THE LATE COLONEL H. M. DRUMMOND HAY, C.M.Z.S 75 



acquired by himself, and by much assistance, given most 

 gladly and freely, in the formation of the Museum of 

 Natural History. As honorary curator, he aided very 

 greatly in making that museum a model of what a local 

 museum should be. He took almost exclusive charge of 

 the collections of birds and of nests and eggs, and bestowed 

 the utmost care on their selection, preparation, and labelling. 

 His active assistance was given in many other parts of the 

 museum also, to those members of the Society that more 

 especially undertook the several groups. The land and 

 freshwater mollusca of the area, and the flora, especially the 

 flowering plants and the mosses, had all been studied by 

 him with productive results. The extension and advance- 

 ment of the museum was an object very dear to him ; and 

 it was with great pleasure that he witnessed the successful 

 completion of the recent enlargement in memory of his 

 friend, Dr. F. Buchanan White, and the installation of the 

 collections in their new home in the course of 1895. 



He was an active member of the Society during twenty- 

 five years, frequently communicating papers to its publica- 

 tions. He was President from 1882 to 1884, and acted 

 as Honorary Curator of the Museum during the rest of the 

 time. 



He was Reporter on Ornithology in the East of Scotland 

 Union of Naturalists' Societies, and contributed a very 

 valuable report in 1886 on the birds of the counties (Fife 

 and Perth to Aberdeen) in the Union. He was also an 

 original member of the British Ornithologists' Union, founded 

 in 1859. 



His published contributions on the Natural History of 

 Scotland are largely comprised in the publications of the 

 Perthshire Society of Natural Science, and in the " Scottish 

 Naturalist," of which he was, from its commencement in 

 1871, a warm supporter. These contributions relate chiefly 

 to the birds and to the flora of Scotland. Of the latter 

 may be noted : " An Improved Method of Preparing Plants 

 for the Herbarium" (" S. N.," 1872, pp. 270-272) ; "On the 

 Flowering Plants of the Carse of Cowrie " (" S. N.," 1874, 

 pp. 254-263); "Notes of a Botanical Excursion to the 



