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Anderson, also that Caress vesicaria was believed to grow at 

 Litlitillum, but the grass of it only is at present visible, and 

 Rumex maritima from the same locality, both to be revised by 

 specimens. The Rev. George Gunn exhibited another Sirex 

 gigas, from joiner's shop at Newton Don, which shows how 

 general it is becoming now that decaying timber is being cut up. 



A list of Fungi found in Grange Wood and on Coldingham 

 Moor by the Eev. Dr Paul, Rev. G. Gunn, and Mr Ferguson, 

 will be found appended to this report, and also a List of Plants 

 from Dowlaw Dean by Dr Charles Stuart, Chirnside. 



In an interesting letter to the Secretary regarding this 

 meeting, Mr Bolam writes: — ''None except common butter- 

 flies were seen. Lots of Grayling {Satyeus simile), but it is 

 very common. Evans and I got some larvs© of the Knot- 

 grass Moth {Acronycta rumicis) which he took home for his 

 boy. It is a very pretty caterpillar, but common. Mr Ferguson 

 brought to the meeting a large caterpillar of the Pepper and 

 Salt Moth {Amphidasis hetularid) to ask what it was. He had 

 found it in his garden at Duns feeding upon an apple — on the 

 fruit which is unusual. It feeds on the foliage of a variety of 

 trees including apple. I kept the caterpillar and bred the moth 

 the following Spring, feeding the caterpillar on the apple which 

 Mr Ferguson brought with him. 



When I was over the same ground a short time before the meet- 

 ing, a Teal was flushed in the bottom of Dowlaw Dean, and close to 

 a fox earth, in which there were cubs at the time, and found she 

 (the Teal) had young ones there. This is not a usual place for 

 such a duck to nest, but Dr Hardy said I think that he had 

 known them there before. One or two Eiders were diving 

 about the rocks there. We saw some of the birds at 

 sea on 25th August, and some Terns were fishing off shore." 

 Dr Stuart writes that he has also frequently seen the Teal Ducks 

 at this place, and that they nest there. 



Reference was made to large peat mosses in the farms of 

 Redheugh and Dowlaw which contain remains of aboriginal 

 trees, oak, birches, hazels, and willow, in that of Dowlaw full- 

 grown Scots pine, being the only Berwickshire moss in which 

 this timber is known to be preserved. The return drive was 

 made in sufficient time to allow the members to depart by train 

 to their several homes, well satisfied with one of the most 

 interesting and enjoyable excursions of the year. 



