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The Rev. Thomas Bho'wn on Specimens of Fossil-wood from the Base of the 

 Lower Carboniferous Rocks at Langton, Berwickshire 128 



Professor A. Dickson's Suggestions on Fruit Classification 128 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyeb on the minute Anatomy of the Stem of the 

 Screw-Pine, PandaniK utilis 128 



on the so-called ' Mimicry' in Plants 128 



Mr. A. G. More on Spiranthes Bomanzoviana, Cham 129 



on Eriophorum aljnnum, Linn., as a British Plant 129 



Dr. James Mueie on the Development of Fungi within the Thorax of Living 

 Birds 129 



Dr. J. BuiKBECK Nevins on the Changes which occur in Plants during the 

 ripening of the Seeds, in order to ensure the access of the Air and Light as 

 well as Heat, which are generally reqmsite for this purpose, without the 

 loss of the Seeds before the ripening is completed 130 



on the Nature of the Cruciferous fruit, with refer- 

 ence to the Replum 130 



Mr. J. Sadler on the Species of Grimynia (including Schididiuni) as repre- 

 sented in the neighboiu'hood of Edinburgh 131 



Mr. Neil Stewart's Observations on the intimate Structure of Spiral ducts 

 in Plants and their relationship to the Flower 131 



Inquiry into the Fimctions of Colour in Plants during 



different Stages of their Development , 131 



Prof. W. C. Williamson on the Classification of the Vascular Cryptogamia, 

 as affected by recent Discoveries amongst the Fossil Plants of the Coal- 

 measures 131 



• Zoology. 



Professor J. Duns's Notice of two Specimens of Echinorhinus qmiosiis taken 

 in the Firth of Forth 132 



— — on the Rarer Raptorial Birds of Scotland 132 



Dr. Grierson on the Carahm nitens of the Scottish Moors 132 



Ml". W. Saville Kent on the Zoological Results of the Dredging Expedition 

 of the Yacht ' Norma ' off the Coast of Spain and Portugal in 1870 132 



Mr. A. W. Lewis's Proposal for a Modification of the strict Law of Priority 

 in Zoological Nomenclature in certain cases 133 



Dr. Christian Lutken on some resent Additions to the Arctic Fauna (a new 

 Antipathes and a new Apodal Lophioid) 133 



Mr. A. G. More on the occun-ence of Brown Trout in Salt Water 133 



on some Dredgings in Kenmare Bay 133 



Mr. C. W. Peach on the so-called Tailless Trout of Islay 1S3 



Colonel Playfair on the Hydrographical System of the Freshwater Fish of 

 Algeria 134 



Dr. P. L. Sclater's Remarks on a favourable occasion for the establishment 

 of Zoological Observatories 134 



Professor Wyville Thomson on the Structure of Crinoids 134 



on the Paleeontological Relations of the Fauna 



of the North Atlantic ' 134 



