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Fish ; and, following the example of those naturalists who 
have given the name of the locality where the fish was 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 fi)llowing 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. 1* Serie— Ciencias Exactas. Tomo I'' Parte 2=^ 1863. Tomo III. 
2^ Serie — Ciencias Fisicas. Tomo I'' Parte 3^ 1863. Tomo VI. 2* d 
Serie— Ciencias Fisicas. Tomo 2° Parte 1^ 1864. (2.) Resumen de las I 
Actas de la Real Academia de Ciencias de Madrid, en el A no Academico i 
de 1861 a 1862, por el Secretario Perpetuo Dr D. Antonio Aguilar y j 
Vela. 1863. (3.) Los Libros del Saber de Astronomia del Rey D. I 
Alfonso X. de Castilla, Tomo I. y 11. 1863.— From the Royal Academy j 
of Sciences of Madrid. 2. (1.) Die Fossilen Mollusken des Tertiaer- : 
Beckens von Wien II. Band, N"" 5. 6. Bivalves. (2.) Jahrbuch der j 
Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Geologischcn Reichsanstalt, 1864. XIV. Band j 
W 3, Juli, Aug., Sept. — From the I. R. Geological Society of Austria, j 
3. Patent Office Report (United States) for 1861. Arts and Manufac- j 
tures. Vols. I. and II. Washington, 1863, and Introductory Report 
for 1863. — From U. S. Commissioners of Patents. 4. Canadian Journal i 
of Industry, Science, and Art. New Series, No. LV., Jan. 1865. — 
From the Canadian Institute. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society. : 
Vol. XIV. No. 7l.~From the Society. j 
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 I 
Sir Charles Lyell and Mr GeiJcie ? By Alexander Bryson, Esq., j 
F.R.S.E. 
The first point to which I shall call the attention of the 
Society is the assertion made by Mr G-eikie, 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.) 
