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BIRDS NOTED IN ARRAN DURING JUNE 1899. 
Raven. Starling. 
Carrion crow. Missel-thrush. 
Rook. Mavis. 
Jackdaw. Blackbird. 
Common gull. Yellow bunting. 
Herring gull. Swallow. 
Black-headed gull. House-martin. 
Lesser black-backed gull. Chaffinch. 
Greenfinch. 
Cormorant. Willow warbler. 
Guillemot. Wood warbler. 
Heron. Chiffchaff warbler. 
Curlew. Whitethroat warbler. 
Peewit. Wheatear. 
Common sandpiper. Whinchat. 
Cuckoo. Stonechat. 
Red grouse. Robin. 
Black grouse. Hedge-accentor. 
Pheasant. Redpole. 
Woodcock. Wren 
Snipe. | Creeper. 
Mallard. Goldcrest. 
Corncrake. / House-sparrow. 
Rock-pipit. Great tit. 
Meadow-pipit. Blue tit. 
Tree-pipit. Cole tit. 
Spotted flycatcher. Pied wagtail. 
Wood-pigeon. Grey wagtail. 
V—THE BOTANY OF A RAILWAY STATION. 
By Mr A. CAMPBELL. 
(Read Feb. 28, 1900.) 
WHEN residing at Burntisland a good many years ago, I 
became interested in the number of plants that grew on the 
railway lines connected with the station. And at the out- 
set it will be as well to define what I mean by “railway 
station.” To the ordinary passenger it means the booking 
office, platform, waiting-rooms—and to some, that important 
modern institution, the refreshment-room. To the man in 
charge it means the main line from distant signal-posts and 
all the sidings connected therewith — west to the seashore 
