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vitidula, Z. nitidulus, Z. puriis var. inargantacea. Vertigo cdentula, Z. 

 fulvus, and Z. crystallinus var. contracta, all from Aberlour, Banff; Unto 

 margaritifer from River Lowther, Westmorland, and River Spey, Banff; 

 and Anodonta cygnea from Great Salkeld, Cumberland, Bisley, Surrey, and 

 River Spey, Banff— several being new county records; from Rev. John 

 McMurtrie: the full series of Shells illustrating his Paper on the 'Land and 

 Freshwater Shells of Eigg,' most being new county records. 



Donations to Cabinet Fund received since the last acknowledg- 

 ment in the Journal, announced and thanks voted : 



Rev. S. Spencer Pearce, M.A. ... 10/- and 15/6 



Rev. R. Boog Watson, B.A., F.R.S E 



Mrs. A. Evans 5/-, 5/-, s/- 



Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F. L.S 



Mr. T. Stanton Hillman 



Mr. Edward Collier 



Mr. B. Sturges Dodd 



Rev. Carleton Greene, M.A 



Mr. Ernest Ruthven Sykes, B.A 



Mr. Clifford Burkill 



Mr. I. II. Burkill 



Rev. John McMurtrie, D.D 



Rev. C. Crawshaw 



Miss Laura C. Jones 



Mr. Wm. Whitwell 



Special thanks to the last-named were voted for his kind offer to add 5/- to 

 his subscription each year for this purpose, in the hope that other memliers 

 would follow the example. 



Donation to Photograph Album announced and thanks voted : 

 Cabinet Portrait of himself, from Rev. Canon A. Merle Norman, D.C. L. 



Papers Read : 



'Eigg Shells: Notes on the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the 

 Island of Eigg' (illustrated by the full series of specimens), by Rev. John 

 McMurtrie, M.A., D.D. 



'The Viviparous Nature of Balea,' two notes, by A. E. Craven, F.L.S., 

 ■ and Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S. 



'Note on Helix arbustoi-wn var. canigonensis Boub. ,'by J. W. Taylor, 

 F.L.S. 



'Note on Helix lapicida var. siibangiilata,^ by John W. Taylor, F. L,.S. 

 The specimens were exhibited in illustration of Mr. Taylor's two notes ; and 

 all the papers will be printed in the 'Journal of Conchology.' 



Exhibits: 



On l)ehalf of Mr. Wm. Duncan was shown a living example of Aiion 

 ater var. alba, from the North Esk, at Morphie, Kincardineshire. 



Mr. John W. Taylor, F.L.S. showed several examples of SphnvHum 

 ovale from Blue Bridge, York, sent by Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A. ; Helix 



