148 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
Mr. Charles Hogg exhibited examples of the Long-eared Owl 
(Asio otus (Linn.) ), and the Tawny Owl (Syrniwm aluco (Linn.) ), 
the latter from Markinch, Fife. 
Mr. Charles Kirk sent for exhibition a beautiful female speci- 
men of the Great Northern Diver (Colymbus glacialis, Linn.), 
from St. Abb’s Head. 
Mr. R. D. Wilkie exhibited a Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis, 
Linn.), from the Greater Cumbrae. 
Cynomyia alpina, Ztt., a dipteron discovered at Barr, South 
Ayrshire, in June, 1896, by Mr. Anderson Fergusson, was ex- 
hibited by that gentleman. There appears to have been but one 
British record for this species before its discovery by Mr. 
Fergusson. (See Annals of Scottish Natural History, January, 
1897.) 
A collection of herbaceous plants was exhibited by Mr. 
Michael Cuthbertson, 
Mr. Johnston Shearer exhibited Genista anglica, Linn., and 
Pyrola rotundifolia, Linn., from Ballater, Aberdeenshire. 
Mr. John Renwick exhibited Carlina vulgaris, Linn., Trago- 
pogon pratense, Linn., Alliwm vineale, Linn., and Campanula 
glomerata, Linn., from St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire. 
Mr. Christopher Sherry exhibited the Australian Glory Pea 
(Clianthus Dampieri, A. Cunn.), with truly gorgeous flowers, 
from the Botanic Gardens. At one time this plant was exten- 
sively grown in greenhouses, but it has now become somewhat 
neglected on account of the difficulty found in cultivating it. 
Mr. Thomas Wilson exhibited Lepidium Smithir, Hook., from 
near Ayr, and Z’ragopogon minor, Fries, from Hawkhill, near Ayr. 
Mr. William Stewart sent Agaricus sordidus, Fries, for exhibi- 
tion from the Botanic Gardens. 
A letter from Mr. Robert H. Read, M.B.O.U., was read, 
acknowledging election as a Corresponding Member. Mr. Read 
sent reprints of lectures and papers read by him before the Ealing 
Microscopical and Natural History Society between 1893 and 
1896. Asa matter of interest to Clyde ornithologists, Mr Read 
pointed out that in April, 1897, he had visited the heronry at the 
north end of Bute (referred to in his paper read 10th February, 
1894, before the Ealing Society), and found that it had ceased to 
exist, some old nests alone remaining. 

