PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY. 97 



Treasurer; Mr. James Mitchell, Hon. Librarian; Rev. G. A. 

 Frank Knight, M.A., F.R.S.E., Hon. Editor of Transactions; 

 Mr. John J. Robertson, Mr. A. B. Motherwell, Mr. Alex. Ross, and 

 Mr. J. W. Reoch, Members of Council; and Mr. James Jack and 

 Mr. Joseph Sommerville, Auditors. 



Mr. Walter Buchanan, Dunclutha, Tollcross, and Mr. Philip 

 Jerome Bell, 11 Carnarvon Street, were elected Ordinary 

 Members. 



Mr. Charles Kirk sent for exhibition fine specimens of the 

 following birds : — A Cream-coloured Wigeon {Mareca penelope, 

 L.), from Kilmalcolm ; Reeve (Machetes pugnax, L.), from 

 Slamannan ; Pomatorhine Skua (Stercorarius pomatorhinus, 

 (Temminck), female, from Midross, Luss, male from Skipness; 

 Honey-Buzzard, (Pernis apivorus, L.), from Kilfinan, Loch 

 Fyne ; and Great Skua [Stercorarius catarrhactes, L.). 



Mr. John Paterson, who showed the specimens, mentioned 

 that this variety of Wigeon was rare, but in winter the species 

 was found in considerable numbers in the Glasgow district; that 

 the Reeve was now practically extinct as a breeding species in 

 this country; that the Honey-Buzzard was very rare, had 

 handsome eggs, and fed on the larvae of bees and wasps; and 

 that the Pomatorhine Skua, was often melanotic in plumage, 

 was not very numerous in the Clyde area, and does not breed in 

 this country. 



A case of Lizards, Insects, and Scorpions from the Soudan, 

 purchased at Wady Haifa, Second Nile Cataract, was sent for 

 exhibition by Mr. Paul Rottenburg, LL.D. 



On behalf of Mr. William George Barclay, Perth, there was 

 exhibited by Mr. Alexander Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., the 

 Bracteate Marsh Sedge, Carex divisa, Hudson, from near 

 Montrose; and the exhibitor read a paper regarding the refind- 

 ing of this plant in Forfarshire in 1901, after an interval of 

 ninety years since George Don's time, thus restoring it to a 

 place in the flora of Scotland. 



Mr. A. Patience brought forward for exhibition a number of 

 Clyde Crustacea, belonging to the sub-order Decapoda and to 

 the genus Grangon, and described the distinctive peculiarities 

 of each species. 



Dr. Robert Brown, Hon. Secretary, read a paper on " Botanis- 

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