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Contents. 



V. On a Specimen of the Poisonous Lizard of Mexico [Heloderma 



horrida, Weigmann). Mr R. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A., . 62 



VI. Bees and Bee-Culture. Mr A. B. Herbert, .... 62 

 VII. List of a few Ferns and Fern Varieties collected chiefly in the 

 parish of Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, 1881-82. Mr Stewart 



Archibald, 78 



VIII. Note on the continued Flowering of the Male Flowers of Ana- 



charis alsinastrum. Mr W. Tait Kinnear, .... 81 

 IX. The Haining, Selkirk : with Notices of its Antiquities, Top- 

 ography, and Natural History. Mr J. Lindsay, . . . 82 

 X. Pitlochry and its Bird-Life. Mr A. Craig, jun., ... 87 

 XI. The Pentland Skerries. Mr T. M. Cruickshank, . . . - 97 

 XII. An April Trip to South Ronaldshay. Mr R. Thomson, LL.B., 97 



XIII. A Gossip about Pets. Mr R. Stewart, S.S.C, .... 97 



XIV. Shap Spa and its Surroundings. Mr J. Walcot, . . .104 

 XV. Specimens of Lizards from S. America. Mr P. B. Gibb, M.A., . 107 



XVI. A Day's Ramble in the Northern Part of the Island of Arran. 



Mr W. L MacAdam, F.C.S., F.I.C., 107 



XVII. On the Cathcart Ether Freezing Microtome. Mr Alex. Frazer, 



M.A., 112 



XVIII. Notes on Spring Vegetation as observed at Morningside. Mr G. 



L. Brown, 114 



XIX. Geological Notes on a few of the Excursions. Miss Craigie, . 115 



Obituary Notice, 118 



SESSION 1883-84. 



I. The Hirundines. Mr A. B. Herbert, 119 



II. Note on a Rabbit killed by a Weasel. Mr R. Stewart, S.S.C, 127 



III. A New Method of taking Impressions of Leaves. Mr J. Turn- 



bull (Communicated), . 129 



IV. The Stoat or Ermine Weasel {Mustela erminea). Mr R. Scot 



Skirting, 130 



V. Concerning Lycopods and Selaginellas : Past and Present. Mr 



J. Lindsay, 136 



VI. The Sylviidse or Warblers. Mr A. Craig, jun., . . . 143 



VII. On the Structure and Pollination of the Flower of Calathea 



zebrina. J. M. Macfarlane, D.Sc. 150 



VIII. Note on the Mounting of Microscopic Objects in Monobromide of 



Naphthaline. Mr W. L MagAdam, F.C.S., F.LC, . . 151 

 IX. The Structure and Habits of Carnivorous Plants. ' Mr A. D. 



Richardson, 151 



X. Note on the Nest of the Reed- Warbler {Salicaria aruiidinacea). 



Mr A. B. Herbert, 162 



XI. Some American Plants worth Notice. Mr M. King, . . .163 

 XII. Note on the Westward Migration of the Flora and Reptilian 

 Fauna of the European Continent, as evidenced on the Main- 

 land of Scotland, &c. Mr S. Grieve, 166 



XIII. Animal and Vegetable Symbiosis or Consortism. Mr J. Rattray, 



M.A., B.Sc, . . 172 



