(i^ Millport Marine Biological Station. [Sess. 



beautiful lantern slides showing the application of the process 

 to the study of Natural History. 



Dr Gerald Leighton read a paper on the Haunts and Habits 

 of British Eeptiles. The paper was illustrated by a large 

 number of most interesting lantern slides, prepared by Dr 

 Leighton himself : one of these had special interest, as it ex- 

 hibited a viper in the act of swimming. 



U.— MILLPORT MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION. 



By Mb JOHN LINDSAY. 



{Read Dec. 16, 1903: Revised Sept. 1904.) 



At a winter-evening meeting of the Society in February 1897 

 there was shown a collection of natural history specimens 

 from the ]\Iarine Biological Station at Millport : these speci- 

 mens included representatives of the Coelenterata, the Echino- 

 dermata, the Crustacea, the Mollusca, and the Fishes. Dr 

 Davies, at that time President of the Society, gave on the 

 same occasion a very interesting account of the various steps 

 which had led up to the founding of this Biological Station 

 at Millport, illustrating his paper by a number of lantern 

 slides. A r4suvi4 of Dr Davies' address will be found in our 

 'Transactions' for Session 1896-97 (vol. iii. pp. 292, 293). 

 As the Station at Millport was then in course of erection only, 

 I have thought that a paper giving a short account of what 

 has been accomplished during the past seven years by this 

 institution might prove of interest to the members of our 

 Society. The record has been one of continued success from 

 the beginning until now. 



A brief recapitulation of the circumstances which led to 

 the founding of the Millport Biological Station may first be 

 given. The Scottish Marine Station, as it was called, had 

 its origin on the East Coast, being located near Granton, 

 where some of the members of this Society frequently visited 



