140 THE REV. MR RAIRD's ADDRESS. 



was presented to the Chib, tliroiigli Mi* Donaldson, from Messrs J. and 

 C. AValker, for which Mr Donaldson was requested to return the 

 thanks of the Club. A specimen of the Pholas crisjjafa, found sparingly 

 in Berwick Bay, an addition to the bivalve shells of Berwickshire, was 

 exhibited b^^ Dr Johnston ; who also announced the following contribu- 

 tions to the Flora of Berwickshire, made by Miss Hunter of Anton's 

 Hill :— 



Agaricus granulosus. Thelephora incrustans. 



sulphureus. Helvella crispa. 



peronatus elastica. 



squarrosus. Peziza tuberpsa. 



variabilis. hemisphterica. 



JSistotrema confluens. fructigena. 



Thelephora laciniata. 



Of all these Fungi, some of which are rare, specimens were shewn, as 

 also of Agarmis cocMeatus, Elapliomyces gramdatus, and Torula antemmta, 

 which the Doctor had himself discovered in plantations about Foulden. 



Of the meeting in May at Houndwood, there is extremely little 

 worthy of record ; for, though it was a very pleasant one, the day also 

 delightful, and the attendance of members respectable, yet, owing to 

 the exceedingly backward and unpropitious state of the season, nothing 

 new or interesting in any department of Natural History was observed. 

 While some of the members sought the amiisement of angling, another 

 party, in a different direction, proceeded first through a thick and 

 tangled bank of natural wood rising above the river Eye, in the hope 

 that it might afford something interesting ; but, though the ground 

 seemed favourable, in this they were disappointed. With the same 

 object in view, they next proceeded to thread the mazes of a wooded 

 and romantic ravine, formed by a little streamlet called Atton-Burn. 

 The day and scenery being delightful, there was much enjoyment in 

 the walk ; but with the exception of one or two rare insects captured 

 by Mr Selby,* and the discovery of the nest of the Dipper ( Cmdus 

 aqiiaUcus) on the edge of a little precipice overhanging a deep pool at 

 the bottom of a waterfall, a most inaccessible situation, nothing was 

 found meriting particular notice. Chrysosplenium alternifoUum was 

 afterwards found growing sparingly on a wet bank by the river Eye, 

 about a mile and a-half above Houndwood; and on the higher wooded 



• Mr Selby gives the following List of tliose taken on this occasion: — 



