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several other interesting ornithological specimens, including 

 examples of the Gadwall, Anas strepera (L.) ; Pintail. Dajila 

 acuta (L.); Shoveler, Spatula dyjjeata (L.) ; Velvet Scoter, 

 QHdeinia fusca (L.) ; and Norfolk Plover or Stone curlew, 

 (Edicnemus scolopax (S. G. Gmelin). 



Mr. Robert Dunlop showed a Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus 

 fuHcarius (L.), which had been shot on the Fifeshire coast. 



Mr. Pv. S. Wishart, M.A., aubmitted a series of specimens of 

 Hedgerow Plants from Buckinghamshire. These represented 

 twenty-four species, most of which do not grow as natives in the 

 West of Scotland. 



Mr. Robert W. S. Wilson read a j^aper entitled " Autumn and 

 Winter Bird-Life of ihe Fairlie Shore " (page 173). 



Mr. James Whitton submitted " Meteorological Notes and 

 Remarks upon the Weather during the year 1907, with its 

 General Effects upon Vegetation " (page 188). 



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Mr. D. A. l>oyd, President, in the chair. 



jNlr. James Vincent, Mary hill Public School, was elected an 

 Ordinary Member. 



Reports were submitted on Excursions to Calder Glen, Loch- 

 winnoch (page 252), and Arran (page 253). 



Mr. John Paterson exhibited a Great Grey Shrike, La-iiius 

 excubitor, L., obtained in Arran, and sent by Dr. Neil Fullarton, 

 Lamlash. Mr. Paterson gave an account of the peculiarities and 

 habits of this bird, and stated tliat the species had not hitherto 

 been known to occur in Arran. 



Mr. Alexander Ross exhibited specimens of the Twite (^Liuota 

 Jiavirostris, L. ) and Storm Petrel {I'rocellaria pelagica, L.) from 

 Islay. He explained the characteristic features of these birds, 

 and gave an account of their habits, with a description of their 

 nests and eggs. 



There were also submitted a photograph of a nest of the Stock- 

 Dove (G lumba oenas, L.), found near xhe Cart in Renfrewshire, 

 and a specimen of the bird itself. 



Mr. Thomas W. Robertson exhibited a Glass-rope Sponge 

 {Hyalonema ^ieholdii, Gray), obtained oiF Tokio. Japan, from a 



