564 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



Wednesday, 20th January 1886.— Professor Turner, F.R.S., President, 

 in the Cliair, 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Societ}' : 

 George James M'Carth}^ Melle ; J. C. Lamont, M.B., M.R.C.S. ; James Haig 

 Ferguson, M.B., CM., M.R.C.S. ; Arthur Dendy, B.Sc; William A. Turner. 



The following gentlemen were elected Honorary Fellows of the Society : 

 Henri de Lacaze Duthier ; P. J. van Beneden. 



Tlie following communications were read : 



1. "Obituary Notice of Dr William Carpenter, F.R.S." By Professor J. 



COSSAR EWART, 



2. "On the Occurrence of the Bottle Nosed or Beaked Whale {ffyperoodon 



rostratus) in the Scottish Seas ; with Observations on its external 

 Characters." By Professor William Turner, LL.D., F.R.S. , 

 President. 



3. " On the Relation of Yolk to Blastoderm in the Fish Ovum." By George 



Brook, F.L.S. 



4. "On an Abnormal Specimen of Comatula from the Firth of Clyde." By 



Arthur Dendy, B.Sc. 



5. "Journal of Ornithological Observations made in the Shetland Islands 



in June 1885." By Harold Raeburn. 



6. Exhibition of specimen of the Glossy Ibis {Ibis falchiellus, ^) shot at 



Mindrim, on the borders of Roxburghshire, on 25tli August last ; also 

 a specimen of the Garganey {Querquedula circia) shot at Foulden, 

 Westmains, Berwickshire, in February 1885. With Remarks. By 

 George Muirhead. 



' Wednesday, 17th Felruary 1886.— Professor John Duns, D.D., F.R.S.E., 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Robert Service; Alexander Bruce, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.S.E. ; 

 John W. Ballantyne, M.B., CM. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "The Birds of Skye, with special reference to the Parish of Duirinish," 



Part I. By Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A. 



2. "On Whitebait." By Professor J. Cossar Ewart, M.D. 



3. " Further Notes on North Rona ; being an Appendix to Mr J. Swinburne's 



Paper on that island in the Society's Proceedings." By J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, F.Z.S. 



4. "The Pi'ocess of Taint in Ham ; its relation to Putrefactive Fermentation, 



and Suggestions for its Prevention," By Arthur W. Hare, M.B., 

 F.R.S.E. 



5. "Notes on Birds observed in various Voyages between England and the 



Cape of Good Hope." By Spearman Swinburne. (Communicated 

 by John J, Dalgleish.) 



6. "Further Notes on Scottish Ensilage." By W, IvisoN Macadam. 



7. "Note on the Occurrence of the Shore Lark {Otocorys alpestris) in East 



Lothian during the present Winter;" with exhibition of specimen. 

 By George Pow^, Dunbar. (Communicated by Wm. Evans, F.R.S.E.) 



