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6. On Variation in the Number of Fingers and Toes, and 
in the Number of Phalanges, in Man. By Joun 
StrutHers, M.D., F.R.C.S., Lecturer on Anatomy 
in the Edinburgh School of Medicine. (Plate II.),. 88 
7. Extract from Report of the Royal Commission (consist- 
ing of Professor Lyon Prayratr, C.B., Professor 
Huxtey, and Lieut.-Colonel Maxwett) on the Opera- 
tion of the Acts relating to Trawling for Herring on 
the Coasts of Scotland, ‘ dt2 
9. The Place and Power of Natural History in Colonisa- 
tion;. with special reference to Otago (New Zea- 
land), By W. Lauper Linpsay, M.D., F.R.S. Edin., 
F.L.S. and F.R.G.S. London, &c. (Concluded from 
last Number), : : SG 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES ;— 
Royal Society of Edinburgh, . 148 
Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, : . 159 
Botanical Society of Edinburgh, —. ; : . 162 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE :-— 
ZOOLOGY. 
1. Syrrhaptes paradoxus, mae 
