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V. Cleland (John), M.D. The Skeleton of a Ccelogenys paca 



exhibited by, ..... 138 

 VI. Bialloblotsky, Dr, Remarks by, . . . . 138 



VII. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., (1.) Notice of Pleuronectes 

 punctatus, Bloch's (?) Top Knot ; and of Nerophis cequo- 

 reus, the -ZEquoreal Pipe-fish. Specimens exhibited, . 139 

 (2.) Specimens of Mustela erminea, the Stoat ; Tringa 

 pugnaoc, the Ruff ; Anas clypeata, the Shoveller ; and 

 the young of Oidemia nigra, the Black Scoter, exhibited, 139 



February 22, 1860. 



I. M'Bain (James), M.D., R.N., Notice of various Osteological 



Remains found in a Pict's House in the Island of Harris, 141 

 II. Bryson (Alexander), On the Structure of Pearl, . . 142 



III. Bell (Rev. T. B.), Leswalt, Notes from the Neighbourhood 



of Stranraer — On the Chough (Fregilus graculus) ; the 

 Migration of the Swift (Cypselus apus) ; and on the 

 Effects of the late Severe Gale on the 9th September 

 last. Communicated by John Alex. Smith, M.D., . 143 



IV. Murray (Andrew), (1.) Notice of a New Leaf Insect, . 146 

 (2.) Description of New Sertulariadce from the Coast of Cali- 

 fornia (Plates VI. and VII.), . . . .146 



(3.) Notice of Chameleon tricornis, . . . 149 



V. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., a Ballan Wrasse (Labrus ber- 



gylta), exhibited, . . . . .14 



VI. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Specimen of Querquedula stre- 



per a, the Gadwall, exhibited, . . . .150 



March 28, 1860. 



Proposed Subscription for a Monument or Memorial to the 



late Professor Fleming, ..... 150 

 Hugh Miller's Museum, Note on, . . . 150 



I. Turner (William), M.B., on the Employment of Trans- 



parent Injections in the Examination of the Minute 

 Structure of the Human Pancreas, . . .151 



II. Rhind (William), Notice of Reptilian Fossils, Morayshire, 155 



III. Murray (Andrew), Contributions to the Fauna of Old Cala- 



bar — Mammals, . . . . . .156 



IV. Peach (Charles W.), On the Chalk Flints of the Island of 



Stroma and vicinity of John-o'-Groat's, Caithness, . 159 



V. Peach (Charles W.), Note of the OnupMs tubicola found 



near Wick, ... . . . .162 



