586 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
4. Alcyonaria from the Gape of Good Hope. Part I. By Dr J. S. Thomson, F.L.S. Trans., 
vol. xlvii. pp. 549-589. 
5. Notes on Proposed Meteorological Instruments. By Professor J. T. Morrison. Proc., 
vol. xxx. pp. 386-395. 
The Roll was signed by Mr Alex. Fraser, who was duly admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 24 th January 1910. 
Professor Cossar Ewart, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Development of the Autonomic Nervous Mechanism of the Alimentary Canal of the Bird. 
By Williamina Abel, M.D. Communicated by Professor D. Noel Paton. Proc., vol. xxx. 
pp. 327-347. 
2. On a New Species of Cactogorgia. By J. J. Simpson, M.A. , B.Sc. Communicated by 
Professor J. Arthur Thomson. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 324-326. 
3. The Stimulatory Action of the Oosperm in the Uterus. By Dr James Oliver. 
4. The Significance of the Correlation Coefficient when applied to Mendelian Distribution. By 
Dr J. Brownlee. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 473-507. 
Dr James Oliver and Dr John Brownlee signed the Roll, and were duly admitted Fellows. 
The following Candidates were balloted for, and duly declared elected: — David Gibb, M.A., 
B.Sc., Charles R. Gibson, Alexander Levy, F.R C.Y.S., Dr Alexander Lauder, Wm. John 
Watson, M.A. (Aber.), B.A. (Oxon.), Professor Arthur Robinson, M.D., M.R.C.S. 
SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 7 th February 1910. 
Dr James Burgess, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Short-Tailed Domestic Sheep. By Professor J. Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. 
2. Electro- motive Force of Cells with a single Salt and two Solvents. By Principal 
A. P. Laurie. 
3. A Stereoscopic Optical Illusion. By Professor F. G. Baily. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 551-554. 
4. A New Form of Respiratory Calorimeter for Physiological Purposes. By E. P. Cathcart, 
M.D. , James Gray, D.Sc., and A. Black. Communicated by Professor Noel Paton. 
5. The Theory of Persymmetric Determinants in the Historical Order of Development up to 1860. 
By Dr Thomas Muir. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 407-431, 
6. The Theory of Bigradients in the Historical Order of Development up to 1860. By Dr 
Thomas Muir. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 396-406. 
Charles R. Gibson and Dr Alexander Lauder signed the Roll, and were duly admitted 
Fellows. 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 21 st February 1910. 
Dr John Horne, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Address was delivered : — 
The Scientific Work of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-9. By James Murray, 
F.R.S.E. , Biologist to the Expedition. 
The following Candidates were balloted for, and duly declared elected Fellows of the Society : — 
Professor D. T. Gwynne-Vaughan, F.L.S. , Professor Swale Vincent, Professor John Miller. 
EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 7th March 1910. 
Sir William Turner, K.C.B., F.R. S., President, in the Chair. 
Lantern Demonstration on : — 
The Place in Nature of the Tasmanian Aboriginal : His Relation to the Anthropoid Ape 
( Pithecanthropus erectus ), Primitive and Modern Man. By Professor R. J. A. Berry, of the 
University of Melbourne. 
Mr P. Grimshaw, Dr A. A. Lawson, and Professor A. Robinson signed the Roll, and were duly 
admitted Fellows of the Society. 
