CONTENTS. 



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March 28, 1866. 



I. (1.) Stevenson (William), Dunse, Notes on certain Spiral 



Forms. Communicated "by George Logan, W.S., . 366 

 (2.) Logan (George), exhibited specimens of Fossil Plants 

 from the Upper Old Red Sandstone, near Dunse ; with 

 Notes by William Stevenson, Dunse, . . 367 

 II. Howden (James C), M.D., On a Bone Cave at Lower Warbur- 

 ton, Kincardineshire. Communicated by James M'Bain, 

 M.D., R.N., 368 



III. Brown (William), F.R.C.S.E., On the Life of a Domestic Cat, 375 



IV. Duns (Professor J.), D.D., New College, Edinburgh, On the 



Nesting of Cinclus Europceus, .... 383 



V. Peach (C. W.), On Traces of Glacial Drift in the Shetland 



Islands, ....... 385 



VI. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Notes of the Colours displayed by 



a Species of Chameleon belonging to the Genus Lopliosaura 

 of Dr J. E. Gray. (Specimen exhibited), . . 390 



VII. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Ornithological Notes : (1.) Aquila 

 chryscietos. (2.) Pastor roseus, young. (3.) Passer domes- 

 ticus, and Turdus merula, white varieties. (Specimens exhi- 

 bited), . . . . . . .392 



April 25, 1866. 



I. Brodie (Rev. James), Monimail, Fife, The Pearls of the 



Ythan, Aberdeenshire, ..... 394 



II. Peach (Charles W.), Farther Observations on the Boulder Clay 



of Caithness, with an additional List of Fossils. (Specimens 

 were exhibited), ...... 396 



III. White (Adam), late of the British Museum, Note on a New 

 Species of Equus from the Zambezi, Africa. (Drawings 

 were exhibited), ...... 403 



IV. M'Nab (W. R.), Recent Additions to the Coleopterous Fauna 



of Mid-Lothian. (Specimens exhibited), . . . 404 



V. Scott (Alexander), Portobello, Alteration of Sea-Level in the 



Island of Tiree, ...... 406 



VI. Smith (John Alexander), M.D., Ornithological Notes: 1. Buteo 

 lagopus (Rough-legged Buzzard) ; 2. Tetrao urogallus (Caper- 

 cailzie, female assuming male plumage) ; 3. Saxicola cenanthe 

 (Wheat-ear). (Specimens were exhibited), . . 408 



VII. Smith (Adam), Ballarat, Notes on the Gold-field of Ballarat, 

 Australia. Communicated by Dr John Alex. Smith. (With 

 exhibition of specimens of rocks, &c), . . . 409 



