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VOL. II. 



TRANSACTIONS 



PART II 



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SESSION 1887-88 



I. 



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VI. 

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VIII. 



IX. 



X. 



XI. 



XII. 



XIII. 



XIV. 



CONTENTS. 



Recent Notes on the Great Auk or Garefowl.— Mr S. Grieve, 



President, 



The Rook.— Mr Tom Speedy, 



Notes on the ConifersB.— Mr H. Fraser, 



Polarised Dark -ground Illumination. — Mr W. Penman, Assoc 



M.Inst.CE 



An Ancient Lake-Deposit in Queen's Park.— Messrs J. A. Johnston 



and J. Lindsay, 



On an Ornithological Visit to Warwickshire.— Mr A. Craig, jun., . 

 Some Peculiar Occurrences in Natural History. — Mr R. Stewart 



S.S.C 



Optical Phenomenon seen in Glenure.— Mr W. Coats, 



Note on Eucalyptus globulus.— Mr H. Fraser 



Stoats and Weasels.— Mr Tom Speedy, 



List of Plants gathered in Switzerland.— Mrs Sprague, 



Fungus Folk-Lore.— Mr A. B. Steele 



Remarks on the Genus Aulacodiscus Ehrb.- Mr J. Rattray, M.A. 



B.Sc, F.R.S.E ' 



A New Form of Freezing and Embedding Microtome. — Mr A. 



Frazer, M.A 



Meetings of Microscopic Section 



Annual Business Meeting, . 



List of Members, 1887-88, . 



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