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EXHIBITS IN NATURAL HISTORY. 
TuE following objects in Natural History, exclusive of those 
illustrating papers, were exhibited during the session at the 
evening meetings of the Society. Mr Speedy showed the 
following: A white thrush from Argyllshire; a cross between 
a blackcock and a pheasant, shot at The Haining, Selkirk ; 
and wild cats from the Highlands. An Egyptian scarabeus 
and a Burmese book made of palm leaves were shown by the 
President; and Tamil school-books made of palm-leaves, 
by Major Grahame. The Secretary exhibited several Indian 
insects, as the Atlas moth, the leaf insect, the leaf butterfly, 
the stick insect, the praying insect, and others; also ova of 
trout and salmon in different stages of development, sent 
by Mr J. Thomson, Millholm. An albino mole, caught in 
Dalmeny Park, was exhibited by Mr Chas. Campbell; a 
specimen of root-malformation caused by a cockle-shell, by 
Miss Sprague; and the following by Mr Pinkerton: Bipalinm 
Kewense, a carnivorous worm; Peziza (Helotium) xruginosa, 
in fruit; and a locust (Acrydium Agyptium) sent by Mr 
Tomlinson, Musselburgh, as having been got alive in a crate 
of vegetables there. 
A number of lantern slides prepared by members were 
shown on the screen during the session. These included the 
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, from an engraving in 1685, 
by the Secretary; four slides of sand, by Mr Forgan; and 
a slide of St Catherine’s Chapel, at Glencorse Reservoir, 
photographed by Dr Davies on October 24, 1901, when 
the chapel was visible at the bottom of the reservoir, 
owing to the prolonged drought. Mr Bruce Campbell ex- 
hibited a slide of the nest of the great tit in a pheasant 
feeding-box; also a slide showing the difference between a 
stock-dove and a wood-pigeon. A large number of micro 
slides were also shown at the evening meetings by various 
members of the Society. Mr Terras exhibited slides of red, 
brown, green, and blue alge; Mr T. Wright, several parasites 
and ticks; Miss Huie, trans. sect. of common wood-louse, 
Euglena viridis stained and sectioned, trans. sect. of rat 
