MOSS: OHITUARY NOTICE— ROBERT CAlRNS. 293 



In addition to the fossil species already mentioned, the following 

 lecent forms were also named after him : — Haininea cairnsiana 

 Melvill and Standen ; Ennea aiirnsii Melvill and Ponsonby ; Cyprcea 

 cauiica van cairnsiatia Melvill and Standen. 



In connection with his geological field work, he was for many 

 years intimately associated with the late Mr. George Wild, of Bardsley, 

 and the late Mr. James Radcliffe, of Asliton-under-Lyne, who were 

 both keen geologists, and who formed with Mr. J. H. Grundy and the 

 writer a little band of workers whose frequent meetings will never be 

 forgotten. 



Mr. Cairns was born in Hawick in 1854, and came to Lancashire 

 about 1875 as assistant to Mr. Abraham Park, J.P., at Albion Schools, 

 Ashton-under-Lyne. He took the Head Mastership of the Hurst 

 British School in or about 1877, which appointment he held to the 

 time of his death. From the time of his taking up the latter appoint- 

 ment, the writer has had the uninterrupted pleasure of the com- 

 panionship of one of the best types of the Lancashire field naturalist 

 the county has ever produced, even if we may be called upon to 

 acknowledge that Scotland wa^ the land of his birth. 



This paper might be indefinitely enlarged with personal sketches 

 of our old friend, but probably enough has been said to keep his 

 memory green in the hearts and minds of hosts of friends who will 

 read these pages. It is sad to think that at such a comparatively 

 early age he has been taken away from us, and our sympathies must 

 go out freely to his wife and to the two sons and two daughters he 

 leaves behind him to mourn his loss. 



[Note.— By the kind permission of the Editor of the " Lancashire 

 Naturalist," we are able to reproduce in this number an 

 excellent portrait of Mr. Cairns. — Ed.]. 



A Note of the Occurrence of Pisidium lilljeborgi, Clessin, in the Island of 

 Arran. — In Loch Urie, a small mountain lake, situated about 1,300 feet above 

 Lamlash, in the Island of Arran, numerous specimens of Pisiditiin lilljeborgi were 

 taken in September, 191 1. Many of the specimens were of unusually large size. 

 P. lilljeborgi is associated with P. caseitanuni and P. pusillum in this loch. The 

 specimens were identified by Mr. B. B. Woodward.— K. H. Jones {Read before the 

 Society, Dec. 13th, 191 1). 



