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Liiiuaeus), from Islay ; also a Gadwall (Anas strejjera, Linnfeus) 

 from Eaglesham, the third occurrence in the " Clyde " area. Mr. 

 Paterson also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Charles Kirk, a Rough- 

 legged Buzzard {Buteo lagopus (Gmelin) ), and a female Hen- 

 harrier (Circus cyaneus (Linnseus) ), both from the Tarff, 

 Kirkcudbrightshire; a Great Snipe (Gallinago major (Gmelin)) 

 from near Otter, Lochfyne; and a Dotterel (Eudroniias morinellus 

 (Linnseus) ) from Buckie. Mr. Paterson then showed a Buby- 

 crowned Wren (Regulus calendula), which came on board the 

 Anchor Line s.s. Furnessia, on the 30th October last, in lat. 

 53-24 N., long. 30-15 "W. Although in an exhausted state it 

 survived until the following day. There is no pi'operly 

 authenticated instance of this American species having occurred 

 in Britain, but the specimen exhibited had reached within five 

 and six hundred miles of these shores before it succumbed. 



Mr. Peter Macnair exhibited a specimen of Scorpion skin got 

 from the lower coals and ironstones of Kelvingrove Park, showing 

 spores and stigmata. In explanation of the specimen, he pointed 

 out that the evidence of the existence of ancient land-surfaces in 

 the carboniferous rocks round Glasgow is exceedingly common. 



On behalf of Mr. James W. White, F.L.S., there was read by 

 Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., a paper descriptive of the botany 

 of the Balearic Isles — the result of a visit in April. 



Messrs. Ed. H. Parker, 1 1 Strathmore Gardens, Hillhead. and 

 D. A. Archie, 212 Argyle Street, were elected as Ordinary 

 Members. 



11th January, 1904. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 

 Mr. Goodchild, F.G.S., F.Z.S., delivered a lecture on "Scottish 

 Rivers and River Goi-ges," illustrated by photographic slides. 



26th January, 1904. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. Robei't Buchanan exhibited eggs of the common Limicolae. 



Mr. John Paterson, on behalf of Mr. Chas. Kirk, exhibited a 



