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notice of the event should bo entered in the record, and a copy of 

 that portion of the minutes sent to the family of the deceased, with 

 an expression of the sincere sympathy of the members. 



The members have heard with regret of the death of Dr. 

 Colquhoun, who from the commencement of the Society until his 

 retirement from Glasgow, actively interested himself in promoting 

 its interests. He was one of eleven who were present at the 

 first business Meeting, and for many years the minute-book shows 

 that he was regular in his attendance. He was frequently engaged 

 in bringing forward material for discussion; and, while botany and 

 entomology were his favourite studies, he took an intelligent 

 interest in all departments of natural science, as appears from 

 often-repeated exhibitions of birds, shells, and other specimens, 

 both native and foreign. When, some years after its establish- 

 ment, the Society resolved to frame a catalogue of the flora and 

 fauna of the Clyde Valley, Dr. Colquhoun drew up the list of 

 Lepidoptera, an order to which he gave special attention. 



He took a deep interest in the formation of the library, and was 

 the donor of some of the most valuable works which it possesses, 

 among which may be named Sowerby's " English Botany," in 

 eleven volumes, and Stainton's " Natural History of the Tineina," 

 in thirteen volumes. For many years he filled the office of vice- 

 president, and on the retirement of Dr. Scoular from the president's 

 chair he was unanimously elected to, and held this honourable 

 position until he went to live at Bothwell, when he was made an 

 honorary member. Being unable, from distance, to attend the 

 meetings, he continued to take an interest in the Society's work, 

 and at his own request was kept advised of its proceedings. 

 Although not personally known to many of the present members, 

 all must respect his memory as one who, during his long connection 

 with the Society, exerted himself in promoting its prosperity and 

 ' increasing its usefulness. Dr. Colquhoun died at Anchorage, 

 Bothwell, on 24th September last. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr. Walter Burns gave his postponed remarks on the 

 calciferous sandstone fossils he had collected last autumn from the 

 group of strata found on the coast near the Heads of Ayr, illus- 

 trating them by an enlarged map of this portion of the county, 

 taken from that of the Geological Survey. The organisms consist 



