102 TRANSACTIONS, NATXIEAL HISTORY SOCIETY OP GLASGOW. 



traditions of the Society for work accomplished in the past, and 

 mentioned how, when any call had been made for special 

 scientific work to be done, again and again it had been the lot 

 of this, the premier society of the city in the domain of natural 

 history, to carry out the scheme. He urged the Members, 

 especially the more recently enlisted, in their several depart- 

 ments of biology, to take a livelier interest than ever in the 

 ordinary meetings of the Society, and by the exhibition of speci- 

 mens and the reading of papers to keep up the status of the 

 Society, and make it a truly educational power. He referred 

 to the fact that Glasgow has now a Civic Herbarium in the new 

 Art Museum, and volunteer workers on behalf of that collection 

 are ardently desired. Room would be found in the museum 

 for specimens of the whole fauna and flora of the land draining 

 into the Clyde, but dates of capture and localities must in all 

 cases be given. 



The following were elected Ordinary Members : — Mr. J. 

 Graham Kerr, B.A., F.G.S., M.B.O.U., Fellow of Christ College, 

 Cambridge, Professor of Natural History in the University of 

 Glasgow; Mr. Edward J. Bles, B.A., B.Sc, Demonstrator in 

 Zoology, University of Glasgow; Mr. Richard Prosser, Buxton 

 Villa, Shawlands; Mr. W. E. Frost, J.P., Ardwick, Crieff; Mr. 

 James Swanson, M.A., M.B.C.M., F.F.P.S.G., Norwood, 101 St. 

 George's Road. 



On behalf of Mr. Robert S. Miller, Greenoakhill, Broomhouse, 

 Mr. R. S. Wishart, M.A., exhibited the Egg of a Tortoise. The 

 tortoise had died on 3rd September, and was buried on 22nd 

 September, three feet deep. It was left in the ground till 

 5th December, and, when then dug up, all that was found was 

 the shell, a few bones, and four eggs, which had the appearance 

 of bladders. 



On behalf of Mr. Charles Kirk, there was exhibited by Mr. 

 John Paterson a specimen of the Glossy Ibis, Plegadis 

 falcinellus, L. The bird was shot near Port Ellen, Islay. Mr. 

 Paterson added some interesting details about the exhibit, 

 especially in regard to its distribution and nesting. 



On behalf of Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., Corresponding 

 Member, there were exhibited and referred to by Mr. Alex. 

 Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., specimens of a Milkwort, Polygala^ 



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