CONTENTS. 



, Pcuge. 



SESSION 1880-81 1 



The Peat Formation at Newall Terrace 3 



Carnivorous Plants 4 



Carioes of Colvend ... 5 



Carabus Glabatus 6 



Bryology of the Glenkens 7 



CucuLus Canorus (The CccKoo) 10 



An Altered Trap at Newton-Stewart 11 



The Various Breeds of Dogs 14 



SESSION 1S81-8'J 15 



A Wasp's Nest, and the Wasp that built it 17 



Birds that Breed in the Parish of Dumfries 18 



Propagation of the Filices 21 



Tongland, with Notes of its Flora 24 



Notes on Local Ornithology 24 



SESSION 1882-83 ... 31 



Rare Birds 37 



The Charace^, with special reference to the British Species 39 



Place Names of Nithsdale 40 



Deil's Dyke West of the Dee] 43 



The Conversazione . 44 



The Size of the Old Bridge of Dumfries 45 



The Old Land Taxes 49 



