376 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
3. The Theory of Axisymmetric Determinants in the Historical Order of 
Development up to 1860. By Thomas Muir, LL.D. pp. 135-166. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and duly 
elected Fellows of the Society: — Mr Peter Macnair, Mr James M. P. 
Muirhead, Professor James Musgroye, M.D., Mr E. Wynston-Waters, 
and Mr Ernest Maclagan Wedderburn, M.A., LL.B. 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, Mh February 1907. 
Dr R. H. Traquair, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Fossil Osmundaceae. By Robert Kidston, F.R.S., F.G.S., and D. 
T. Gwynne-Vaughan, M.A., Lecturer on Botany at Queen Margaret’s College, 
University of Glasgow. Trans. y vol. xlv. pp. 759-780. 
2. The Development of the Anterior Mesoderm, and Paired Fins, with their 
Nerves, in Lepidosiren and Protopterus. By W. E. Agar, B.A., Junior Demonstrator 
in Zoology, University of Glasgow. Communicated by Professor J. Graham Kerr. 
Trans., vol. xlv. pp. 611-639. 
3. Scottish Tardigrada, collected by the Lake Survey. By James Murray, Esq. 
Communicated by Sir John Murray, K.C.B. Trans., vol. xlv. pp. 641-668. 
4. Arctic Tardigrada, collected by W. S. Bruce. By James Murray, Esq. 
Communicated by W. S. Bruce, Esq. Trans., vol. xlv. pp. 669-681. 
5. Frymnothonus Hodkeri, Poisson pelagique de 1’“ Erebus” et de la “Terror” 
retrouve par PExpedition Antarctique Nationale Ecossaise. Note preliminaire, par 
M. Louis Dollo, Conservateur au Musee royal d’Histoire naturelle, a Bruxelles. 
Presentee par M. le Dr. R. H. Traquair, F.R.S. pp. 35-45. 
EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday 18 th February 1907. 
Dr Robert Munro, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Coat Colour in Horses. By Professor J. C. Ewart, F.R.S. 
2. The Geology of Ardrossan. By J. D. Falconer, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. 
Communicated by Professor James Geikie, F.R.S. Trans., vol. xlv. pp. 601-609. 
The following Candidates were balloted for, and declared duly elected 
Fellows of the Society : — Dr William Cramer, Dr John Downie Falconer, 
Mr Gilbert Henry Gulliver, Mr John Strong, B.A., and Mr Andrew 
Watt, M.A. 
