35 2 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



Reevcsii), which had been shot in October last by Lovd Balfour of 

 Burleigh, on the estate of Elvedon, in Suffolk ; and read a communi- 

 cation from Lord Balfour on the occurrence of the bird in a wild or 

 comparatively wild state in various British localities, but princii^ally 

 in Scotland. 



2. "On some Fossil Myriapods from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of Forfar- 



shire." By B. N. Peach, F.G.S., etc. 



3. " An Addition to the Fish Fauna of the Oil Shales of Edinburgh-shire." 



By John Gibson. 



4. " On the Gnawing of Water and Gas Pipes by Rats and Mice." By Alex- 



ander Galletly. 



5. " Additional Notes on the Algge of the Firth of Forth ;" with exhibition 



of Species new to the Forth and to Britain. By George William 

 Traill. (Communicated by Professor Duns.) 



6. Dr Traquair drew the attention of the meeting to an interesting Hybrid 



between the Pheasant and the Black Grouse, which had been sent for 

 exhibition by Mr Small, George Street. The bird, which was obviously 

 the offspring of a male pheasant and a grey hen, was shot on 28th 

 December last on the estate of Glenapp, near Ballantrae, Ayrshire. It 

 had the bill of a pheasant ; the erectile tufts and the papillar patch 

 round the eyes partially developed ; the front of the tarsi feathered 

 downwards about an inch from the joint ; the iris of a dark hazel ; the 

 bend of the wing with a white shoulder patch ; and the plumage 

 of the neck and breast highly glossed, and sufiiised with a strong 

 purplish lustre. 



Wednesday, 15th February 1882.— Dr Traquair, F.R.S., President, in the 



Chair. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Captain R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay ; Rev. W. Deans Cowan; J. Young; T. Alfred 

 Hird. 

 The following communications were read : 



1. " Report on Specimens of Tail-less Trout from Kirkcudbrightshire." By 



Dr Traquair, F.R.S. 



2. "A Preliminary List of the Scottish Myria2)oda/' By T. D. Gibson 



Carmichael. 



3. " On the Occurrence of the Tree Sparrow {Passer montana) in Argyle.shire ; 



with Notes on the Distribution of the Species in Scotland." ]>y John 

 J. Dalgleish. 



4. Mr A. C. Stark exhibited (1.) Nests and Eggs of the Shoveller Duck 



{Spatula clypeata) and Scaup Duck {Fuligula marila), both from Fife- 

 shire ; (2.) Nest and Eggs of Goosander {Mergns merganser), from 

 Sutherlandshire ; (3.) Nests and Eggs of various American Birds. 



5. Mr Dalgleish exhibited, with remarks, the gg of Audouin's Gull {Larus 



Audouini). 



6. " Note on the Breeding of the Sandwich Tern {Sterna Boysii) and Lesser 



Tern {Sterna mimtia) on Incl Mickery, Firth of Forth." By William 

 Evans. 



