502 Proceedings of tlu Royal Physical Society. 



5. " Notes on the Islands of Sula Sgeir or North Barra, and North Rona, 



with a list of the Birds inhabiting them." (Specimens exhibited.) 

 By John Swinburne, Esq. 



6. "On the Occurrence of the Little Gull {Larus minutus) in the island of 



North Uist." By John A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S. (Specimen 

 exhibited.) 



7. ** Exhibition of a Skeleton of the Moa {Dinornis didiformis)." By 



W. E. HoYLE, M.A.(Oxon.), F.R.S.E., etc. 



8. "On the Occurrence of the Osprey (Pa%c?to?t haliceetus) in Midlothian." 



(Specimen exhibited.) By Dr Traquair, F.R.S. 



16th Jamiary 1884.— J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., 



President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 



Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A.(Oxon.); J. T. Cunningham, B.A.(Oxon.), 



F.R.S.E. ; Robert Young ; Alfred Beaumont; George Johnston ; Thomas 



Shaw. 



The following communications were read : 



1. " Note on Intra-epithelial Capillaries in Oligochceta." By F. E. Beddarp, 



M.A.(Oxon.), F.R.S.E. 



2. * ' The Geognosy of the Harz Mountains — with exhibition of the Rocks and 



Metallic Minerals of the region described." By H. Moubray Cadell, 

 B.Sc, H.M. Geological Survey of Scotland. 



3. Professor J. Cossar Ewart exhibited with Remarks a Specimen of an 



Electric Ray {Torpedo noUliana) taken by a trawler near Wick in 

 January 1884. 



Wednesday, 20th February 1884. — Dr Traquair, F.R.S., President, in 

 the Chair. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 James E. A. Ferguson; Robert Lindsay; Professor J. Geikie, F.R.S. ; 

 Malcolm Laurie. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "The Geological Structure and Age of the Harz Mountains." By H. M. 



Cadell, B.Sc. 



2. "Remarks on the genus Megalichthys (Ag.), with description of a new 



Species." By Dr Traquair, F.R.S. 



3. "On the Principles of Classification." By Prof. J. Cossar Ewart, M.D. 



4. " On the Occurrence of an adult Specimen of Sabine's Gull {Larus Sahini) 



in Scotland, " with exhibition of Specimen. By E. Bid well, M. B. 0. U. 



Wednesday, 19th March 1884.— B. N. Peach, F.G.S., F.R.S.E., President, 



in the Chair. 

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

 Johnston Stephen. 



The following communications were read : 

 1. " Notes on a second Collection of Birds and Eggs from Central Uruguay," 

 with exhibition of Specimens. By J. J. Dalgleish, M.B.O.U. 



