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VOL. II. 



PART IV, 



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90 



TRANSACTIONS 



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SESSION 1889-90 



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I. An Account of Gurhwal, a District in the Himalayas. — Dr Wm. 



Watson, President, 281 



II. The Hoopoe in Westmoreland.— Bailie Walcot, 308 



III. A Few Notes on a Journey from Bombay to Jeypore, Rajputana. 



—Mr S. Grieve 310 



IV. Rats and the Balance of Nature.— Mr T. Speedy 323 



V. The Garden - Spider {Epeim diadema) as an Architect. — Mr R. 



Stewart, S.S.C 337 



VI. On the Echinoidea or Sea-Urchins.— Mr J. Lindsay 341 



VII. The Kaurie Pine (Dammara austral is).— Mr H. Fraser, . . . 357 



VIII. Stray Notes on the Birds of Anglesea.— Mr A. Craig, jun., 360 



IX. Round about the Northern Cliffs.— Mr J. Sutherland, ... 372 



X. On Sclerenchymatous Cells.— Mr W. Coats 378 



XI. The Tufted Duck (FuUgula cristataY—Mx A. B. Herbert, ... 382 



XII. The Magpie.— Mr T. Speedy, 384 



Annual Business Meeting, 391 



List of Members, 1889-90 xxi 



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