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this to be drift peat — and it indicates a continuous set of 

 conditions for at least a mile. Perhaps a smaller find, 

 reported to have been discovered near Colinton, also may be 

 due to torrent action of very recent times. 



At the Botanic Garden and Golden Acre geologists have 

 recognised filled-in lakes of silt or sand in the superincum- 

 bent boulder clay. As previously stated, such a series of 

 lochs would form part of a scheme of the surface deposits 

 being laid down by intermittent torrent action. 



In connection with the paper there was shown an iron 

 horse shoe of recent make, covered by a ferruginous conglom- 

 erate cement, and found 13 feet from the surface, in the sand 

 and gravel capping the boulder clay, at the New Leith Docks, 

 beside Seafield Baths. The shoe is in the possession of Mr 

 Johnstone of the Leith office of the Edinburgh Gas Light 

 Company. 



V. List of the Birds which have been observed in the Parish of 

 Ccdlander, Perthshire. By J. Hamilton Buchanan, Esq. 



(Read 19th March 1879.) 



The following list is the result of observations made from 

 time to time by my father during the last thirty -two years, 

 with some additions from my own notes for the past four 

 years ; and although it may be still necessary to supplement 

 it, it is, I think, as nearly complete as possible. Before pro- 

 ceeding to give the list in detail, it may be well to describe 

 the physical characteristics of the district. 



The parish of Callander is situated in the south-west of 

 Perthshire. It is about eighteen miles long by ten broad, 

 and exhibits the usual variety of Highland scenery, except 

 at the eastern extremity, where it bounds with the Lowlands. 



There are several lakes in the parish, the chief of which 

 are. Loch Katrine, Loch Vennachar, and Loch Lubnaig. The 

 shores of the first two are sandy, while those of the last 

 named consist mainly of gravel, there being also a marshy 

 portion, which forms the breeding haunts of many coots, and 

 several pairs of little grebes. Around the shores are to be 



