CONTENTS. 



SESSION 1881-82. 



PAGE 



Introductory Note, 1 



I. How we Spent the 30th July 1879 in the Wilds of Kilmonivaig 



and North-west Badenoch. Mr S. Grieve, .... 3 



II. Note on the Habits of the Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). 



Mr A. B. Herbert, 8 



III. Bones and Shells taken from a Kitchen-midden on Inchkeith 



during 1881. Mr T. B. Sprague, 12 



IV. The probable Effects of a change of Elevation on the Flora of a 



Country. Mr W. Tait Kinnear, . .... 14 



V. Notes of a Botanical Ramble in the Saentis district, Switzerland, 



August 1881. Mr G. Bird 19 



List of Animal Parasites shown by Mr J . Simpson, ... 23 

 VI. The Haunts and Habits of the Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra). Mr 



A. Craig, jun., 24 



VII. Note on the Wall-Creeper {Tichodroma Phcenicoptera) and a few 

 other Birds observed on a Visit to Switzerland. Mr A. B. 



Herbert, . 30 



VIII. Note on the Mouth-organs of Insects. The Secretary, . . 33 



IX. Mimetic Plants. Mr J. Lindsay, 33 



X. Acotyledons, Monocotyledons, and Dicotyledons : their Morph- 

 ology and Physiology. Mr W. Lundie, ..... 39 

 XI. Note on the Roosting of the Peregrine Falcon on the Spire of St 



Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. Mr R. Stewart, S.S.C, . 44 



SESSION 1882-83. 



I. Notes on the Nomenclature of British Mosses. Mr J. Walcot, 45 

 II. On a Specimen of Gyracanthus obtained from the Carboniferous 



Limestone series at Burgh Lee. Mr T. Stock {Communicated), 50 



Annual Business Meeting, 52 



III. Restalrig Church : A Monograph. Mr T. A. Douglas Wood, . 53 



IV. Some Notes on Remains of the Great Auk or Garefowl (Alca 



impcnnis, L. ) found in excavating an ancient Shell-Mound in 

 Oronsay. Mr S. Grieve, 58 



