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3. Observations on the Temperature of some Diving and Swimming Birds. By Professor 
Sutherland Simpson, M.D., D.Sc. Proc., vol. xxxii. pp. 19-35. 
4. The Theory of Circulants from 1861-1880. By Dr Thomas Muir. ( Held as read.) Proc., 
vol. xxxii. pp. 136-149. 
Robert Alexander Houstoun, M. A., Ph.D., D.Sc., was balloted for, and duly elected a Fellow 
of the Society. 
William Allan Carter, C.E., was appointed the Society’s Representative on George Heriot’s 
Trust in room of Dr R. M. Ferguson, resigned. 
THIRD ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 4th December 1911. 
Professor F. 0. Bower, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following communications were read : — 
1. Obituary Notice of the Hon. Lord M‘Laren. By Dr C. G. Knott. Proc., vol. xxxi. pp. 
694-696. 
2. On Branchiura Sowerbyi, Beddard, and on a New Species of Limnodrilus with Distinctive 
Characters. By Dr J. Stephenson. Communicated by Professor J. C. Ewart, F.R.S. Trans., 
vol. xlviii. pp. 285-303. 
3. The Railway Transition Curve-. By E. M. Horsburgh, M.A., B.Sc. Proc., vol. xxxii. pp. 
533-347. 
4. ( a ) The Preparation and Properties of Basic Copper Nitrate, and the Hydrates of Copper 
Nitrate. By Messrs A. C. Cumming and Alex. Gemmell. Proc., vol. xxxii. pp. 4-11. 
( b ) On the Reduction of Ferric Iron (1) by Sulphurous Acid, and (2) by Zinc Dust. By 
Messrs A. C. Cumming and E. W. Hamilton Smith. Proc., vol. xxxii. pp. 12-16. 
(c) Note on a Perforated Silica Plate for excluding Flame Gases from a Crucible during 
Ignition. By Mr A. C. Cumming. Proc., vol. xxxii. pp. 17-18. 
Above three Papers communicated by Professor James Walker. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and declared duly elected : — 
Adolphus Edward Bridger, M.D. (Edin.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), B.Sc. (Paris), B.L. (Paris); Ralph 
Allen Sampson, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. ; William Joseph Maloney, M.D. (Edin.). 
FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Thursday, Wth December 1911, at 8 p.m. 
Principal Sir William Turner, K.C.B., President, in the Chair. 
At the request of the Council an Address was delivered : — 
On Photography in Natural Colours. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) By Dr Inglis Clark. 
FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 8th January 1912. 
Dr Horne, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Structure of Stenomyelon Tuedianum, Kidst. By Dr R. Kidston, F.R.S., and 
Professor D. T. Gwynne- Vaughan. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 263-271. 
2. A Monograph on the General Morphology of the Myxinoid Fishes, based on a Study of 
Myxine. Part IV. — On Some Peculiarities of the Afferent and Efferent Branchial Arteries of 
Myxine. By Dr F. J. Cole. Communicated by Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S. Trans., vol. xlviii, 
pp. 215-230. 
3. The Effect of changing the Daily Routine on the Diurnal Rhythm in Body Temperature. 
By Professor Sutherland Simpson, M.D., D.Sc. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 231-261. 
4. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition : Observations on the Anatomy of the Weddell Seal 
( Leptonychotes Weddelli). Part II. — Genito-urinary Organs. By Professor David Hepburn, 
M.D., etc. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 191-194. 
Sir Thomas Carlaw Martin, LL.D., J.P., was balloted for, and declared duly elected a Fellow 
•of the Society. 
