308 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



27th March, 1883. 



Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Mr. James J. F. X. King exhibited 1 2 species of Odonata, part 

 of the Collection in course of preparation by the Museum Committee 

 for the Kelvingrove Museum. 



Mr. Thomas Scott, Corresponding Member, exhibited an unusual 

 variety of Helix nemoralis, L., found one day last month in " Scott's 

 Glen," in the neighbourhood of Greenock, by Mr. T. Fisher. Mr 

 Scott stated that this variety is smaller than the typical 77. nemoralis, 

 is of a uniform greenish-yellow colour, and has a prominent white 

 ridge, the shell being so thin that the ridge is distinctly seen through 

 it. The tubercles on the body of the animal are rather coarser than 

 usual, and there is a distinct white line extending down the back 

 from near the bases of the upper tentacles. At each side of this 

 white line there is a brownish band, then a band of lighter colour, 

 the margin of the foot being darkish grey. This variety differs 

 from the typical form in being smaller and having a white rib, and 

 from the variety hortensis in having the shell of a uniform colour 

 instead of banded. It may be identical with the variety mentioned 

 in Science Gossip for January, 1883, and named albo-labris, Crowther. 



Mr. W. Craibe Angus exhibited a Land Rail or Corn Crake, 

 Crex pratensis, Bechst., shot, during a very severe storm, in Tiree, 

 on the 23rd November, 1880. This bird was part of the 

 " bag " of a party of three guns, the bag containing some 250 brace 

 of birds — redshanks, water-rails, godwits, and snipe — the great 

 majority being snipe. It had a wound in one of the wing bones, 

 and this, although healed, made the wing stiff and somewhat con- 

 tracted. The maimed wing doubtless explains why the bird had 

 not accomplished its autumnal flight; and the gun had probably 

 saved it from death by starvation. Although there are several 

 records of the Corn Crake being shot in Scotland in winter, 

 some of these are open to doubt; few of the birds having fallen 

 into the hands of those capable of identifying the species. The 

 bird, which belonged to Mr. Angus, has been presented to the 

 Kelvingrove Museum. 



Mr. John Kirsop, F.S.A. Scot., V.P., laid on the table three 

 volumes of Hepaticce Britannicce, collected by Dr. Benjamin 

 Carrington, Eccles, and Mr. William H. Pearson, Pendleton. 



Mr. Henry E. Clark, M.R.C.S., exhibited three human skulls 



