
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 141 
23rp Frpruary, 1897. 
Mr. Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., President, in the 
chair. 
Mr. Paul Rottenburg, Holmhurst, Dowanhill Gardens, was 
elected asa Life Member. Messrs. C. F. Macdonald, 143 Watt 
Street, and William Foulds Martin, L.D.S., Braemar, Langside, 
were elected as Ordinary Members. Messrs. Ranald W. 
Macdonald, 70 Cambridge Drive, Kelvinside; John Stewart’ 
Rogerson, 48 Windsor Terrace ; and John Tennant, 8 Hampden 
Place, Mount Florida, were elected as Associates. 
Mr. William Stewart, Vice-President, exhibited the following 
species of Fungi, collected by Mr. D. A. Boyd, and sent by him 
for exhibition, from Halkshill Glen, Largs:—Odontia fimbriata, 
Pers., Peziza coccinea, Jaeq., and Corticium ceruleum, Fr. 
Colonel W. H. M. Duthie read a paper entitled ‘The 
Wild Birds’ Protection Act of 1894, and the Future of British 
Oology” (see page 43). There was also exhibited, by lantern, a 
large series of views of birds’ nests and eggs and nesting sites, 
from photographs taken from nature by Messrs. W. C. Monro and 
G. Burn Murdoch. The pictures were greatly admired for their 
beauty and variety, and appreciative remarks by Mr. William 
Stewart, Vice-President, Colonel Harington-Stuart, and Mr. 
David Andrew, followed. 
A paper by Mr. James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, 
Glasgow, entitled ‘‘ Meteorological Notes and Remarks upon the 
Weather during the year 1895, with its general effects upon 
Vegetation,” was held as read. 
The Hon. Secretaries intimated the deaths of Mr. Henry 
Boswell, Oxford, Corresponding Member, and Messrs, Adam Knox 
and Norman D. Napier, Ordinary Members. 
30TH Marca, 1897. 
Mr. Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., President, in the chair. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd read a memorial notice of the late Mr. David 
Robertson, LL.D., F.L.8., F.G.S. (See page 18.) 
Mr. John Renwick referred to the loss the Society had sustained 
through the death of Mr, C. O. Sonntag, Edinburgh, Correspond- 
