66 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Hardy, to shew how much their successors are indebted 

 to the labours of the early members of the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists' Club, to which Dr. Stuart was elected in 1854. 



He had already evinced that enthusiasm for kindred 

 subjects which marked his whole subsequent life, and the 

 company in which he now found himself proved extremely 

 congenial to his scientific tastes. He communicated many 

 articles on various subjects to the above-mentioned club, 

 and also to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, of which 

 he was a well-known member, while he was a most constant 

 attendant at the yearly expeditions of the Scottish Alpine 

 Botanical Club, headed by Professor J. H. Balfour. 



Latterly Dr. Stuart was renowned as the raiser of the 

 cross between the pansy and Viola cornuta, which gave us 

 our " Tufted Violas " for bedding, while he devoted much 

 time to the crossing of Aquilegia, Narcissus, and Trollius. 

 Aquilegia stuarti commemorates his work in this direction, 

 as does Erica tetralix stuarti his discovery of a very distinct 

 subspecies of heath in Connemara. 



A most skilful physician, with ideas well ahead of most 

 of his generation, upright in life and manly in character, he 

 was loved and valued by all those privileged to claim his 

 friendship, while his talents were acknowledged by many an 

 honour bestowed upon him by more than one of the learned 

 bodies with which he was connected. A. H. EVANS. 



REPORT ON THE MOVEMENTS AND OCCUR- 

 RENCE OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 



1901. 



By T. G. LAIDLAW, M.B.O.U. 



THE increase in the number of schedules returned for the 

 year 1900 has been more than maintained during the past 

 season ; and it is satisfactory to note that both the Light 

 Stations and inland observers contribute to this result, the 

 former returning thirty -four, and the latter thirty -three 

 schedules, representing an increase of seven and three respec- 

 tively compared with the preceding year. 



