PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



SESSION 1885-86. 



Annual Reports 



A List of Kirkcudbright MoUusks— i?*. R. Coles 



A Da,y on 'Ben JjSbwera— J. M' Andrew 



The Botany of Sanquhar District — Dr Davidson 

 A List of the Birds of Tynron Parish— T'. Broivn 



SESSION 1883-84. Page. 



Annual Reports 1 



The Sociological value of Entomology — Dr Sharp 5 



Ornithological Notes— JF. /f«.s7m<7s 6 



The Founder of Lincluden Abbey and his Relatives — W. M'Dowall 10 



Zymotic Diseases : their Cause and Cure— /. Wilson 12 



Destruction of Beasts and Birds of Prey— IF. /. ilfaarujeii 14 



Notes on Lincluden Abbey— /. -Barfeowr 18 



A Geological Sketch of Annandale — G.Johnstone ... 36 



Dimensions of Old Bridge of Dumfries— J. S«)-6o?M- 37 



SESSION 1884-85. 



Annual Reports 41 



Druidical Circle at Holy wood — Dr Gilchrist 44 



Notes on Local Ornithology— W. Hastings 45 



Recent Additions to Flora, &C.— -F. /?. CoZe.s 47 



Notes on the Flora of Upper Nithsdale, kc.—Dr Davidson .'50 



First Blossoming of Plants in Tynron, 1884 — J.Shaw 56 



Notes on some Trichoptera from Kirkcudbrightshire — J. J. King ... 57 



The Town's Common Mills and their History — J. Barbour ... ... 58 



Broads and Fens of East Anglia- J. 5«j7ie« 72 



Influence of Trees on Climate and Rainfall — P. Gi-ay 72 



The Rocks of Moffat District and their Fossil Remains — /. Dairon 75 



Memoir of the Rev. Mr Gatt—/. CiisoM ^. (S'torAe 82 



A Leaflet from the Book of Nature— i^. i?. OoZes 87 



Arctic Shell-beds of the Clyde— i?. If . J/ac/a(i3f a?). 93 



Lovely Polly Stewart— J. Barbour 95 



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