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which last year came before us, and is now printed in our last Transac- 

 tions. The first part of the "Fauna of Tw'izel" was also laid before 

 the Club, comprising the vertebrated animals, and the coleopterous and 

 lepidopterous insects, and we cannot too much recommend the adoption 

 of the plan of this paper to our members. It is, in fact, following out 

 the principal object of the Club, and if done with care and attention to 

 local circumstances, such essays would lead to our intimate knowledge 

 of the habitats and geographical distribution of most, and in time of all, 

 of our native species. We had, in conclusion, from Mr Baird, Remarks on 

 the Horary Observations made under the superintendence of our learned 

 member at St Bathans ; and an Account of the Aurora, as it occurred at 

 Berwick, on the evenings of the 17th and 18th November, and which it 

 will be interesting to compare with a paper which the same author read 

 to us, in the season of 1834. 



The meeting for May took place at Hound wood Inn, an apparently 

 favourable station, but rendered most unsatisfactory by the inclemency 

 of the weather. Five members only were present ; but they were grati- 

 fied by the appearance of Dr Greville and the Rev. Mr Duncan as visi- 

 tors. During the day, the incessant rain and cold north wind rendered 

 all attempts at out-door work nearly fruitless, and some of the more com- 

 mon coleoptera only were obtained. By the botanists the remarkable 

 Podisoma juniperi communis, a parasitic fungus upon the living juniper, 

 was noticed. In the after part of the day, a paper was read " On the 

 Proverbs, Popular Sayings, and Rythms of Berwickshire," by Mr Hen- 

 derson, which excited considerable interest, and gave rise to an after dis- 

 cussion. 



At Chatton, June 1 5th. This may be called the meeting of the year. 

 Favoured by a beautiful day, the Club met to breakfast in high spirits. 

 The vicinity is excellent both for the botanist and entomologist, and 

 Chillingham Park was the first object of the walk. Independent of its 

 natural beauties, the extent of the domain and variety of wood and 

 cover render it a spot most fertile for the excursions of the natura- 

 list The greater part of the forenoon was occupied in it, and the 

 party were gratified by a sight of its peculiar ornament the wild cattle, 

 and by groups of red and fallow deer. Rass Castle, a hill within the 

 park, was visited, and some rare insects were taken in the vicinity. 

 Campylis linearis and Curabus nitens may be noted among the coleop- 

 tera ; of the latter, three specimens were taken on the castle. Neither 

 were the botanists idle. Listcra cordata and Trientalis europcra were 

 found, the latter in profusion on all the higher grounds. From the 

 Park, the party proceeded to Hepburn Hill, but time had run, and 

 allowed only a slight examination of a small portion of this rich ground. 

 Trientalis continued in profusion, Genista anglica was abundant on the 

 muir, Myosotis repens rendered every moist spot in the wood resplen- 

 dent by its light blue flowers, and the birch was crimsoned with JEW- 



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