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C. arcticus, L. — Black-throated Diver. Frequently observed. 



C. septentrionalis, L. — Red-throated Diver. Frequently ob- 

 served. 



Podicipes Jluviatilis, Tunstall. — Little Grebe. Observed by 

 Dr. Langton, M.B.O.U. 



Fulmarus glacialis, L. — Fulmar. Often observed at sea, near 

 the Flannan Islands, and sometimes on Loch Roag. Eggs taken 

 this year (1902) from Flannan Islands by Dr. H. Langton, 

 M.B.O.U. 



Procellaria pelagica, L. — Storm Petrel. Observed at sea off 

 the Flannan Islands, where, on the authority of the lighthouse- 

 keeper, I understand it nests. 



Oceanodroma leucorrhoa, Vieillot.— Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. 

 Had a bird and an egg sent to me this year from the Flannan 

 Islands. 



Puffinus anglorum, Temminck. — Manx Shearwater. As far as 

 I know only breeding on the Stack of Berissay, Loch Roag. 

 Have observed the bird at sea near the Flannan Islands, where it 

 probably also nests. 



Reminiscences of the Early Days of the Natural 

 History Society of Glasgrow. 



By William Ferguson, of Kinmundy, LL.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., 

 F.S.A.Scot. 



Plate I. 



[Read 27th November, 1902.] 



I ESTEEM it a very high honour to have been asked to give an 

 address to the Natural History Society of Glasgow in this its 

 fifty-second session, and it is a great pleasure to me to be here 

 to-night and speak to an association of which I was one of the 

 original founders nearly fifty-two years ago. 



During the decade of the forties there was a group of very 

 energetic and enthusiastic young men in Glasgow pursuing 



