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Professor King referred to the loss the Society has sustained 
by the death of Dr. John Grieve, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., who became 
a member in 1858. (See page 357.) 
Professor King reported on the excursion to Castle Semple. 
(See page 363.) 
Mr. James Mitchell, Hon. Librarian, intimated that he had 
received from Mr. J. G, A. Baird, M.P., the gift of a complete set 
of the annual Parliamentary Blue Book Reports of the Fishery 
Board of Scotland. Mr. Mitchell also intimated that he had 
received from Mr. George Horn, Braithwaite’s “ British Moss 
Flora” (2 vols.), Stevenson’s “ Mycologia Scotica,” and Cooke’s 
“British Fungi.” Hearty votes of thanks were accorded to the 
donors. : 
Mr. .R. D. Wilkie exhibited Zortula princeps, De Not., and 
Ditrichum flewicaule, Schleich., from Falls of Clyde; Antitrichia ~ 
curtipendula, Linn., and Hypnum Crista-castrensis, Linn., from 
Callander; Grimmia funalis, Schimp., Oncophorus virens, Brid., 
and Neckera crispa, Linn., fertile, from Killin. : 
Mr. John Paterson read a paper entitled ‘“‘ Ornithological Notes, 
Clyde Faunal Area, 1895,” in which he made reference to the 
following points :—the irruption of the Little Auk (Mergulus alle 
(Linn.) ) early in the year; the duck-life of our estuarine waters, 
with statistics ; the movements of the Gulls in Glasgow Harbour ; 
the arrival of our summer visitors ; the status of the Common 
Sheld-Duck (Zadorna cornuta (S. G. Gmel.) ) as a Clyde species ; 
the occurrence in summer of the Tufted Duck (Fuligula cristata 
(Leach) ) and Shoveler (Spatula clypeata (Linn.) ) at Possil Marsh, 
and the Cormorant (Phalacrocoraz carbo (Linn.) ) there, in winter. 
A list of the birds of Douglasdale and some notes on waders in 
the Clyde estuary concluded the paper. 
Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc., F.L.S., contributed a list of fifty-eight 
‘wild plants which he had found in flower in Arran, in the first 
week of April of the present year. Among the plants forming 
the list the following deserve mention :—Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. ; 
Stellaria uliginosa, Murr.; Montia fontana, Linn.; Myrrhis 
odorata, Scop.; Crepis virens, Linn.; Veronica serpyllifolia, Linn. ; 
Euphorbia Peplus, Linn. 
On the recommendation of the Council, it was agreed to hand 
over to Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc., F.L.S., the sum of £30, on the 
