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Contents. 



Vin. Notes on Mosses from West Kilbride, Ayrshire.— Mr D. A. 

 Boyd ....... 



IX. Wild Life around Edinburgh.— Mr C. Campbell 

 X, West Kilbride and the North Ayrshire Coast.— Mr D. A. Boyd 

 XI. Some Notes on the Antiquities and Natural History of Cramond 



District.— Mr B. Campbell 

 XII. Remarks on Gloeocapsa. — Mr G. T. West 

 XIII. Alien Plants. —Messrs J. Eraser and J. M'Andrew 

 Report of the Microscopical Section. — Mr J. Russell 

 Exhibits in Natural History 



Presidential Address.— Mr A. Hewat, F.F.A., F.I. A, 

 Annual Business Meeting 



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SESSION 1904-1905. 



I. Yarrow : Its Literature and Romance. — Rev. R. Borland 

 II. Hypocrea riccioidea, Berli. — Mr J. M' Andrew 



III. Recent Views regarding Coral Reefs {vmh Sketch-mcqj), — Mr 



Goodchild ..... 



IV. Some Changes in the Avifauna of the Solway Area. — Mr 



R. Service ..... 



V. Work in a Canadian Orchard. — Mr J. Pursell 



VI. Linnfea borealis, Grounov. — Mr W. Wilson 



VII. The Utility of the Tit Tribe.— Mr A. B. Herbert 



VIII. An Account of some Copepoda that live as Parasites on, or 



Messmates with, other Invertebrata. — T. Scott, LL.D., 



F.L.S. ...... 



IX. Largs and its Surroundings. — Mr D. A. Boyd . 

 X. The Aims of Field-Club Excursions.— Mr W. C. Crawtord 

 F.R.S.E. ...... 



Report of the Microscopical Section. — Mr W. C. Crawford 

 F.R.S.E. ...... 



A Few Riccias from the Pentlands. — Mr J. M 'Andrew 

 Exhibits in Natural History .... 



Address by the President, Mr James Russell . 

 Annual Business Meeting .... 



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SESSION 1905-1906. 



I. A Contribution to the Hydrachnid Fauna of Scotland. — Mr 



W. Williamson ...... 239 



II. Some Features of Interest in Scottish Mountain Plants. — Mr 



D. S. Fish ...... 242 



III. The Great Gulf: An Interesting Point in Evolution. — Mr 



J. J. Macdonald ..... 258 



IV. Some of the Rarer Plants of the Gorebridge District. — Rev. 



D. W. Wilson, M.A. . . . . .264 



V. The " Water-Flea " Scare in our City.— Mr J. Lindsay . 267 



