506 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



Wednesday, 15th April 1885. — Professor J. Duns, D.D., President, in the 



Chair. 

 The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Alfred C. Wilson ; Rev. James M 'Naught. 

 The following communications were read : 



1. "On Reproduction of Lost Parts and Abnormality." By Professor J. 



Duns, D.D. 



2. "Notes on Contorted Shales below the Till in Craigleith Quarry," etc. 



By H. M. Cadell, B.Sc. 



3. ** Notes on the Structure of a New Species of Earthworm belonging 



to the genus Acanthodrilus (E. P.)." By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., 

 F.Z.S. 



4. " Notes on the Presence of certain Diatoms in a Town Water Supply. " By 



W. Ivison Macadam, F.C.S., etc. 



Wednesday, 20th May 1885. — Professor J. DuNs, D.D., President, in the 



Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 T. E. Buckley, B.A., F.Z.S. ; Robert F. Burt; John Macgregor, L.R.C.P. 

 and S. 



The following communications were read : 



1. " On New Selachian Remains from the Calciferous Sandstone Series." By 



Dr Traquair, F.R.S. 



2, (1.) "Observations on Living Cephalopoda." (2.) "Note on Loligo 



Forbesii, Steenst." By W. E. Hoyle, M.A. 

 8. "Caseous Ulcer in Skin of Cod." By G. Sims Woodhead, M.D., 

 F.R.C.P.Ed. 



4. "Note on the Paired Dorsal Vessel of certain Earthworms." By F. E. 



Beddard, M.A., F.Z.S. 



5. "The North- West Coasts of Sutherland and their Bird Life." By J. A, 



Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. 



6. "Note on the Contents of Two Bits of Clay from the Elephant Bed at 



Kilmaurs in 1817." By James Bennie, H.M. Geological Survey. 



7. The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown, 



the following birds: (1.) Ortolan Bunting (^m&msa hortulana), two 

 specimens, both males, killed 2d and 5th May 1885. (2.) Red-Backed 

 Shrike {Lanim collurio) $, shot 5th May. (3.) Pied Flycatcher 

 {Musdcapa luctuosa), ^, shot 1st May 1885. (4.) Rough {Machetes 

 pugnax), shot 1st May 1885. All from the Isle of May, and captured 

 by Mr Agnew, Lighthouse Keeper there. 



