- 

 ner, jun., of Dundee, accompanying a specimen of Mucor new to 

 the British Flora, found in the neighbourhood of Dundee in 1836, 

 and supposed by Sir William Hooker to be Phycomyces splendens of 

 Fries, or perhaps the Viva nit ens of Agardh. 



Mr. Brand read a communication from Mr. George Dickie, of 

 Aberdeen, on the Vegetation of Davis' Straits, in which the author 

 noticed various circumstances, and suggested some inquiries of an 

 interesting nature connected with the range and distribution of spe- 

 cies in that region. 



Mr. Thomas Wood Morrison laid before the Society engravings 



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