692 APPENDIX. — KEITH, MAKDOUGALL-BRISBANE, AND NEILL PEIZES. 



9th Biennial Period, 18 74-70. — Alexander Buchan,A.M., for his paper "on the Diurnal Oscillation 



of the Barometer," published in the Transactions of the Society. 



10th Biennial Period, 1876-78. — Professor Archibald Geikie, for his paper " on the Old Eed 



Sandstone of Western Europe," published in the Transactions 

 of the Society. 



11th Biennial Period, 1878-80. — Professor Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer-Royal for Scotland, for his 



paper "on the Solar Spectrum in 1877-78, -with some 

 Practical Idea of its probable Temperature of Origination," 

 published in the Transactions of the Society. 



12th Biennial Period, 1880-82. — Professor James Geikie, for his "Contributions to the Geology of 



the North- West of Europe," including his paper " on the 

 Geology of the Faroes," published in the Transactions of the 

 Society. 



13th Biennial Period, 1882-84. — Edward Sang, Esq., LL.D., for his paper "on the Need of 



Decimal Subdivisions in Astronomy and Navigation, and on 

 Tables requisite therefor," and generally for his Recalculation 

 of Logarithms both of Numbers and Trigonometrical Ratios, 

 — the former communication being published in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Society. 



III. THE NEILL PRIZE. 



1st Triennial Period, 1856-59. — Dr W. Lauder Lindsay, for his paper " on the Spermogones and 



Pycnides of Eilamentous, Fruticulose, and Foliaceous Lichens," 

 published in the Transactions of the Society. 



2nd Triennial Period, 1859-62. — Robert Kaye Greville, LL.D., for his Contributions to Scottish 



Natural History, more especially in the department of Cryp- 

 togamic Botany, including his recent papers on Diatomacese. 



3rd Triennial Period, 1862-65. — Andrew Crombie Ramsay, F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the 



Government School of Mines, and Local Director of the 

 Geological Survey of Great Britain, for his various works and 

 Memoirs published during the last five years, in which he 

 has applied the large experience acquired by him in the 

 Direction of the arduous work of the Geographical Survey of 

 Great Britain to the elucidation of important questions bear- 

 ing on Geological Science. 



4th Triennial Period, 1865-68. — Dr William Carmichael MTntosh, for his paper "on the Struc- 

 ture of the British Nemerteans, and on some New British 

 Annelids/' published in the Transactions of the Society. 



5th Triennial Period, 1868-71. — Professor William Turner, for his papers "on the great Finner 



Whale ; and on the Gravid Uterus, and the Arrangement of 

 the Foetal Membranes in the Cotacea," published in the 

 Transactions of the Society. 



6th Triennial Period, 1871-74. — Charles William Peach, for his Contributions to Scottish Zoology 



and Geology, and for his recent contributions to Fossil Botany. 



7th Triennial Period, 1874-77. — Dr Ramsay H. Traquair, for his paper " on the Structure and 



Affinities of Tristichopterus alatus (Egerton)," published in 

 the Transactions of the Society, and also for his contributions 

 to the Knowledge of the Structure of Recent and Fossil Fishes. 



8th Triennial Period, 1877-80. — John Murray, for his paper "on the Structure and Origin of 



Coral Reefs and Islands," published (in abstract) in the 

 Proceedings of the Society. 

 9th Triennial Period, 1880-83. — Professor Herdman, for his papers "on the Tunicata," published 



in the Proceedings and Transactions of the Society. 



10th Triennial Period, 1883-86. — B. N. Peach, Esq., for his Contributions to the Geology and 



Palaeontology of Scotland, published in the Transactions of 

 the Society. 



