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(Phrynosoma coronahim, Boulenger) ; Mr. James Mitchell the 

 skin of a monkey from Uganda ; and Mr. John Paterson, on 

 behalf of Mr. Charles Kirk, a Little Gull {Lams minutus), 

 caught at Dunbar on 20th January. 



Dr. Robert Brown read a paper on '• The Engadine," and gave 

 an account of its physical configuration and striking features — 

 describing its lateral valley and high passes, its high mountains 

 and series of lakes — also the general geological features of its 

 mountain ranges, with short description of its fauna and flora. 

 He exhibited many botanical specimens collected by himself, 

 among which were Oxytropis pilosa, Dec. ; O. Sordida, D.C. ; 

 Ranunculus glacialis, Linn. ; Gagea liottardi, Sch., Agrostis 

 alpina, Scop. ; Draha duhia, Sut. ; and Saxifraga Androsacea, 

 Linn. 



28th February, 1905. 



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



Mr. John Thomson, 241 West George Street, was elected as 

 an Ordinary Member. 



Mr. James Eggleton exhibited two specimens ( S and ?) of the 

 Bittern (Botaurus stellnris, Linn.) which were shot quite recently 

 within two miles of Ayr. Mr. James F. Gemmill, M.A., M.D., 

 exhibited a deep-water Antarctic Worm, brought to this country 

 by the Scottish Antarctic Expedition. It is a green-blooded 

 worm, with long thread-like hairs on the surface of the body. 

 The Chairman, Mr. P. Ewing. F.L.S., exliibited Hymenophyllum 

 ticnbridgense and H. Wifsoiii, from Islay. Mr. J. Ballantyne 

 read a paper on " Coal and its origin." 



28th March, 1905. 



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



Mr. John Tannock, 6 Walmer Terrace, Paisley Road, West, 

 was elected as an Ordinary Member. 



Mr. John Renwick read a paper entitled " Notes on the Trees 

 in Auchendraue, Ayrshire" (p. 262). Mr. R. S. Wishart, M.A., 

 read a paper on " Some East Fife Flowers " (p. 257), and exhibited 

 some of the rarer plants mentioned in his paper (q. v.). 



