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The Secretary exhibited : 



1. A Spoonbill {Platalea leucorodia, L.), j"v. $, killed in Westray, Orkney, 



on the 10th ult. ; and 



2. A (^ hybrid between the Wild Duck {Anas boscas, L.) and the Pintail 



{Anas acuta, L. ), shot at Newton Hall, near Gilford, East Lothian, on 

 7th inst. 



Wednesday, 18th December 1889.— Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 William Black, Esq., S.S.C. ; R. C. Elsworth, Esq., M.B., CM.; James 

 Musgrove, Esq., M.D. ; James Tweedy, Esq.; Fortescue Fox, Esq., M.D. 

 Lond. 



Reports by the Council, the Library Committee, and the Treasurer for the 

 past Session, were submitted. 



The following Office-Bearers were elected : 

 President — Ramsay H. Traquair, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Vice-Presidents— Q. Sims Woodhead, M.D., F.R.S.E. ; George Brook, 



F.L.S., F.R.S.E. ; Johnson Symington, M.D., F.R.S.E. 

 Secretary — William Evans, F.R.S.E. 

 Assistant- Secretary — John Gunn, F.R.S.G.S. 

 Treasurer — George Lisle, C.A., F.F.A. 

 Librarian — J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., F.R.S.E. 



Councillors— R. Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S. ; T. B. Sprague, M.A., F.R.S.E. ; 

 T. Wemyss Fulton, M.B., CM.; J. Gibson, Ph.D., F.R.S.E.; David 

 Hepburn, M.B. ; A. B. Herbert; Rev. A. B. Morris; Professor Sir 

 William Turner, LL.D., F.R.S. ; W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. ; Professor 

 James Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S. ; Robert C Millar, CA. ; William Russell, 

 M.D., F.R.CP.E. 

 The following communications were read : 



1. "Notes on Crested Birds of Prey." By J. G. Goodchild, Esq., F.Z.S., 



M.B.O.U. 



2. *' On the Fossils found at Achanarass Quarry, Caithness." By Dr R. H. 



Traquair, F.R.S. 



3. " On the Structure of Coccosteus." By Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S. 



4. " On Aquatic Earthworms." By Frank E. Beddard, Esq., M.A., F.Z.S. 



5. "The Reproduction of Bees : Suggestions towards the Solution of an old 



Problem." By J. Arthur Thomson, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E. 



Wednesday, 15th January 1890. — Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Robert W. Felkin, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E. ; John J. Rogerson, Esq., M.A. 

 The following communications were read : 



1. " On an Exhalation of Gases under singular circumstances from a Bog near 



Strath peffer." By Hugh Miller, Esq., F.R.S.E. 



2. "On Phlyctcenius, a new genus of Coccostean Fishes." By R. H. 



Traquair, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. 



