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afternoon, 34 species of Birds were noted by Mr. William Rennie. 

 These included the Song Thrush, Blackbird. Redbreast, White- 

 throat, Garden Warbler, Willow Wren, Wood Wren, Sedge 

 Warbler, Hedge Sparrow, Long-tailed Titmouse, Great Titmouse, 

 Blue Titmouse, Wren, Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow 

 Pipit, Swallow, House Martin. Sand Martin, Greenfinch, House 

 Sparrow, Chaffinch, Yellow Bunting, Starling, Rook, Skylark, 

 Cuckoo, Ring-dove, Corn-crake, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 

 Redshank, Curlew, and Black-headed Gull. 



Specimens of Cheiridium museorum (Leach), a "False-scorpion" 

 new to the Clyde Area, were obtained at Tofts Meal Mill, Dairy, 

 by Mr. Robert Godfrey, who also devoted some attention to the 

 Mollusca occurring in Hyndog Glen. The species observed by 

 him numbered 19. and included Avion ate?- (L.), A. hortensis, 

 Fer., A. minimus, Sim., A. circumscriptus, Johnst., Limax 

 marginalus (Mull.), Ayriolimax agrestis (L.), Vitrina pellucida, 

 Mull., Hyalinia alliaria (Mill.), H. nitidula (Drap.), H. crystallina 

 (Mull.), Helix rotundata, Mull., //. nemoralis, L., H. arbustorum, 

 L., H. hispida, L., //. cdperata, Mont., Pupa cylindracea (Da 

 Costa), Balea perversa (L.), Clausilia 'perversa (Pult.), and 

 Ancylus fluviatilis, Mull. 



On the way to and from the glen several interesting plants 

 were noted. These included a white-flowered form of Geranium 

 Robertianum, L., observed at Broadlie; Mimulus luteus, L., at 

 Ryefield ; Scirpus sylvaticus, L., at the Public Park; and Bromus 

 sterilis, L., in the neighbourhood of Dairy railway station. In 

 Hyndog Glen were found Cardamine amara, L., Chrysosplenium 

 altemifolium, L., Saxifraga hypnoides, L., Geranium sylvaticum, 

 L., Lastrea Oreopteris, Presl. ; Aspidium aculeatum, Sw., var. 

 lobatum, Presl. ; Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh., Asplenium Tri- 

 cho manes, L., <kc. Some very thick stems of Ivy (Iledera Helix, 

 L.) were seen, one of which measured two feet in girth. 



Finlayston, 10th August, 1907. — Mr. Thomas Anderson, 

 conductor. This excursion was attended by eleven members, who 

 proceeded from Langbank railway station to the eastern gate of 

 Finlayston policies, where they were met by one of the gardeners. 

 Some very fine trees were pointed out. measurements of which 

 were noted by Messrs. John Renwick and Richard M'Kay. 



