440 



NaturMl /Histom^ in Scotland, 



furQish you with a table of this sort, showing the difference of longevity in 

 the .various portions of the British empire. I am. Sir, yours, &c. — L.D. C. 

 Oxfardy J^ml 4. 



Natural History in Scotldnd, 



jerious to Hie Parish of Kilsjnndie, in Perthshire. — Sir, 

 Pennit me to point out the habitats of a few of the rare plants in this parish, 

 which may be acceptable to the lovers of botany among your readers, and may 

 induce others of your contributors to furnish similar lists from their respect- 

 ive parishes throughout Perthshire ; a county which, from its varied sur- 

 face, produces as many rare and interesting plants as any in the island : — 



Grammltis Ceterach. Den of Gothens. 

 Pilulariaglobulifera. Whitemyre Dam. 

 Sison iniindktum. Whitemyre Dam. 

 AWsma. ?-anunculoides. Wliitemyre Dam. 

 JSeseda liltea. West side A nnat Park. ^ 

 £upl^6rb?a exigua. Den of Pitroddie. 

 Hab^naria cordkta. Hill of Shanry. ! 



dv&tp. Woods, Annat Park. 



wiridis Whitemyre. 

 Botrfchkim Lutiaria. Green pasture. Hill of 

 Gafconliall. 



Vhxls quadrifblia. Lifln of Balmyre. 

 Trjent^lis europseNis. Foulford Wood, 

 ^yoscyamus n'iger. Rait Hill. 

 Carduus M-Avydna. Den of Kilspindie. 

 Cichbrium /'ntybus. Annat Park. 

 Primula elatior. Linn of Balmyre. 

 Aspldium Dry6pteris. I^dywell Park. 

 jThymus J'cynos. Old pasture and rocks near 

 Shanry. 



I jteve found several rare })lants in the neighbouring parishes, not included 



in the above list, which, I hope, will be noticed by others of your botanical 



contiribiiitors. More extensive aud more interesting lists of this nature might 



be fi^rm^hed from the north and west parishes of the county, than what is 



producetl in the parish of Kilspindie. I am. Sir, &c.- — Wm. Gorrie. Annat 



(^ar\lensl Feb: 16. . 



} A\Pair of Siskin- FincJiffs (jPringilla spinus Zy.) have hatched with me this 



se^feon, a thing of very rare occurrence. A naturalist here infonns me that 



it is t4ie ikftt instance that has come to his knowledge. They have often 



been crossed with canaries. The young have left the nest about a week 



ago: there were three of them, but one is since dead; the other two are 



thriving well, and can now eat of their own accord. The old ones have got 



a Best again: their eggs are of a pale blue colour^ sparingly marked with dark 



spots, which are thickest at the round end ; the nest is small,' but neatly 



built. They are a very familiar bu-d, sitting upon your hand, and feeding; 



"^whither also the young come, and are fed by their parents. T have got 



I '4nany other nests, but none of them are particularly worthy of notice, being 



I Jquite common. I may mention that the birds have liberty to fly abotit 



in a room, and that they build in whin, broom, and fir branches, fixed \\ke 



t bushes and trees on the floor. I am, Sir, &c. — John Milne. Edinburgh^ 



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 no TirrfntdVif Imfj i^bnnd;^ bus ,L'. ■i'i no abniw/haJgow bnol 3T3W 



•),J)tAfiB Ail, showing the Motion of the Merctiry in th6 Barometer sted Tbfer- 

 ,^, mometer, and the Dew Point, or the Mean of each, for every Ten Days 

 J* , in the Months of June and July ; also the Mean of the minimum Tempera- 

 „r, .ture, and of the Mean Temperature, within 6 in. of a South Brick Wall, 



I' the Thermometer being shaded; the Depth of Rain in the Pluviometer, 

 !. and the Quantity of Moisture evaporated in the Evaporating Gauge, 

 {\ during the same period: as extracted from the Register kept at Annat 

 ,^' Gai'dens, Perthshire, N. Lat. 56° 23^' ; above the Level of the Sea 172 ft., 

 ^., and 15 miles from the Coast ; being the Mean of daily Observations at 



"10 o'clock Mofning and 10 o'clock, JvenTOj* ifA odi'io tij^wvu . c «o' 

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