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Parts xiii. and xiv. of " Contributions to the Mollusca of the ' Chal- 

 lenger' Expedition," by the Rev. R. Boog Watson, were read. These 

 comprised descriptions of new forms of the families Buccinidee and 

 Muricidm. Other papers discussed were botanical. 



April 20, 1882.— Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., President, 

 in the chair. 



The President, addressing the meeting, said that they would all, no 

 doubt, have heard the sad news of the irreparable loss which Science, 

 the country, and the Linnean Society have sustained in the death of 

 Mr. Charles Darwin. Only a month ago they had the pleasure of hearing 

 a paper of his — unhappily his last — which showed no sign of any abate- 

 ment of vigour. That was not ihe occasion to speak of the value of his 

 scientific work, but he might say that while the origiuality and profound 

 character of his researches had revolutionized Natural History, he had 

 also added enormously to its interest, and given — if he might say so — 

 new life to biological science. Many of them, and no one more than 

 himself, had also to mourn one of the kindest and best of friends. He 

 begged to propose, as a small mark of respect to the memory of their 

 late illustrious countrymen, the greatest — alas ! that he could no longer 

 say living — naturalists, that, after the formal business was concluded, 

 the meeting should adjourn. The motion having been put was adopted 

 in silence. 



The Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts were then agreed to, viz., 

 Dr. J. Millar and Mr. H. T. Stainton, for the Fellows, and Messrs. R. 

 M'Lachlan and A. W. Bennett, for the Council. 



Sir Thomas D. Acland, Bart., M.P., was then elected a Fellow of the 

 Society, and the meeting adjourned. 



May 4, 1882. — Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



Dr. Cuthbert C. Gibbes was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



A resolution of Council was read by the President, embodying the 

 Society's sense of the loss sustained by the death of Mr. Charles Darwin, 

 and expressing sympathy with Mrs. Darwin and the family in their 

 bereavement, a copy of which was unanimously agreed to be forwarded 

 to them. 



A paper was read " On the discovery of remains of the Great Auk, 

 Alca impennis, in the Island of Oronsay, Argyllshire," by Mr. Symington 

 Grieve. A series of wing and leg bones of the bird were obtained, along 

 with a various assortment of remnants of the Guillemot, Red-deer, Marten, 

 Otter, Sheep, Rat, Rabbit, Common Seal, Pig, Wrasse, Mullet, Skate, 

 Crabs, and several kinds of Mollu&ks. These were dug out of a large 



