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Fish ; and, following the example of those naturalists who 

 have given the name of the locality where the fish w r as taken 

 to some of the species of Polypterus, I would give to this 

 new fish the specific name of E. calabaricus. 



Wednesday, 26th April 1865. — T. Strethill Wright, M.D., President, 



in the Chair. 



The following Donations to the Library were laid on the table, and 

 thanks were voted to the Donors : — 



1. (1.) Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias de Madrid. Tomo 

 II. l a Serie— Ciencias Exactas. Tomo 1° Parte 2 a 1863. Tomo III. 

 2 a Serie — Ciencias Fisicas. Tomo 1° Parte 3 a 1863. Tomo VI. 2 a 

 Serie — Ciencias Fisicas. Tomo 2° Parte l a 1864. (2.) Resumen de las 

 Actas de la Real Academia de Ciencias de Madrid, en el A no Academico 

 de 1861 a 1862, por el Secretario Perpetuo Dr D. Antonio Aguilar y 

 Vela. 1863. (3.) Los Libros del Saber de Astronomia del Rey D. 

 Alfonso X. de Castilla, Tomo I. y II. 1863. — From the Royal Academy 

 of Sciences of Madrid. 2. (1.) Die Fossilen Mollusken des Tertiser- 

 Beckens von Wien II. Band, N r 5. 6. Bivalves. (2.) Jahrbuch der 

 Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Geologischcn Reichsanstalt, 1864. XIV. Band 

 N r0 3, Juli, Aug., Sept. — From the I. R. Geological Society of Austria. 

 3. Patent Office Report (United States) for 1861 . Arts and Manufac- 

 tures. Vols. I. and II. Washington, 1863, and Introductory Report 

 for 1863. — From XL S. Commissioners of Patents. 4. Canadian Journal 

 of Industry, Science, and Art. New Series, No. LV., Jan. 1865. — 

 From the Canadian Institute. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society. 

 Vol. XIV. No. 71.— From the Society. 



The various Committees were appointed, as usual, for special investi- 

 gations during the recess. 



The following Communications were read: — 



L On the Rise of the Shores of the Firth of Forth. Have the Shores of 

 the Forth and Clyde risen since the Human Period, as asserted by 

 Sir Charles Lyell and Mr Geihie ? By Alexander Bryson, Esq., 

 F.R.S.E. 



The first point to which I shall call the attention of the 

 Society is the assertion made by Mr Geikie, that as the 

 Eomans used the mouth of the Esk at Musselburgh as a har- 

 bour, and as at present no boat larger than a punt can obtain 



detailed account of additional and perfect specimens of this new Genus Cala- 

 moichthys, which has no ventral fins, sp. C. calabaricus, see ;< Trans. Royal 

 Society, Edin.," vol. xxiv. 1866.) 



