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not again observed in "Clyde" until 189 4, when Mr. Ripley 

 Ker shot one at Dougalston, Milngavie, Stirlingshire, on 8th 

 December. Again, on 11th December, 1904, one was observed 

 by Messrs. Robert and Hugh Wilson at an old clay pit near the 

 village of Hangingshaw in the south-east corner of Glasgow. Mr. 

 ■Robertson saw one on 15th April at the pond at the head of the 

 Rouken Glen, Glasgow's new Public Park, and about 9th 

 December the specunen which he now exhibited was shot by Mr. 

 Campbell Colquhoun at Garscadden, Dumbartonshire. Only one 

 of these records, it may be noted, is in the spring-time. Mr. 

 Robertson also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Henry M'CuUoch, a 

 Velvet Scoter {(Edemia fusca) from the Outer Hebrides, and a 

 hybrid between the Capercaillie and Blackcock. 



Professor T. Graham Kerr read a " Note on the Pelagic Fauna 

 observed off the West Coast of Arran during the months of 

 August and September, 1905 (p. 1). 



Professor Malcolm Laurie, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., delivered 

 a lecture on " Scorpions and their Allies," and with the aid of 

 lantern slides gave a description of the peculiar anatomical and 

 physiological structures of the Scorpion proper, comparing them 

 with other genera of the Arachnida. 



■27th February, 1906. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd, President, in the chair. 



Mr. T. Beath Henderson, M.D., exhibited an Indian Snake 

 ^Enjx conicus, Dumeril and Bibrce), which had been brought 

 from India to the Glasgow " Zoo," and died there. Dr. Hender- 

 son demonstrated his method of diagnosing the generic and 

 specific relationship of his specimen, and gave an account of its 

 external peculiarities. 



Mr. John Robertson read a paper entitled "Notes on the 

 Nesting Dates of some of the Waders {Charadriidce} " (p. 62). 



Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of Neckera pumila, 

 Hedw., from Strachur and St. Catherines (Lochfyneside) and 

 Daljarrock (South Ayrshire), and Petrogonium cjracile, Sw., 

 from the sea shore at Largs and Little Cumbrae. 



Professor David Ellis, D.Sc, Ph.D., delivered a lecture on 

 Microbes, which was illustrated by lantern slides. 



