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oiir last Transactions. The first part of the " Fauna of Twizell" was 

 also laid before the Club, comprising the vertebrated animals, and the 

 coleopterous and lepidopterous insects, and we cannot too much recom- 

 mend the adoption of the plan of this paper to our members. It is, in 

 fact, following out the principal object of the Club, and if done with 

 care and attention to local circumstances, such essays would lead to 

 our intimate knowledge of the habitats and geographical distribution 

 of most, and in time of all, of oiu- native species. — ^We had, in conclu- 

 sion, from Mr Baird, Remarks on the Horary Observations made xxnder 

 the superintendence of our learned member at St Bathans ; and an 

 Account of the Aurora, as it occurred at Berwick, on the evenings of 

 the 1 7th and 19th November, and which it will be interesting to compare 

 with a paper which the same author read to us in the season of 1834. 



The meeting for May took place at Houndwood Inn, an apparently 

 favourable station, but rendered most unsatisfactory by the inclemency 

 of the weather. Pive raembers only were present ; but they were 

 gratified by the appearance of Dr Grreville and the Rev. Mr Duncan as 

 visitors. During the day, the incessant rain and cold north wind ren- 

 dered all attempts at out-door work nearly frmtless, and some of the 

 more common coleoptera only were obtained. By the botanists the 

 remarkable Podisoma juniperi communis, a parasitic fungus upon the 

 living juniper, was noticed. In the after part of the day, a paper was 

 read " On the Proverbs, Popular Sajdngs, and Rhymes of Berwick- 

 shire," by Mr Henderson, which excited considerable interest, and 

 gave rise to an after discussion. 



At Chatton, June 15th. This may be called the meeting of the year. 

 Favoured by a beautiful day, the Club met to breakfast in high spirits. 

 The vicinity is excellent both for the botanist and entomologist, and 

 Chillingham Park was the fii'st object of the walk. Independent of its 

 natural beauties, the extent of the domain and variety of wood and 

 cover render it a spot most fertile for the excursions of 4he natura- 

 list. The greater part of the foi-enoon was occupied in it, and the 

 party were gratified by a sight of its peculiar ornament — the wild cattle, 

 and by groups of red and fallow deer. Rass Castle, a hill within the 

 park, was visited, and some rare insects were taken in the vicinity. 

 Campylis linearis and Cardbus nitens may be noted among the coleop- 

 tera ; of the latter, three specimens were taken on the castle. Neither 

 were the botanists idle. Listera corclata and Trientalis europcea were 

 found, the latter in profusion on all the higher grounds. From the 

 Park, the party proceeded to Hepburn HiU, but time had run, and 

 allowed only a slight examination of a smaU portion of this rich 

 ground. Trientalis continued in profusion, Genista anglica was abun- 

 dant on the muir, Mijosotis repens rendered every moist spot in the wood 

 resplendent by its light blue flowers, and the birch was crimsoned with 

 JErineum roseum, an addition to the fungi of the district. In the evening, 

 a beautiful hybrid plant between Iris Oermanica and /. Florentina, very 



