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XIV. The Nuthatch {Sitta cioropcca), Mr A. B. Herbert, 

 Meetings of Microscopic Section, 

 Annual Business Meeting, 



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 187 



SESSION 1884-85. 



I. Field-Naturalists. Mr A. B. Herbert, President, . . .189 

 II. Note ou the Distribution of Honey-Glands in Pitchered Insectiv- 

 orous Plants. Mr J. Lindsay, 200 



III. Note on the Appearance of the Saury Pike in the Forth. Mr A. 



B. Herbert, President, 202 



IV. The Commoner Buntings {Emherizidw). Mr A. Craig, jun., . 202 

 V. The Hymenomycetes. Mr A. B. Steele, 211 



VI. On Yews, with special Reference to the Fortingall Yew. Mr J. 



Lindsay 218 



VII. Who were the early Inhabitants of the Shell-mound named 



Caisteal-nan-Gillean, on Oronsay ? Mr S. Grieve, . . 227 

 VIII. Sketch of the Geology of the Pentlands. Mr J. Henderson, . 234 



IX. Diatoms. Mr J. Rattray, M.A., B.Sc 238 



X, Note on the Genus Lamium. Mr M. King, .... 250 

 XI. List of the Less Common Plants gathered at the Excursions 



during 1884, with Localities, The Secretary, . . . 254 

 XII. Note on the Squirrel (Sciurus europceus). Mr J. Thomson {Com- 



rmcnicatcd), .......... 257 



Meetings of Microscopic Section, — 260 



Improved Forms of Ether and Imbedding Microtomes. Mr Alex. 



Frazer, M.A. (luith Illustrations). 

 Photo-Micrography. Mr Wm. Forgan. 



Annual Business Meeting, 265 



SESSION 1885-86. 



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Opening Addi-ess. Mr S. Grieve, President, ... 

 The Organic Causes of the Coloration of Water, &c. Mr J 



Rattray, M.A., B.Sc, 



The Red Deer (Cervus elaijhus). Mr S. Grieve, President, 

 On the Structure and Pollination of the Flowers of Sarracenia 



J. M. Macfarlane, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., .... 

 The Rarer Birds of Stobo. Mr J. Thomson {Communicated), 

 The Fungus Foray in Roslin Glen. Mr A. B. Steele, 

 Discovery of the Water - Spider {Argyroneta aquatica) near 



Balerno. Mr A. B. Herbert, 



List of the Less Common Plants gathered at the Excursions 



during 1885, with Localities. The Secretary, 

 On the Objects and Methods of Meteorology. Mr Alex. Frazer 



M.A., 



Veronicas in the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh. Mr M. King, 



The Ring and Water Ousels ; 

 Craig, jun., . 



their Homes and Habits. Mr A 



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