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species, showed nie ;i hollow where for the last eiglit or nine 

 years a duck Iiad regularly hatched her brood. At the time we 

 visited it ten eggs had been laid, and through all these years there 

 never had been less. A short distance from this another has 

 nested successfully for the last four years, and so secluded is their 

 retreat that I have every hope they will occupy it undisturbed for 

 many years to come. These then are the 67 birds breeding in the 

 district at the present time. Probably a few more will yet fall to 

 be added, such as the Linnet, Twite (before mentioned), and the 

 Woodcock, which this season was observed by one of the keepei's 

 in June. Tiie absence of some of the more familiar song-sters can 

 be accounted for by the absence of slirub and sheltering bush, yet, 

 withal, the record for an inland district is a large one. 



"itli of December, 1888. 

 Rev. William Andson in the Chair. 

 Neiv Member. — Mr Bernard Drummond. 



Donaiions. — A List of the Mosses and Hepatica3 of Dumfries 

 and Kirkcudbright Shires, by Mr James M' Andrew ; a Collection 

 of Birds' Nests, by Dr Davidson ; " The Gardener's Dictionary," 

 in 3 vohrmes, published in London 1748, by Mr Croal ; and the 

 Transactions of several Societies. 



Treasurer's Report. 



The hon. Treasurer submitted his annual report, which was 

 unanimously adopted on the motion of Mr James Lennox. 



GHABGE. 



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Do. Glass Case 



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