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1939 





^ VOL. I. 



PART II. 



TRANSACTIONS 



lliituriiltsts' ikU Club 



SESSION 1882-83 



CON TENTH'S. 



I. Notes oa the Nomenclature of 

 British Mosses. — Mr J. Wal- 



cot 45 



II. On a Specimen of Gyracanthus 

 obtained from the Carbonifer- 

 ous Limestone series at Burgh 

 Lee.— Mr T. Stock, . 

 Annual Business Meeting, . 



III. Restalrig Church : A Monograph. 



—Mr T. A. Douglas Wood, 



IV. Some Notes on Remains of the 



Great Auk or Garefowl (Aka 

 imponiix, L.) found in excava- 

 ting an ancient Shell-Mound in 

 Oronsay.— Mr S. Grieve, . 

 V. On a Specimen of the Poisonous 

 Lizard of Mexico [Heloderma 

 hnrrida, U'eif/mann). — Mr R. J. 

 Harvey Gibson, M.A., 

 VI. Bees and Bee Culture.— Mr A. B. 

 Herbert 



VII. List of a few Ferns and Fern- 

 Varieties collected chiefly in 

 the parish of Kilmalcolm, Ren- 

 frewshire, 1881-82.— Mr Stewart 

 Archibald 78 



VIII. Note on the continued flowering 

 of the Male Flowers of Anach- 

 aris alsinastrum.— Mr W. Tait 

 Kinnear 81 



IX. 



The Hainiug, Selkirk : with 

 Notices of its Antiquities, Top- 

 ography, and Natural History. 

 — Mr J. Lindsay, ... 82 



Pitlochry and its Bird-Life. — Mr 

 A. Craig, jun 87 



The Pentland Skerries.— Mr T. 

 M. Cruickshank, 



An April Trip to South Ronald- 

 shay.— Mr R. Thomson, LL.B., . 



A Gossip about Pets. — Mr R. 

 Stewart, S.S.C 



Shap Spa and its Surroundings. 

 — MrJ. Walcot, 



Specimens of Lizards from S. 

 America.— Mr P. B. Gibb, M.A., 



A Day's Ramble in the Northern 

 Part of the Island of Arran. 

 —Mr W. I. MacAdam, F.C.S., 

 F.LC 



On the Cathcart Ether Freezing 

 Microtome.— Mr Alex. Frazer, 

 M.A 



Notes on Spring Vegetation as 

 observed at Momingside. — Mr 

 G. L. Brown, .... 



Geological Notes on a few of 

 the Excursions. — Miss Craigie, 



Obituary Notice, .... 



List of Members, 1882-83, . 



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Ittntct) fov i\)C dub 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS 



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