Journal. 355 



28th November; also a siieeimen of the Litth.- Gull {Larus mimitus), 

 shot at North Berwick on 7th November. 

 Mr AiSDREW Wilson exhibited, with remarks, two Skulls, showing 

 Abnormal Dentition in the Carnivora. In the first specimen, that of 

 a Domestic Cat, the first premolars — which are normally suppressed 

 on both jaws in the gums — arc present in the upi)er jaw, — the 

 second premolars being rather better developed than usual. The 

 second specimen, that of a Common Badger, showed a rudimentary 

 first premolar on the left side of the upper jaw, the extra tooth, 

 lying close to the base of the canine, being almost concealed by the 

 second premolar. 



Wednesday, 11th January \%%Z.—^lv Yk N. Pkach, F.G.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 W. W. Robertson ; Edward Chamberlayne ; James C. Hamilton : R. J. 

 Harvey-Gibson, M.A. ; George C. Chisholm, M.A. ; John Gray ; Daniel 

 Finlayson ; Ernest Gibson ; George R. Lawson ; Francis W. Grant, M. B. ; 

 John M'Laren, Gustave Paul Nicolet. 



The following communications were read : 



1 . "On the Occurrence of Pterygotus and Limulus in the Caithness Flagstones, 



and on the mode of formation of 'Adam's Plates.'" By B. N. 

 Peach, F.G.S., etc. 



2. Mr Symington exhibited, with remarks, a specimen of a Cervical Rib in 



the Human Subject. 



3. " On SphcnojJtcris crassa (L. and H.)." By Robeiit Kidston. 



4. " Notes on Water Supplies of Villages." By J. Hunter, F.C.S. 



Wednesday, -lid February 1%^'Z.— By TiwciV x\\\, F.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Alfred Pnllar, M.D. ; James Macbeth Forbes. 

 The following communicatious were read : 



1. " On River Terracing : its Methods and Results." By Hi'GH Miller. 



2. "On the Occurrence of Selenium in Sulphuric Acid, and its action upon 



Paraffin Oils." By J. C. Hamilton. 



3. " On the Separation and Estimation of Selenium." By John Hunter, 



F.C.S. 



4. " Additional Notes on the Algiv of the Forth." By George William 



Traill. (Communicated by Professor Duns.) 



5. "On the Stockdove (Colnmba caias), with remarks upon its extension of 



range in Great Britain." By J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S., F.R.S.E. 



6. "Note of unnsual variety of colours in eggs of Larus ridihundus (specimens 



exhibited). By Dr J. A. Smith. Mr Bidwell, at the same time, 



exhibited some remarkable varieties of the 



Terns. 



