PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



1838-9. No. 15. 



Monday, 9,\st January 1839. 

 Lord GREENOCK, V. P., in the Chair. 



The following Donations were presented :— 



The Natural History of the Fishes of the Firth of Forth and Tri- 

 butaries. By Richard Parnell, M. D., F. R. S. E. — By the 

 Author. 



The Laws of Harmonious Colouring', adapted to Interior Decora- 

 tions, Manufactures, and other useful purposes. By R. D. 

 Hay, House Painter. — By the Author. 



The Silurian System, founded on Geological Researches in the 

 Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caerraar- 

 then, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, 

 and Stafford; with Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and Over- 

 lying Formations ; with a large separate Map. By Frederick 

 Impey Mnrchison, F. R. S., F. L. S. — By the Author, 



Comptes Rendus Hcbdoinadaires des Seances do I'Academie des 

 Sciences (1838, £"<* Semestre). Nos. 26, 27- — By the Aca- 

 demy. 



Flora Bntara, No. 116 By the King of Holland. 



The following communications were read • — 



