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VOL. I. 



PART III. 



TRANSACTIONS 



(^^iiiburglj lil'atHralbts' Jficlb Club 



SESSION 1883-84 



CONTENTS. 



PAOK 



I. The Hinmdines.— Mr A. B. Her- 

 bert 119 



II. Note on a Rabbit killed by a 



Weasel.— Mr R.Stewart, S.S.C, 127 



III. A New Method of taking Im- 



pressions of Leaves. — Mr J. 

 TumbuU (Communicated), . 129 



IV. The Stoat or Ermine Weasel 



(Mustela erminea). — Mr R. Scot 



Skirving 130 



V. Concerning Lycopods and Sela- 

 ginellas: Past and Present.— 



Mr J. Lindsay 136 



VI. The Sylviida or Warblers.— Mr 



A. Craig, jun 143 



VII. On the Structure and Pollina- 

 tion of the Flower of Calathea 

 zebrina. — J. M. Maofarlane, 



D.Sc 160 



VIII. Note on the Mounting of Micro- 

 scopic Objects in Monobromide 

 of Naphthaline. — Mr W. I. 

 MacAdam, F.C.S., F.I.C., . . 151 



IX. The Structure and Habits of 

 Carnivorous Plants.— Mr A. D. 

 Richardson, .... I5i 

 X. Note on the Nest of the Reed- 

 Warbler ( Salicaria arundinacea). 

 —Mr A. B. Herbert, . .162 



XI. Some American Plants worth 



Notice.— Mr M. King, . . 163 

 XII. Note on the Westward Migra- 

 tion of the Flora and Reptilian 

 Fauna of the European Conti- 

 nent, as evidenced on the Main- 

 land of Scotland, &c.— Mr S. 

 Grieve, 166 



XIII. Animal and Vegetable Symbio- 



sis or Consortism. — Mr J. 

 Rattray, M.A., B.Sc, F.B.S., . 172 



XIV. The Nuthatch (Sitta ewropcea). 



—Mr A. B. Herbert, . .184 

 Meetings of Microscopic Sec- 

 tion 186 



Annual Business Meeting, . 187 



List of Members, 1883-84, . ix 



Printtti for tfjt Club 



BY 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD .^c SqNS 



MDCCCLXXXIV 



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