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eiied with black hairs, and having the tip of the same colour. 

 4. The Mastiff Fox, larger and stronger, its limbs more robust, 

 the head much broader, a dull greyish-yellow fur, profusely in- 

 terspersed with whitish hairs, the tail dusky, with long black 

 hairs scattered over it, and a small white tip. 



A paper by Mr Hay Cunningham was then read, on the Geo- 

 logy of the Islands of Eigg, Rume, and Canna. The memoir 

 was prefaced by some interesting remarks on the distribution of 

 the newer members of the secondary class in the mainland and 

 islands of Scotland. The author then entered into a detailed 

 account of the stratified and unstratified rocks of which the three 

 islands consist, and dwelt particularly on the mineralogical cha- 

 racters and geological phenomena presented by the various mem- 

 bers of the trap series. The paper was illustrated by sketches 

 of sections, and by specimens of the rocks and simple minerals 

 of the islands; 



At the same meeting there was read a paper by Mr James 

 Macnab, on the local distribution of trees. in the native forests 

 of North America. (This memoir, so creditable to the young 

 author as an accurate observer, has been published in the Quar- 

 terly Journal of Agriculture, No. 28.) 



There was placed before the meeting a^ series of birds from 

 the Himalaya Mountains, most of which were considered identi- 

 cal with the European species, including the Gypaetos barbatus ; 

 Falco tinnunculus, subbuteo ; Nisus communis ; Circus cyaneus, 

 cineraceus, seruginosus ; Lanius excubitor ; Oriolus galbula ; 

 Turdus merula; Gracula rosea, cyanea; Sylvia rubecola, tithys; 

 Saxicola stapazina ; Curruca atricapilla ; Sturnus vulgaris; 

 Upupa epops ; Picus major, viridis ; Yunx torquilla ; Pyrgita 

 doraestica ; An thus arboreus ; Htematopus ostralegus. 



March 7- Bindon Blood, Esq. V. P. in the chair. — Sir P. 

 Walker exhibited a specimen of a small species of the Mus 

 family, }x)ssessing some of the characters of the Marmot, which 

 has been found on his property at Drumsheugh in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Edinburgh, its haunts having been disturbed by 

 the progress of building. 



Mr Macgillivray then read some observations on the Dipper, 

 Cinclus aquaticus. The peculiarities of form and plumage 



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