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Rothii, W.M., and one or two crustaceous lichens; and where 
there was a trickle of water, a tuft of Andreea alpina, Sm., or 
Nardia emarginata, Ehr.; but nothing more to relieve the mono- 
tony of the surface. The ornithologists at this excursion had to 
confess to some disappointment with the results obtained. The 
Chiff-chaff (Phylloscopus rufus (Bechst.)), which was* first re- 
corded for Arran in 1895, was heard on the Cnocan Burn, and 
the Wood-wren (Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.) ) was common in 
the pines above the stables. 
* MILLporT, 13th June, 1896.—A dredging excursion to Mill- 
port was arranged for this date, and was well attended. Lima 
hians, Gmel., in its nest, some fine examples of the Nine- and 
Thirteen-rayed Starfishes (Solaster endeca, Linn., and 8. papposus, 
Retz.), and a good haul of Eupagurus prideauxw, Leach (a 
hermit-crab which occupies a leathery house formed for it by the 
Sea Anemone Adamsia palliata, Forbes), were the principal 
objects of interest reported. 
QueEN’s Park, 16th June, 1896.—About fifty members and 
friends attended this excursion. Assembling at the gates, Victoria 
Road, the party was met by Mr. Cruden, Curator of the Queen’s 
Park, and Mr. M‘Iver, Foreman of the Plant-houses, and con- 
ducted over the park by way of the shrubbery adjoining Queen’s 
Drive, round by the west end of the terrace, and along the herba- 
ceous border. ‘This stretch contains many interesting specimens 
of trees and shrubs, for the most part in vigorous health, not- 
withstanding the atmospheric conditions inseparable from a large 
industrial centre. The most noteworthy specimens here inspected 
were a cutleaved variety of the common Hornbeam (Carpinus 
Betulus, Linn., var. incisa); the maples, Acer campestre, Linn. ; 
A, platanoides, Linn. ; A. Pseudo-Platanus, Linn. ; A. circinnatum, 
Pursh; the Medlar (Mespilus Smithii, DC.); the Hickory (Ptero- 
carya stenoptera, C.DC.); the Plane Tree (Platanus occidentalis, 
Linn.); a crested variety of the Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica, 
Linn., var. tortwosa); the Walnut Tree (Juglans regia, Linn.); the 
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* Annals of Scot. Nat. Hist., 1895, p. 195. 
