CONTENTS. 



SESSION 186 4-6 5. 



November 23, 1864. 



PAGE 



Page (David), Esq., President's Opening Address : — On the Present 

 Aspects of Geological Inquiry, . . . . 178 



I. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Ornithological Notes. (With Exhibi- 



tion of Specimens.) 1. Falco gyrfalco (The Jerfalcon) ; 2. 

 Pemis apivorus (The Honey Buzzard) ; 3. Tetrao hybridus 

 (Hybrid between Capercailzie and Blackcock); 4. Syr- 

 rhaptes Pallasii (Pallas' Sand-Grouse) ; 5. Parus cceru- 

 leus (Blue Titmouse, yellow variety) ; 6. Thalassidroma 

 pelagica (The Storm Petrel), . . . 204 



II. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Exhibition of Heads of the Cervus 

 elaphus, Red Deer, showing curious varieties in their 

 Antlers ; with Remarks, .... 208 



December 28, 1864. 

 Office-Bearers elected, . . . . . 212 



I. Edwards (A. M'Kenzie), Esq., F.R.C S.E., On the Restora- 



tion of Bone, ..... 212 



II. (1.) Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Note of a Specimen of the 



Rhombus hirtus (Yar.) — Muller's Top Knot — recently taken 

 in the Firth of Forth. (The Fish was exhibited), . 213 

 (2.) Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Note of the Atelecyclus hetero- 



don (Leach), the Circular Crab, from the Firth of Forth, 214 



January 25, 1865. 

 I. Traquair (Ramsay H.), M.D.. Observations on the Development 



of the Pleuronectidw, . . . . 215 



II. Turner (William), M.B., F.R.S.E., Notice of the Cranium of 



a Manganya Negro, brought by Dr Kirk from East Tro- 

 pical Africa, . . . . .222 



III. (1.) Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Notice of a Species of Pipe 



Fish of the genus Dorichthys (Kaup)., probably new, recently 

 brought from Old Calabar. (Specimen exhibited), . 227 



