PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 147 
arranged, with a description of numerous specimens recently 
examined by him. 
20TH Junz, 1893. 
Mr. R. S. Wishart, M.A., Vice-President, in the chair. 
Reports were submitted on recent excursions to Castlemilk, 
Garelochhead, Stepps, Garscube and Little Cumbrae. (See pp. 
107, 110, 111.) 
Mr. W. Craibe Angus showed a fine male specimen of the 
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos, Linn.), recently trapped in 
the neighbourhood of Auchinduich, Sutherlandshire, and lent 
by Mr. Henry Martin, West George Street, for exhibition to 
the Society, As the bird had been for three days a prisoner, 
and consequently for that time without food, its stomach when 
dissected was found to contain only a small portion of rabbit-fur. 
The bird nevertheless weighed 7 lb. 54 0z., which is considerably 
over the average weight of the male Golden Eagle. It measured 
33} in. from point of bill to tip of tail, and the extended wings 
measured 76 in. from tip to tip. Mr. Angus made some interest- 
ing remarks on the occurrence and habits of this fine species. 
Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., exhibited an unusually 
large cluster of the egg-cases of Buccinum undatum, Linn., taken 
by trawling at a depth of 20 fathoms between Millport and Little 
_ Cumbrae, and apparently formed by the simultaneous egg-deposits 
of a number of these mollusks. He also submitted a short paper 
on the habits of this species. (See page 81.) 
Mr. J. Watson exhibited an interesting series of microscopic 
objects, including the larval from of the water-beetle Dytiscws mar- 
_ ginalis, Linn., also specimens of the rotifer Melicerta ringens, and 
the infusorian Stentor polymorphus. 
Mr. J. Bruce Hunter showed the fruit of Phytelephas macro- 
-carpa, R. & P., commonly known as “ vegetable ivory,” and made 
- some remarks on the habit of growth and commercial value of 
the tree. He also exhibited an abnormal specimen of Plantago 
major, Linn., which illustrated the teratological condition known 
as phyllody, the floral organs of the plant being transformed into 
green leaves. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd Satinibted specimens of various plants affected 
with parasitic leaf-fungi, all which had been gathered by him at 
