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house in Sandgate Street, Ayr. It had probably been introduced 
in wood. 
On behalf of the Earl of Haddington, F.S.A. Scot., Correspond- 
ing Member, Mr. John Paterson exhibited a Roller (Coracias 
garrulus, Linn.), which was shot at Tyninghame on the day the 
Society visited that estate, 28th September of this year. His 
lordship also communicated the fact that in the autumn of 1875 
or 1876 another example of this species had been observed on at 
least three occasions, in a plantation on Sir David Baird’s 
property, and subsequently in Binning Wood. There was also 
exhibited, on behalf of his lordship, two Albino Hedgehogs 
(Zrinaceus europeus, Linn.), adult and young respectively, which 
had been procured from Somersetshire. 
_ Mr. Paterson also exhibited a Baillon’s Crake (Porzana baillont, 
Vieill.), through the courtesy of the officials of the Chadwick 
Museum, Bolton, whose property it is. This, which was believed 
to be the fourth Scottish example of this species, was found in 
Lochwinnoch Parish, Renfrewshire, in the middle of May, 1893. 
It had been killed through coming in contact with telegraph 
wires. 
Mr. Henry M‘Culloch showed a Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus 
fulicarius, Linn.), procured recently near Craigend Castle, 
Milngavie. 
A small collection of the eggs of Arctic birds from Franz Josef 
Land was exhibited by favour of Captain Crowther, ice-master of 
the s.s. “ Windward.” 
Mr. John Renwick, by favour of Mr. A. Campbell Finlay, ex- 
_ hibited the head of a Walrus from Franz Josef Land. 
On behalf of Mr. Christopher Sherry, there was exhibited a 
branch of Eucalyptus pauciflora, Sieber, taken from a plant grow- 
ing in the grounds of Craigandarroch, Blairmore. This plant had 
been sent from the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, ten years ago, 
when it was only seven inches high. It now measures 16 feet, 
and it is 7} inches in circumference at 3 feet from the ground. 
It has stood the last ten winters without the slightest protection, 
and the severe frosts of 1892 and 1894, when the thermometer 
fell to zero, failed to injure it in any way. During the summer 
of 1896 it flowered freely, and on the branch exhibited several 
panicles of fruits were to be seen. JZ. pauciflora appears to be 
