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3. "Notes upon certain Marine Accumulations in Larf^o Bay, Fife, and 



Portrusli, County Antrim." By Alfiled Bell, Esq. Communicated 

 by James Bennie, Esq. 



4. Mr Thomas Scott, F.L.S., exliibitcd a small Collection of Ostracoda from 



Lochs and Ponds in the Edinbur^^h District. 



5. Mr Wm. Evans exhibited a Specimen of the Bank Vole {Arvicola glareolus) 



captured at Cramond in March 1889. 



Wednesday, 19th February 1890.— George Brook, Esq., F.L.S., one of the 

 Vice-Presidents, in the Cliair. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Frank Gascoigne Bainbridge, Esq.; Professor Saxton, M.Pt.C.V.S. ; William 

 Wilson, Esq., M.A. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "The Geographical Distribution of Earthworms." By Frank E. 



Beddard, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E. 



2. "The Viscera of a Female Chimpanzee." By Dr Johnson Symington, 



F.R.S.E. 



3. " The Wing- Coverts of Birds in relation to Classification." Parti. By 



J. G. GooDCHiLD, Esq., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



4. " Report on Scottish Land and Fresh -Water MoUusca." By W. Denison 



Roebuck, Esq., F.L.S. Communicated by the Secretary. 



5. Mr Brook exhibited a Grey Phalarope {Plialaropus fulicarius), and a 



Little Auk {Mergulus alle), obtained last month at Lochbuie, Mull. 



Wednesday, 19th March 1890.— Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 

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

 R. C. Mossman, Esq., F.R. Met. Soc. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "The Classification of Earthworms." By Frank E. Beddard, Esq., 



M.A., F.R.S.E. 



2. "On the British Species of Ptcrichthyidai." By Dr R. H. Traquaik, 



F.R.S. 



3. " On the Occurrence of the Anchovy {Engraulis encrasicholus) in Scottish 



Waters." By Professor J. Cossar Ewart, M.D., F.R.S.E. 



4. "On the British Rats." Specimens of Mus alcxandrinus (from the 



"Devastation" at Queensferrj^), M. rattus, M. dccuniamis, and 

 M. Mhernicus, exhibited. By W. Eagle Clarke, Esq., F.L.S. 



5. " The Wing-(^verts of Birds in relation to Classification." Part IL By 



J. G. GooDCHiLD, Esq., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



6. Dr Traqltair exhibited a Specimen of the Bergylt [Sehasies norwegicus), 



caught outside the May Island last August. 



