HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY. 



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laid before the Society, 1. A singular instance 

 of the intrepidity of the Common Otter in de- 

 fending its young, by Captain Laskey. 2. An 

 account of an Animal resembling a Toad, found 

 imbedded in a stratum of Clay in Govan Col- 

 liery, by Mr Dixon of Govan Hill, communi- 

 cated by Mr Russell. 3. A copy of the affida- 

 vits made before the Justices of the Peace at 

 Kirkwall, concerning the Great Sea Animal of 

 Stronsa, accompanied with remarks. These affi- 

 davits are printed in First Volume of Memoirs, 

 p. 431. Mr Neill read some account of a Fin- 

 Whale stranded near Alloa. This account is in- 

 serted in First Volume of Memoirs, p. 201. — 214. 



Captain 

 Laskey on 

 the Otter. 



Mr Rus- 

 scl's com- 

 munication 

 respecting 

 a Toad 

 found in 

 Clay. 



Affidavits 

 in regard 

 to the Sea 

 Snake. 



Mr Neill's 

 Descrip- 

 tion of a 

 Fin Whale* 



The Secretary read Colonel Montagu's ac- 

 count of a non-descript Fish, named by him Zi- 

 photheca tetradens, and descriptions of four rare 

 species^ of English Fishes takers on the Coast of 

 Devonshire. These descriptions are inserted in 

 1st vol. Mem. p. 79. — 101. Captain Laskey laid 

 before the Society an ample Catalogue of North 

 British Shells, with remarks on the new and rare 

 species. .This Catalogue is inserted in 1st vol. 

 Mem. p. 370.— 417. And Dr Yule read obser- 

 vations on Monocotyledonous Plants, and on the 

 natural order Gramineae. 



1809. 

 March 11. 

 Colonel 

 Montagu's 

 Dei-criptioti 

 of some 

 rare and 

 new En- 

 glish Fishes. 

 Captain 

 Laskey's 



List of Bri- 

 tish Shells. 



Dr Yule 

 on Mono- 

 cotyledon- 

 ous Plants. 



The first part of a description of the Coal isos. 

 Formation of Alloa, by Mr Bald, was read by ift^Fan 



