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he drew attention to some very peculiar forms which were at one 
time described as separate species. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd submitted specimens of various Microfungi 
from West Kilbride, including Diatrype disciformis (Hoffm.) Fr., 
D. stigma (Hoftm.) Fr., Ramularia calcea (Desm.) Ces., £&. 
wrtice, Ces., &e. 
Mr. James Steel showed two Boomerangs from Australia, and 
described the manner in which the weapons are used by the 
native tribes. He also exhibited a Fijian Tarnoa or Kava-bowl, 
cut from a solid piece of wood. 
Rey. Alexander Whyte, M.A., B.D., B.Sc., F.LS., addressed 
the Society on “The Plant Cell, its Forms, Fusions, and Func- 
tions,” and submitted a very fine series of lantern-slides showing 
the structure of various kinds of vegetable tissue. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd submitted a paper describing some of the 
habits of the House Sparrow. (See page 57.) 
28TH Fepruary, 1893. 
Professor Edward E. Prince, B.A., F.L.8., Vice-President, in the 
chair. 
Mr. John Renwick reported on an excursion to Erskine, 
which took place on 25th inst. (See page 89.) 
Mr. James Steel exhibited an Ayrshire specimen of the Great 
Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor, Linn.), a rare autumnal visitor, 
He also showed specimens of Peripatus Leuckarti, Sav., and 
other exotic Myriapods. 
Professor Thomas King submitted specimens of the plasmodium 
of Badhamia utricularis (Bull.), a fungus recently gathered by 
him in the Cadder and Craigton Woods. The currents of proto- 
plasm through the filaments were well seen in a portion shown 
under the microscope. 
Mr, D. A. Boyd exhibited various Microfungi from West 
Kilbride, including Propolis versicolor, Fr., Trochila cratervwm, 
Fr., Asteroma juncaginearum, Rabh., Septoria petroselint, Lib., &e. 
Mr. Richard M‘Kay exhibited microscopically the beautiful 
spore-forms of Asterosporium Hoffmannii, Kze., and Thyrsidium 
hedericolum, Dur. & Mont. It was stated that the specimens © 
from which the spores had been taken were gathered at West 
