TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Monthly Meeting held on January 10th, 1894, Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand, President, in the chair. 



Dr. R. S. Boley, M.D., and Miss M. Domaille were 

 unanimously elected members of the Society. 



The President exhibited a rare lichen, Umbilicaria pus- 

 tulata, lately found by him on the cliffs between Petit Bot and 

 Le Jaonnet. Being a strictly snbalpine species it seemed to 

 indicate that the cliffs of Guernsey must at one time have 

 attained a far higher elevation than they do now. This lichen 

 is common in all the moimtain districts of England. 



The subject of the indigenous mammalia of Guernsey was 

 introduced by the President, who gave the following list of 

 species from his own knowledge : — Hedgehog (introduced 

 about fifty years ago, and now comparatively common) ; 

 Rabbit ; Hare (introduced and exterminated) ; Brown Rat ; 

 Common Mouse ; Short-tailed Field Mouse ; Common 

 Shrew ; Horse-shoe Bat ; Long-eared Bat ; Little Bat, and 

 Common Porpoise. From information supplied by members 

 present the following species were added : — Stoat (a specimen 

 shot by Colonel Collings, and also two in the museum recently 

 taken in Guernsey) ; Long-tailed Field Mouse (two specimens 

 from Guernsey in the museum ; Mr. Hocart said they used to be 

 plentiful at Mont Crevelt) ; Seal (specimens taken in Alder- 

 ney, Sark and Herm). The Weasel is said to occur in 

 Guernsey, and it is probable that one or two additional Bats 

 are native. The Black Rat occurs in Herm, Sark and 

 Brechou, and it seems probable that it still survives in Guern- 

 sey. Any reliable information upon the mammalia of 

 Guernsey will be welcome, with a view to compiling a correct 

 list with notes on the relative frequency or rarity of the 

 various species. 



Monthly Meeting held on February 14th, 1894, Mr. E. D. 



Marquand, President, in the chair. 



Dr. H. Merrall, of George Place, St. Sampson's, was 



unanimously elected a member of the Society. The Honorary 



Secretary announced the receipt of four parts of the proceed- 



