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Pavonaria quadrangulavis, Pall., from the Firth of Clyde, and 

 communicated a short paper on the local distribution of these 

 species.* 



21st June, 1887. 



Dr. James Stirton, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Richard M'Kay reported on an excursion made on 18th inst. 

 to Kelly Glen, Wemyss Bay. The excursionists were joined by 

 parties from Paisley and Greenock, and there was altogether a large 

 attendance, f 



The Chairman referred to the loss which the Society had just 

 sustained by the death of Mr. W. J. Milligan. It was resolved 

 that a memorial notice of Mr. Milligan should be recorded in the 

 minutes, and an excerpt therefrom transmitted to the family of the 

 deceased, with an expression of the sympathy of the Members of 

 the Society with them in their bereavement. 



IN MEMORIAM.—W. J. Milligan. 



William John Milligan was born in the North of Ireland, and 

 passed his boyhood in Liverpool and afterwards in Glasgow. He 

 was admitted a member of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists 

 in 1873, and subsequently filled the offices of Secretary and Vice- 

 President. To that Society he contributed several papers " The 

 Theory of Spontaneous Generation," " Some of the Flowers 

 mentioned by Shakespeare," etc. He devoted himself to some 

 extent to the special study of mosses, and on various occasions 

 exhibited series of specimens which he had collected. He was 

 one of the prime movers in the amalgamation of the Field 

 Naturalists with the Natural History Society of Glasgow, and 

 signed the articles of agreement on behalf of the former. In 1879 

 he was elected a Vice-President of this Society, and took an active 

 part in its affairs. In the following year he contributed a paper 

 i4 On the Modes of Reproduction in Cryptogamic Plants." In 1884 

 he rendered valuable service in connection with the revision of the 

 Constitution. On the whole, however, his activities were more 

 literary than scientific. He was a member of the Ballad 

 Club, the Pen and Pencil Club, and several other kindred associa- 

 tions. He had a rollicking flow of spirits ; and his manly presence, 

 beaming face, and the merry twinkle of his dark grey eye, impressed 



* Transaction*, vol, il., p. 211. j Ibid., p. 323. 



