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to the Arctic Regions, two of them (a little Auk and a 
Guillemot) killed beyond N. Lat. 81° ; and specimens of 
the Rocks of Ross Island, chiefly Gneiss, the most northern 
known land of the globe. 
1828. Robert Jameson, Esq. P. in the chair. — Dr Grant read 
Jan. 26. ^he first part of his account of the Anatomy of the Perame- 
les nasuta of GeofFroy, a rare marsupial animal from New 
Holland.— The Reverend Dr David Scot of Corstorphine 
then read a memoir on the Emerald of the Ancients. — At 
the same meeting was read a notice by Mr G. Milroy, re- 
garding the Habits of a living specimen of the Jacchus 
vulgaris, or Ouistiti, lately brought b}^ him from Bahia; 
and the specimen was exhibited to the meeting. 
Feb. 9. Robert Jameson, Esq. P. in the chair. — The Secretary 
read a notice respecting the occurrence of a ra"re bird, the 
Cursorius isabelhnus, or Swiftfoot, in Leicestershire ; com- 
municated by Prideaux John Selby, Esq. of Twizel House. 
— Mr James Stuart Menteath, younger of Closeburn, then 
read a memoir on the Geology of Nithsdale, chiefly as con- 
nected with useful purposes, and contrasted with that of 
the neighbouring valleys; illustrated by maps and speci- 
mens. 
Robert Jameson, Esq. P. in the chair. — There was read 
a notice regarding a living Ocelot, or Felis Pardalis, from 
South America, communicated by James Wilson, Esq. 
The animal was a female, nearly of full size ; had been al- 
most two years at Liverpool, and had lately been trans- 
ferred to the menagerie of the Zoological Society in Re- 
gent's Park. — Dr R. E. Grant then read the second part 
of his account of the Anatomy of the Perameles nasuta of 
