I^ e. 



VOL. VI. PART II. 0:j,V 



TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



tSlip ^&tni^upg$ fiM JQafuralisfs' anb 



SESSIOir 1908-1909 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



I. Notes on Lastrea remota (Moore).— Mr W. B. Boyd, .... 85 

 II. Some Characteristics of the Fauna of the Sea-Shore [with One Plate). 



—Mr D. C. M'Intosh, M.A., B.Sc, 93 



III. Old Dovecots (Scotland) (with Ttoo Plates).— ^r Bruce Campbell, . 96 



IV. The Influence of Volcanic Action on the Scenery of Scotland.— Mr 



James Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc, . . .108 



V. Glimpses of Marine Life on the Forth. — R«v. Alex. S. Wilson, 



M.A., B.Sc 112 



VI. Cup- and Ring-Marked Stones {with One Plate),— Mt Stewart Archibald, 125 



VII. Nature Notes.— The President, 135 



VIII. Bird-Life in Early Scottish Literature.— Rev. D. W. Wilson, M.A., . 141 



IX. Microfungi Observed at Traquair and Roslin.— Mr D. A. Boyd,. . 149 



X. "The Raven Wys."— Mr J. C. Adam 152 



XL The Sense-Organs of Plants {with Five Plates).— Mr R. A. Robertson, 



M.A., B.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., 164 



An Account of the Excursions (1909) (with Two Plates).— The President, 172 



Exhibits in Natural History, &c., 178 



Annual Business Meeting, ..... ^^ , .^^^^ 179 

 List of Members, 1908-1909, v^'^\\\S®nian /^S^T^^^S?^ 



Publigfjeti tor tijc 



BY 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD 

 MCMfx 







