506 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



The following communications were read : 



1. ''Remarks ou the present Position of the Society, and the Work of the 



past Session." By Professor Sir William Turner, LL.D., F.R.S. 



2. "On the Occurrence of Sowerby's Whale {Mcsoplodon Sowerhyi) in the 



Firth of Forth." By Professor Sir William Turner, LL.D., F.R.S. 



3. "On some new Resins from Coals." By W. Ivison Macadam, Esq., 



F.R.S.E. 



4. "A Theory of the Parasitic Instinct of the Cuckoo." By J. Arthur 



Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E. 



5. Professor Sir William Turner exhibited, with Remarks, a Specimen 



showing a Moustache in a young Delphinus albirosti^is. 



6. Mr GuNN, on behalf of Mr Stump, exhibited, with Remarks, Photographs 



of a Travelled Boulder dug up near Owens College, Manchester. 



7. Mr GuNN exhibited a series of Photographs taken by Mr Philip Sewell 



during his late Expedition to the Kara Sea. 



Wednesday, 16th Jajiuary 1889. — Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., President, 



in the Cliair. 



The following gentleman was elected an Ordinary Fellow of the Society : 

 P. Stevenson, Esq., 23 Royal Park Terrace. 

 The following communications were read : 



1. " On the Skull of an aged Male IIyperoodo7i rostratus found in Shetland." 



By Professor Sir William Turner, LL.D., F.R.S. 



2. " On a new Species of Dipterus, with Remarks on the Affinities of the 



Family Dipteridse." By R. H. Traquair, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. 



3. " Photo-Micrographic Apparatus and its Use." By P. D. Coghill, Esq. 



4. " Note on a Tract of modified Epithelium in the Embryo of Sepia." By 



W. E. HoYLE, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E. 



Wednesday, 20th Febr7iaryl889.—'Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Robert C. Millar, Esq., C.A. ; W. Lewis Martin, Esq., M.A. ; Thomas Scott, 

 Esq. ; G. Carrington Purvis, Esq., M.B., CM. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "Notes on several new or rare British Crustacea, etc., from the Firth of 



Forth," with Exhibition of Specimens. By Thomas Scott, Esq. 

 Communicated by the Secretary. 



2. " Notes on Pallas's Sand-Grouse {SyrrhajJtes jMradoxus) in Scotland during 



the recent great Westward Movement of the Species." Specimens 

 exhibited. By William Evans, Esq., F.R.S.E. 



3. " Preliminary Note on a Series of Temperature Observations on the Thurso 



River." By John Gunn, Esq., F.R.S.G.S. 



4. Dr Traquair exhibited a Specimen of the Boar-Fish {Capros aper, L.), 



captured near the Lsle of May in August last. 



5. Mr Evans exhibited a Specimen of the Red-footed Falcou {Falco vesper- 



tinus, L.), shot near Jedburgh on 21st June last. 



