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Wednesday, Uth February 1876.— Dr John Alexander Smith, President, 

 in the Chair. 



The following donations to the Library were laid on the table, and thanks 

 voted to the donors : 



1. Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society, Yol. XII., Part 

 II. 2. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association (London), Vol. IV., No. 4 

 (October 1875). 3. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society, 

 Session 1875-76, Vol. XIV., Part I. 4. Proceedings of the Koyal Society, 

 Vol. XXIV., No. 165. 5. Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glas- 

 gow, Sheet C (pp. 25-52 inclusive). 6. The Medical Examiner, Vol. I., Nos. 

 3, 4, 5, 6. 



The following communications were read : 



I. — Azotes of a Journey to, and Ornithological Observations 07i 

 the Loiver Petsehora, Siberia in Euroije, in 1875. By 

 John a. Haryie-Beown, Esq. (with exhibition of speci- 

 mens). 



The author and his friend, Mr Seebohm, of Sheffield, left 

 London on the 2d March, and reached Archangel on the 15th 

 of the month. They remained at Archangel until 6th April, 

 and travelled by sledge to Ust Zylma, which they reached 

 on the 15th of the same month. At Ust Zylma they re- 

 mained until the ice broke up, and the river was clear, and 

 left it on the 10th June. They arrived at Alexievka on the 

 19th June, having accomplished a journey from Archangel of 

 1400 versts in all, roughly speaking, or about 950 miles. 



From the time they arrived on the banks of the Petsehora 

 up to the 19th June, they had identified just 100 species of 

 birds, and between that date and the time of their departm^e 

 for England on the 2d August, they added 16 more to their 

 list — a very limited fauna, but one rich in interest, as will 

 be seen from the following notes on the more remarkable 

 forms : 



" 1. (in point of rarity), Anthus Seebohmi of Dresser, sp. 

 nov. (' Birds of Europe,' part xlv., just published ; Ibis, 

 January 1876, also just published). — Of this bird we obtained 

 only five specimens, and several nests of eggs. These five 

 type specimens are distributed as follows : Professor A. New- 

 ton, of Cambridge, 1 ; Mr Howard Saunders, 1 ; Mr H. E. 

 VOL. IV. M 



