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amall size, which had been broken across some 25 feet above 

 the ground. The entrance to the nesting hole was within a 

 foot of the top of the stump, and was almost perfectly round, 

 and of a size just sufficient to admit the bird. Mr Ferguson 

 watched the nest for more than an hour on 11th June, and 

 saw the female enter and leave the nest. The male was 

 flying about near, but appeared to be much shyer than his 

 mate, and could not be so well observed. The keeper 

 informed him that it had been seen in the woods for several 

 successive seasons, and he has no doubt they have bred each 

 year, but the nest was never discovered till now. 



After dinner at the inn, the President acknowledged the 

 services rendered to the Club by Mr Hood and Mr Richardson, 

 and Rev. J. Hunter. With the special sanction of the Club, 

 whilst proposing the Toast of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 

 Club, he made a direct personal reference to the presence of 

 the Secretary during the day, after his prolonged absence. 

 Having congratulated him upon his recovery, the President 

 stated that had it not been for the individual work and the 

 wise enthusiasm of their indefatigable and esteemed Secretary. 

 the Club could scarcely have maintained its proud position 

 as the Premier Field Club in Scotland. Dr Hardy had been 

 a contributor to the Transactions from the first volume. 



Thereafter the following gentlemen were proposed as 

 members of the Club: — Colonel Charles Hope, Cowdenknowes ; 

 John Wilkie Weddell, Lauder Barns; Francis Lynn, F.S.A., 

 Galashiels; and William Rae MacDonald, F.S.A., Forres 

 Road, Edinburgh. 



Specimens of the Glowworm were exhibited by Mr Thomson, 

 Shawdon, from that place ; and of some gravel, fused by 

 lightning during a thunderstorm, last July, 1882, at Chapel 

 Hill, by Mr Wilson, and described in Vol. x., 200-1, of the 

 Transactions. The Rev. J. Hunter also brought some fossils 

 — Productus, Sphenopteris, etc., which had been collected by him 

 and the Secretary. 



Dr Stuart showed select specimens of the following plants 

 and flowers, which were greatly admired: — Veronica saxatilis 

 var. Stuarti, Androsace Leichtleni, Erigeron Californicum, 

 Chrysogonum Virginiarum, Rosa Hibernica (from Galway) ; 

 Astragalus Hypoglottis Alb., the new rayless Viola (raised by Dr 

 Stuart in 1894), Polemonium humile, and Lathyrus Drummondi. 



