554 KEPORT — 1893. 



result attained. These dates will also be published in the Zoological 

 Society's ' Proceedings.' 



The plan of work adopted by the compiler has been favourably com- 

 mented upon, among foreign specialists, by Professor J. Victor Carus, 

 Professor Sven Loven, and Mr. S. H. Scudq|ii. The Committee ask for 

 their reappointment, with a grant of 30?. in aid of the continuance of 

 this most useful compilation. 



Scottish Place-names. — Report of the Committee, consisting of 

 Sir C. W. Wilson, F.R.S. (Chairman), Dr. J. Burgess (Secre- 

 tary), and Mr. Coutts Trotter. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 



The Committee have to report that at their suggestion a Place-namea 

 Committee of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society was appointed to 

 consider the orthography of the Place-names on the survey maps of 

 Scotland, and specially to revise the spellings in the Gaelic-speaking 

 districts of the country. 



This committee, which had power to add to their number, con- 

 sisted of Professor James Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S. , Sherifif^neas Mackay^ 

 LL.D., Professor Julias Eggeling, Ph.D., Mr. A. Silva White, Secretary, 

 R. Scot. Geog. Soc. ; and James Burgess, LL.D., Chairman. It met on 

 November 20, 1891, and arranged the forms to be used in collecting 

 information, agreed to appoint local committees in each parish, and to 

 make additions to the committee of gentlemen specially qualified to aid 

 in the work. 



After correspondence there were subsequently added to the Committee 

 the following gentlemen: — Rev. Dr. Masson, M.D., Ex-Sheriff Alex, 

 Nicolson, LL.D., W. J. N. Liddall, Esq., Advocate, Sheriff D. Mac- 

 kechnie, Dr. D. Christison, Professor Blackburn, Hew Morrison, Esq., 

 J. M. Rusk, S.S.C, W. C. Smith, Esq., Advocate, Dr. Bannerman. 



The Committee were of opinion that, whilst names referred to them 

 by the Ordnance Survey from Lowland districts might be satisfactorily 

 dealt with by correspondence, personal knowledge, and references to- 

 records, it would be desirable to proceed otherwise with the great mass 

 of Gaelic names in Highland districts, and for these it was decided that 

 it would be necessary to prepare lists of all the names in each parish, and 

 to submit them, in the first place, to local or parish committees appointed 

 for the purpose of pointing out and correcting all supposed errors in 

 spelling. The local aiTangement of names in the survey books greatly 

 facilitated the identification of the spots intended ; and the Chairman wa» 

 empovvered to correspond with ministers and local gentlemen to form such 

 committees. The islands of Islay and Jura were then undertaken, and 

 the following instructions were issued to the local committees : — 



DIRECTIONS. 



* (1) The Place-names to be revised are written out under Column I. 

 Against those correctly spelt a x should be affixed in Column II. Cor- 

 respondents will distinguish names of Norse or English origin by adding 

 the initial letter N or E to the X under Column II. 



