342 Microfungi observed near Kirkcaldy, &c, [Sess. 



2. By Mr Geo. M. Brotherston. 



Superb .Tanager {Calliste fastuosa). 

 Robin (cinnamon coloured), (^W^Aactts rubecula). 

 Bearded Tit (pair), {Panurus biarmicus). 

 Dwarf or Bib Finch (pair), {Spermestes nana). 

 Avadavat (pair), (Sporoeginthus amadava). 

 Baltimore Hang-nest {Icterus baltimore). 



At Tables I., II., and III. the specimens were all living. 

 Table IV. — Exhibits under the Microscope by Members of the Society. 



A selection of lantern slides by Messrs E. Denson, Geo. 

 Cleland, T. H. Gillespie, and D. C. M'Intosh was also shown. 



" A Peep at the West Indies," a racy and instructive paper, 

 was read at the meeting of March 22 by Mrs Duncan. 

 Eeference was made to the absence of twilight, the sudden- 

 ness of rain floods, and to the fruits, insects, and birds of 

 these islands. The effects of the great eruption in 1902 of 

 Mont Pel^e in Martinique were still plainly visible. 



At the same meeting Mr W. C. Crawford gave the Eeport 

 from the Microscopical Section, the subject of whose study 

 during the winter was " Freshwater Plankton around Edin- 

 burgh." 



Nlll.— MICROFUNGI OBSERVED NEAR KIRKCALDY 

 AND FUSHIEBRIDGE, 



By Mr D. A. BOYD, Corresponding Member. 

 {Read April 26, 1911.) 



On Saturday, 1st October 1910, the Society visited the 

 grounds at Eaith, Kirkcaldy, and on the following Saturday 

 they went to Currie Glen, near Eushiebridge. On both 

 occasions some attention was devoted to the Microfungi 

 observed in the course of the excursion, and the material 



