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VOL. V. 



TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



^l^p ^binbupgl Fifli^ IQafuFalisIs' anb 

 In^irposropiral jSoripfg 



SESSION 1902-1903 



CONTENTS. 



PACK 



I. Some Additional Notes on the Birds of Perthshire.— Mr B. Campbell 



{.with Two Plates) 1 



11. Natural History in Earlier Days.— Mrs Aitcbison Robertson, M.D. 



{Cmmnimicated), 3 



III. Grasses of the Lothians.— Mr A. Mvirray 6 



IV. Ants in Relation to Flowers.— Mr J. G. Goodchild 10 



V. Some Observations on the Distribution of the Smaller Crustacea.— 



T. Scott, LL.D., F.L.S., 23 



VI. The Hedgehog.— Mr Tom Speedy 36 



VII. A Few Words on Fresh-water Mites.— Mr C. D. Soar, F.R.M.S. {imth 



Four Plates), {(Joimmi,niax,ted), ' 40 



VIII. Cotton and Its Cultivation.— Mr T. F. Binnie (Commtmicated), . . 46 



IX. Teasels.— Mr A. B. Steele 54 



Report of the Microscopical Section.— Mr J. Russell 59 



Exhibits in Natural History, 62 



Annual Business Meeting, 62 



List of Members, 1902-1903, v 



Publtsi^eb for tj^e Sactetg 



BY 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS 

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