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Art. XXIII. — Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 
Society . — ('Continued from Vol. VIII. p. 388.) 
Feb. 8. 1823,— D it Macdonald read a Short Account of 
the Geognosy of part of the Point of' Cantyre. The Secretary 
read Dr Traill’s Account of the Guanaco of South America , 
and his Description of the Larus Scoresbii ; and also a Trans- 
lation, by the Reverend Principal Baird, from the Chili Gazette, 
of a report by Senor Levasse, relative to Human Fossil Remains, 
discovered in South America. Professor Jameson communi- 
cated a short paper, by Mr Mathew Miller, On the Increasing 
Temperature of the Earth as we descend in Mines. 
Feb . 22. — The Secretary read a paper by James Wilson, Esq. 
On the different Opinions entertained regarding the Specific 
Distinction or the Identity of the Ringtail and Golden Eagles ; 
likewise a notice from Mr Selby, concerning some rare Birds 
which had occurred on the Coast of Northumberland, during- 
the great storm, in the beginning of February of this year. Pro- 
fessor Jameson then read to the Society, a paper entitled Spe- 
culations on the Modes of Formation of Opal , Hornstone and 
Diamond , (printed in the present Number of our Journal, 
p. 163,— 167.) 
Mar. 8. — The Secretary read an account of a new Species of 
Pigeon from New Holland, by Sir William Jardine, Bart., illus- 
trated by a drawing; likewise Remarks on the Sertularia Cus - 
cuta of Ellis, by Dr Fleming ; and a Notice by Mr L. Edmond- 
ston, in regard to the Ivory Gull and Iceland Gull. Professor 
Jameson communicated to the Society a Register of the Ther- 
mometer, Adieus Sympiesometer, and Leslie's Hygrometer , hept 
at Corfu , by Mathew Miller, Esq. of the 56th Regiment, with 
Remarks; likewise a letter from Mr William Jameson, dated 
Lima, descriptive of his Voyage round Cape Horn, and a 
Chart of the Course, laid down in the mode recommended by 
Captain Basil Hall. 
Mar. 20. — Dr Yule read his Observations on the presumed 
Analogy of certain Organs of the Embryo, in the several dis- 
tinct Races of Vascular Plants. The Secretary read a paper 
by James Wilson, Esq. On the Genus Mergus. Professor 
Jameson read Extracts of a Letter from Dr Oudney, leader of 
