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lium, by Mr George Don, A. L. S. — Professor Jameson 
then read a communication on the Snakes of Southern 
Africa, from Dr Andrew Smith, assistant-surgeon 98thRegi- 
ment, and superintendant of the South African Museum. 
William Newbigging, Esq. in the chair. — The Secretary -^^l^: 
read an account of a rare fish, the Sciaena Aquila, taken in 
the Shetland seas.— Dr Knox read a notice respecting the 
presence of a Rudimentary Spur in the female Echidna of 
New Holland. — Dr Grant read an Account of the Motions 
of the Ova of Campanularia dichotoma, Gorgonia verru- 
cosa, Caryophyllea calycularis, Spongia panicea, papillaris, 
cristata, and of Plumularia falcata; and stated, that, in all 
Zoophytes, the motions seemed to be produced by cilise dis- 
tributed over their surface. — There was read at the same 
meeting an Account, illustrated by coloured drawings, of 
the Holothuria tubulosa, by Dr Colher, staff-surgeon. 
Reverend Dr Brunton,V. P. in the chair. — At this meet- Dec. 2. 
ing Professor Jameson read Dr Thomas Latta's Observa- 
tions regarding the Arctic Sea and Ice, and the intended 
Expedition of Captain Parry to the North Pole. — Several 
sheets of the Great Map of the county of Mayo in Ireland, 
the work of our ingenious and active countryman Mr Wil- 
liam Bald, civil engineer, now engraving in Paris, were laid 
before the meeting ; and the excellent execution of the work 
(done at one half of the London charges) met with univer- 
sal approbation.- — Specimens of the rare Macartney Phea- 
sant, a Whit^ Sparrow lately shot in Fifeshire, a specimen 
of the beautiful Mexican bird called the Quezal, and of the 
Lama of Peru, were exhibited; and various interesting ar- 
ticles from the Burmese country were shewn and described 
by Professor Jameson. 
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