CONTENTS. 
SESSION 1 8 6 4-6 5. 
Novemher 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. 
Pernis 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.) — MuUer'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 Pleuronectidce, . . . . 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 
