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TRANSACTIONS 



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SESSION 1896-97 ^TZt?^ 



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CONTENTS. 



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I. Migration of the Hirundines.— Mr A. B. Herbert 207 



II. Bees : A Year's Work in the Hive.— Mr A. Murray 208 



III. In Memoriam : Andrew Moffat.— Mr J. Lindsay 214 



IV. Flax {Linu.ni usitatissimum). — Mr W. Forgan, 218 



V. The Magpie.— Mr A. Campbell 219 



VI. Birds of Kintail, Ross-shire.— Mr A. Craig, 224 



VII. A Badger Colony in Dalmeny Park.— Mr C. Campbell, ... 232 

 VIII. Supplementary Note on the Great Auk or Garefowl (Alca impennis 



Linn.) (with Ilhtstrations). — Mr S. Grieve 237 



IX. The Kea, or New Zealand Parrot.— Mr T. Speedy 273 



X. The Upper Elf Loch, Braids (First Paper).— Messrs T. Scott, F.L.S., 



and J. Lindsay, 276 



XI. Plant Origins (Report from the Microscopical Section).— Mr W. C. 



Crawford, F.R.S.E 288 



Microscopical and Natural History Exhibition 291 



Notes on Last Summer's Excursions.— Dr Davies 293 



Exhibits in Natural History 299 



Annual Business Meeting 299 



List of Members, 1896-97, xvii 



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