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- Miller acknowledged to the Society his great obligations to Mr. Dick, 
a singularly intelligent tradesman of Thurso, to whose geological 
labours, prosecuted in his leisure hours, Mr. Miller mainly owed his 
_ acquaintance with this gigantic Ganoid, and who had kindly made 
over to him the interesting fossils now before them, illustrative of its 
_ form and character. 
_ At the conclusion of Mr. Miller’s paper several members spoke of 
: thee interesting nature of his researches, and the desirableness of 
those engaged in the study of palzeontology exerting themselves to 
__ have in Edinburgh a public collection of fossils, in which our city is 
_ so deficient. An interesting discussion also took place, principally 
. bearing on the relation existing between the fossil fauna and flora of 
ancient epochs and those of the recent sera, when some interesting 
facts were stated by several members, which it is hoped will be 
brought forward at a future meeting. 
- Mr. R. Stark then exhibited to the meeting a few specimens of 
mosses recently received from North America, and lichens from the 
Falkland Islands. Among the former were fine specimens of Bryum 
roseum, a large and beautiful species, with mature fruit, Neckera mi- 
nor, Pal. Beauv., and Anomodon viticulosum, B. Auct., which is con- 
fined to North America. These, and the other species shown, illus- 
trated the modifications produced by the difference of climate and 
other influences on them, as well as plants of a higher order common 
_ to the European and American continent. The lichens from the 
Falkland Islands, brought home by Dr. J. Hooker, were mostly of 
species closely allied to or identical with those of Britain. One of 
the most interesting was a minute species—Squamaria elegans— 
which may be regarded as the most southerly plant known, being 
found alone on the bleak and desolate southern coast of Cockburn’s 
Island, beyond which all traces of vegetation disappear. Mr. Stark 
concluded by a few remarks on the desirableness of more fully inves- 
tigating the geographical range of these plants, with a view of illus- 
trating other branches of natural history. 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Feb. 22, 1848.— William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
‘The following paper was read :— 
1. On A New Species or CuimpanzeEE. By Proressor Owen, 
F.R.S. 
This communication contained a description of the skulls of adult 
and aged male and female Chimpanzees from the Gaboon river, west 
coast of Africa, much exceeding in size and specifically distinct from 
the previously known Troglodytes niger. ‘the author proposed to 
call the new species Troglodytes Savagei, after Dr. Thos. S. Savage, 
by whom it had been discovered and its existence made known to 
- Professor Owen, in a letter dated April 24th, 1847, and of which the 
following extract was read :— 
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