Journal. 397 
Wednesday, 17th February 1897.—Professor Srruruers, M.D., LL.D., 
President, in the Chair. 
The following gentleman was elected an Ordinary Fellow of the Society : 
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Francis C. Crawford, Esq. 
The following communications were read : 
1. ‘* Notes on ‘Fossil Man.’” By Dr Roperr Munro, M.A., F.R.S.E. 
2. ‘An Obscure Chapter in the Struggle for Existence.” By J. ArTHUR 
THomson, Esq., M.A. 
Wednesday, 17th March 1897.—R. C. Mossman, Esq., F.R.S.E., 
in the Chair. 
The following gentleman was elected an Ordinary Fellow of the Society: 
E. H. Cunningham Craig, Esq., B.A., F.G.S. 
The following communications were read : 
1. ‘On the Postponement of the Germination of the Seeds of Aquatic 
Plants.” By H. B. Guppy, Esq., M.B. 
2. ‘‘Results of Meteorological Observations taken in Edinburgh during 
1896.” By R. C. Mossman, Esq., F.R.Met.S. 
3. ‘*On the Mollusca of the Laminarian Zone at Leith.” By J. G. Goon- 
CHILD, Esq., F.Z.S. 
Wednesday, 21st April 1897.—Professor SrrurHERs, M.D., LL.D., 
President, in the Chair. 
The following gentleman was elected an Ordinary Fellow of the Society : 
Richard J. A. Berry, Esq., M.D. 
Messrs R. C. Millar, C.A., and Richard Brown, C.A., were re-elected as 
Auditors for the current Session. 
The following communications were read : 
1, ‘“‘A Catalogue of Recent Cephalopoda—Supplement 1887-96.” By W. E. 
Hoyts, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E. 
2. ‘*On a New Species of Fossil Plant from the Old Red Sandstone of Forfar- 
shire.” By R. Krpsron, Esq., F.G.S., F.R.S.E. 
3, ‘Exhibition of Specimens of Stel/ascolites radiatus, Etheridge, and Butho- 
trephis Harknessi, Nicholson, from the Skiddaw Slates.’’ By R. 
Kipston, Esq., F.G.S., F.R.S.E. 
4. ‘‘Exhibition, with Remarks, of a Specimen of the Great Bustard 
(Otis tarda, L.), obtained 8th February 1892, at Housebay, Stronsay, 
Orkney.” By R. H. Traquair, Esq., M.D., LL.D., F.B.S. 
5. ‘Exhibition of a New Species of Butterfly from Northern India.” By 
Percy H. GrimsHaw, Esq., F.E.S. 
