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out being seen or scented. 1 Mr Graham observed that the descrip- 

 tion of the markings of this white seal agreed exactly with that of 

 the harp seal, which is not likely to be mistaken, at least in the adult 

 state, for any other British species ; but at the same time he expressed 

 his belief that among the islanders generally there were three large 

 seals confounded with each other the grey seal (ffalichcerus gryphus), 

 the great seal (Phoca barbata), and the Greenland seal (P. grcenlandica 

 of Midler). 



Mr Gray also communicated some facts of interest in connection 

 with the cormorant and oyster-catcher, selected from Mr Graham's 

 correspondence. 



1th January 1868. The secretary then read a paper "On the 

 birds of lona and Mull," by Henry D. Graham, Esq., Corresponding 

 Member. 



2Sth January 1868. The following papers were then read: 

 . . . I. "On the birds of lona and Mull," by Henry D. Graham, 

 Esq., Corresponding Member. 



3\st March 1868. The following papers were then read : . . . 

 II. " On the birds of lona and Mull," by Henry D. Graham, Esq., 

 Corresponding Member. 



2Qth May 1868. A communication " On the birds of lona and 

 Mull," by Henry D. Graham, Esq., Corresponding Member, was then 

 read. 



24th February 1874. Before proceeding with the business on the 

 card, the secretary read a communication from Mr Robert Gray, 

 calling attention to the death of Mr Henry Davenport Graham, one 

 of the earliest Corresponding Members. Mr Graham joined the Society 

 in 1852, and since that time many contributions from him have been 

 read at the meetings, and these were much appreciated for their 

 accuracy and freshness. Mr Graham was one of the few writers on 

 birds who combined the strictest correctness with a strong poetic feel- 

 ing, all his communications showing a high admiration for nature in 

 her various moods, and a deep insight into bird-life, as observed by 

 him in the Inner Hebrides. Mr Graham's chief contributions to the 

 Proceedings of the Society were forwarded from lona, where he lived 

 for many years. He had during his residence on that island made 

 drawings of all the birds he had obtained there and in Mull, and from 

 1 This account appears almost in duplicate in Letter XXIII. (vide p. 167). ED. 



