300 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Reports were handed in on excursions which had taken place to 

 the Botanic Gardens (see page 281), Arddarroch (see page 282), 

 Queen's Park (see page 282), and Tullich Hill and Ben Reoch 

 (see page 282). 



Mr. David Willox, 48 Burgher Street. Parkhead. was elected as 

 an Ordinary Member. 



Mr. James Mitchell (Hon. Librarian) intimated a valuable gift 

 to the Society from the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's 

 Treasury, consisting of twenty-nine royal quarto volumes and 

 four parts of the report of the scientific results of the voyage of 

 H.M.S. "Challenger" during the years 1872-6. Mv. Wm. 

 Stewart referred to the good offices of Sir John Murray, LL.D., 

 Ph.D., F.R.S., &c.. and Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., in 

 obtainino; this valuable addition to the Library, and moved a vote 

 of thanks to these gentlemen, which was heartily accorded. On 

 the motion of the Rev. G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., a vote of 

 thanks was also heartilv given to the Lords Commissioners of 

 Her Majesty's Treasury for the gift. 



Mr. Charles Hogg exhibited a Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, Linn.) 

 from Meikleour, Perthshire. 



Mr. James Mitchell exhibited a Skin of the Serval Cat (Felix 

 serval) from the Orange Free State. 



A paper by Messrs. John Paterson and John Renwick, entitled 

 " Report of a Visit to Sanda and Glunimore," was read. (See 

 page 197). 



2nd August, 1898. 



Mr. Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. S. M. Wellwood (Hon. Secretary) intimated the death of, 

 and read an obituary notice on Mr. Joseph Christie, who joined the 

 Society in 1882. It was agreed that the sympathy of the meeting 

 should be conveyed to the widow of the deceased. Joseph Christie 

 was a native of Kilmarnock, and was born in 1838. He received 

 his first lessons in natural history from his father, who was an 

 enthusiastic naturalist. The su'bject of this notice was almost tke 

 last survivor of the old botanists of the East End of Glasgow. 

 Among the Camlachie weavers of fortv or fiftv vears ago there 

 existed a school of botanists and naturalists, with whom Joseph 



