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of my sisters, and one of my brothers, and myself have it in a 

 very acute form, and one of my daughters and a son also suffer 

 from it. My little granddaughter has always cried at the 

 sight of a cat since she was an infant, and this although she 

 is most fearless as to animals in general, making friends with 

 strange dogs and going up and patting horses. The cause of 

 allurophobia has, I believe, never been discovered, but it is 

 quite incurable, and rather increases with years. It is a 

 grave misfortune, and has caused my daughter and myself a 

 great deal of trouble and vexation through life." 



YIL— SOCIAL MEETING. 



The meeting of Wednesday, February 22, took the form of 

 a Social in the Goold Hall, 5 St Andrew Square. Mr A. B. 

 Steele, President, was in the chair. There was an excellent 

 programme of music and recitations given by Misses Douglas, 

 Wallis, Peebles, and Millicent Ward, and Messrs George 

 Barclay, Lermonte, and W. J. Eichardson. 



In a side-room there were tables of exhibits : — 



Table I. — Exhibits of Marine Invertebrates by Mr Richard Elmhirst, 

 Marine Biological Station, Millport. 



Table II.— By Mr T. H. Gillespie. 



Mississippi Alligator {Alligator mississippiensis). 



(Exhibited to this Society on 23rd Decemher 1908.) 

 Young African Crocodiles (C. niloticus). 

 British Sand Lizard (male and female), {Lacerta agilis). 

 British Slow Worm (adult and young), {Anguis fragilis). 

 Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis). 

 British Grass or Ring Snake (Tropidonotus natrix). 

 Young of „ „ „ „ 



Smooth Snake {Goronella Icevis). 

 Viperine Snake (Tropidonotus viperinus). 



Table III.— The following Birds— 

 1. By Miss Peddie Waddell. 



Archbishop Tanager. 



King Parrot (Afrosmictus scapulatus). 



Malaccan Parrakeet (Pulaornis longicauda). 



