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munications were made, after the address to Her Majesty on the 

 birth of the Princess Royal had been carried by acclamation : 



1 . On certain Physiological Inferences which may be drawn from 

 the study of the Nerves of the Eyeball. By Dr. Alison. 



2. On the Plane and Angle of Polarization at the Surfaces of 

 Crystals. By Professor Kelland. 



TWEEDSIDE PHYSICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 



The Quarterly Meeting of this Society in its new apartments, 

 Nov. 23, His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe in the Chair, was nu- 

 merously attended. 



The following donations to the Museum in the department of Na- 

 tural History were reported : 



From Mr. Burgess, Fochabers. — Minerals and fossil organic re- 

 mains from Banffshire. 



From a lady (through Mr. Stuart, surgeon). — Calc-tufa, quartz 

 with olivine, limestone, &c, from Madeira and Gibraltar. 



From His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe. — Egyptian Ichneumon 

 ( Viverra Ichneumon) . 



From Robert Wilkie, Esq. of Lady thorn. — Sea Eagle (Aqulla 

 albicilla), in excellent plumage ; Sapphirine Gurnard (Trigla Hi- 

 rundo). 



From an anonymous contributor, who continues his valuable dona- 

 tions to this department. — Snowy Owl, female (Strix nyctea) ; Teng- 

 malm's Night Owl, male and female {Noctua Tengmalmi) ; Little Owl, 

 male (Scotophilus nudipes) ; Grasshopper Warblers, male and female 

 (Salicaria locusiella) ; Wryneck, female (Yunx torquilld) ; Whim- 

 brel (Numenius Phteopus) ; Velvet Duck, male (Oidemia fused). 



Other specimens have been received from Mr. Beckwith, Yetholm 

 Hall ; Mr. Scarth, Aberdeen, &c. &c. ; and some valuable additions 

 to the library and the collection of antiquities &c. 



A list of the birds still required has been lately extensively cir- 

 culated, and will serve as a guide to those who may be inclined to 

 assist the Society in this interesting department of its labours. 



In Entomology a most valuable and extensive contribution has 

 been received from Mr. Selby of Twizell, one of the Vice-Presidents. 



A fresh subscription has been opened for the liquidation of the 

 sum remaining due for the building and internal fittings, some of the 

 principal farmers in the neighbourhood having already contributed. 

 The Meteorological observations, instituted under the auspices of 

 Sir T. Brisbane and the Duke of Roxburghe, are ably carried on by 

 Mr. Ferguson ; and an agreement has been entered into with cer- 

 tain eminent cultivators of natural science for sending abroad an ex- 

 perienced naturalist, to form a collection of objects of natural history, 

 to be forwarded to this country, and divided among the several sub- 

 scribers. For the means of elfecting this, they have been indebted 

 to the generosity of their President, Sir Thomas Brisbane. In the 

 Ornithological department their collection now amounts to upwards 

 of 300 specimens, illustrating nearly 200 different species of British 



