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Nasturtium sylvestre, R.Br., from near Johnstone. By Robert 



S. Houston, 359 



Double-headed Monsters. By Dr. John Lindsay, M.A., - • 359 

 Rhipidopteris peltaia, Schott, a Mexican Fern. By George Russell, 359 

 A New Zealand Hepialus attacked by a Fungus, Cordiceps 



robertsii. By George Russell, -.--.- 359 

 Mantis religiosa, L., the Praying Insect. By Rev. J. E. Somer- 



ville, B.D., 360 



Boa constrictor, h., Dendrophis punctulatus, Krefft, axiA Dipsado- 



mtrphus fuscus. Gray. By Dr. T. B. Henderson, - - 360 



Botanising on the Swiss Alps in Spring. By Dr. Robert Brown, 360 

 Special Meeting to celebrate the Jubilee of the Society, - - 363 



Gallinago major (Gmel.), the Great Snipe, and Stercorarius crept- 



datus, Gmel. , Richardson's Skua. By Charles Kirk, - - 378 

 Humming Birds from Ecuador. By Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., - 379 

 Three species of Difflugia. By John Smith, ... - 379 



Photographs of Localities round Glasgow. By D. R. Somerville, 379 

 Bonnemaisonia, a naturaUsed Japanese Seaweed. By E. M. 



Holmes, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., 379 



Ampelis garrtclor {L.), the Waxwing; Accentor modularis (L.), an 



Albino Hedge-Sparrow; and Totanus canescens (Gmelin.). 



By Charles Kirk, 380 



Hyalonema sieboldi (Gray), the Glass-rope Sponge of Japan. By 



John Paterson, - 380 



Metacrinus rotundus, P. H. Carp., and Comattila rosacea, Link. 



By Peter Macnair, ........ 380 



Glyciphagus spinipes, Koch, a Furniture-investing Mite. By Dr. 



James Rankin, B.Sc, 380 



Scolapax rusticula, L., the Cream-coloured Woodcock. By 



Charles Kirk, 381 



Lacerta vivipara (Dum. and Bib.), and Aniphibohirus barbatus 



(Wiegm), two species of Lizards. By Dr. T. B. Henderson, 381 

 Chicken with Four Legs. By James Ballantyne, .... 381 

 Notes on Forest Trees. By George Paxton, .... 381 



Sylvia curruca, L. , the Lesser White- Throat. By John Paterson, 382 

 Falco candicans, Gmel., the Greenland Falcon, and Mustela 



putorius, L., the Pole-cat. By Henry M'CuUoch, - - 382 



Skeleton of a Parasitic Foetus. By Dr. John Lindsay, - - - 382 

 A Simple Method of Preserving Birds as Specimens. By Dr. 



T. B. Henderson, 383 



Lithothammon glaciate (Kjellm.), a Calcareous Alga, new to Britain. 



By Mrs. David Robertson, ....--- 383 

 Litkophyllum lenormandi, Rosen v., and Lithothamnion Sender i, 



Hauck. By Mrs. David Robertson, 384 



Mummified Birds from Basutoland. By James Mitchell, - - 384 



