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SESSION 1911-1012 



CONTENTS. 



FAOE 



I. A Mid-Lothian Bum {vnth One Plate).— JHessra J. U. Reid and R. M. 



Beaddie, . 885 



II. The Birds of Nairn.— Mr A. Wilson, M.A 400 



III. On the Potato.— Mr W. Wilson 413 



IV. Notes on a Visit to Egypt (with Eight Plates).— "NLr R. Smith, . . 416 

 V. The Elimination of AlgSB in Lochs and Ponds.— Mr J. Lindsay, . 422 



VI. Notes on Parasitic Ascomycetes : Part II.— Mr D. A. Boyd, . 431 



VII. Iceland Spar and the Polariscope {mth One Plate).— J/Lr F. B. TumbuU, 



F.S.M.C 439 



In Memoriam: William Watson, M.D., I. M.S. {With Portrait as 



Frontispiece).— JUx J. Lindsay, 447 



An Account of the Excursions (1912) (vnth One Plate).— The President, 462 



Exhibits in Natural History, 458 



Annual BusineBs Meeting 459 



Index, 461 



List of Members, 1911-1912 xxxiii 



Rules of the Society, -^^wiom 



^ufcliBiirt for tJjt Sctit|s • ^^^ 28 1913 



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