INDEX TO VOLUME XVII. 



Page. 



Annual Meetings 1,118,237,313, 367 



Exchanges and Donations ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,443 445 



Field Meetings 109, 113, 223, 229, 365, 438 



Parish of Luce (Hoddom) — George Irnrifj ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Vertebrates of Solway, a Century's Changes — Robt. Service, M. B.O.U. 11, 15 



Meteorological Observations — Rev. W. And-ion ... 33, 156, 265, 353, 378 

 Notes on above with Reference to Health — Dr J. Maxwell Ro'^s 



38, 271, 355, 384 



Variation of Plants— .S'. .4rno«, 2="./?. i7..? ... 41 



Dr Archibald's "Account of the Curiosities of Dumfries" and "Account 



about Galloway " — The late Dr James Macdonald, J''.S.A. (Scot.) 50 



Bird Notes iromEskdi\\e -Richard Btll 64 



Forts and Connecting Trenches in Eskdalemuir — Richard Bell ... 76 



Concerning the Market Cross — Jamen Barbour, F.S.A. (Scot.)... ... 85 



Scottish Burghal Life in 16th and 17th Centuries, illustrated by 



Extracts from Kirkcudbright Records — IFi^/ia?)! Z)icHe ... ... 90 



Etymology of Word " Ruthwell "— £/. /. Ghinnock, LL.D 103 



Botanical Notes for 1899 — James RP Andrew ... ... ... ... 106 



Mosses, Hepaticee and Lichens of District, Addenda and Corrigenda 



of — James M' Andrew ... ... ... ... ... 121 



Phenological Observations — J. Rutherford ... ... ... ... 125, 161 



Loehrutton Crannog— /rtWifi-s j5aj'/wM)-, /"..S'.^. ('.9co<.^ ... ... 128 



Pre-historic Forts near Dnnscore, a Contrast in — Rev. R. Simpson, B.D. 1-36 



Birds of Glencairn — DrJ. W.Martin 140 



Phenological Observations at Moniaive in 1901 — John Corrie 164 



Fauna of Glencairn —i>r /. W.Martin 166 



Edward I. at Sweetheart Abbey — E. J. Chinnock, LL.D 172 



Irvings of Hoddom, The — Georrje Irvinrj ... ... ... ... ... 175 



Lag's Elegy and other Chap Books — Frank Miller ... . ... 203 



Geology of Dumfries Basin — James Waft ... ... ... ... ... 216 



Cinerary Urn found at Holy wood— ZJr J. W.Martin ... ... ... 238 



Nith and its Estuary, a Year's Observations of the Temperature of 



the— i^ey. W. Andson 2.S9 



Lake Dwelling and Earthworks at Loch Urr — John Corrie ... ... 242 



Toxic Effects of Colchicums on Bees— 6'. ^rno«, i^.i?.//.& 246 



Lochrutton Crannog, Further Excavations at — James Barbour, F.S.A. 



(Scot.) 246 



Greyfriars' Monastery, Dumfries, Excavations on the Site of the — 



James Lennox. F.S.A. (Scot.) ... ... ... ... ... ... 254 



