OOlsTTEJIsrTS. 



SESSION 1908-9. 



PAGE. 



Office-Kearers for 1908-9 3 



Annual Meeting ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 9 



Presidential Address — The Scottish Flora — Professor Sr.ott-Elliot ... 9 

 The British Skuas, with Special Reference to their Local Occurrences — 



B. Service 16 



St. Conal : The Patron Saint of Kirkconnell— fT. il/' J/ j«a?t 19 



Bulblets or Bulbils on Stems of Lilies — S. Arnott ... ... ... ... 25 



The Capture of the Covenanting Town of Dumfries by Montrose, the 

 King's Lieutenant-General, in the year 1644, and his Ejection 



Therefrom — James Barbour ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 



Vond Liie—E. J. Hill 43 



The Origin of the Name of Kirkpatrick-Durham — Rev. W. A. Stark ... 44 



The Kelpie~F. J. Arnott 52 



The Scalacronica (Sir Thomas Gray) — Dr E. J Chinnock 60 



The Recent Fire in the Town Hall of Dumfries, and a Previous Fire 



which Concerned the Town — James Barbour ... .. ... 87 



The Weather of 1908— i?er. irw. .4'ftd,so»j 93 



Weather and other Natm-al History Notes — J.Rutherford ... ... 93 



The Weather of 1908 in Relation to Health — Dr J. Maxivdl Ross ... 99 

 The Admirable Crichton : A Translation of a Latin Oration delivered 

 by him before the Senate of Genoa, in July, 1579, and a Brief 



Account of his Life — Douglas Crichton ... ... ... ... 100 



Objects of Interest on the Sea Shore — Wilson H. Armistead ... ... 126 



The Stones at Kirkmadrine — Rev. G. Philip Robertson .. 130 



Rare Birds of Recent Occurrence — R. Service ... ... ... ... 134 



A Famous Mediaeval Order (Knight's Templar) — Rev. fV. L. Stephen... 136 



Note on Raeburnfoot Camp, Eskdalemuir — James Bnrhour ... .. I37 



Pre- Reformation Ministers of Sanquhar — W. M'Millan ... ... ... 139 



The Late Rev. W. Andson — W. Dickie ... .. ... 145 



The Second Romantic Period of English Literature — Wm. Learmonth... 147 



Rome — David Halliday .. ... ... ... ... .. ... ... igs 



