770 APPENDIX— KEITH, BRISBANE, NEILL, AND GUNNING PRIZES. 



16th Biennial Period, 188S-90. — Dr Ludwig Becker, for his Paper on "The Solar Spectrum at 



Medium and Low Altitudes," printed in Vol. XXXVI. 

 Part I. of the Society's Transactions. 



III. THE NEILL PRIZE. 



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



Pycnides of Filamentous, 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, E.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 M'Intosh, 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 Pinner 



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

 the Fcetal Membranes in the Cetacea," published in the 

 Transactions of the Society. 



6th Triennial Period, 1871-74. — Charles William Peach, Esq., 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, Esq., 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, 1883-8G. — B. N. Peach, Esq., for his Contributions to the Geology and 



Palseontology of Scotland, published in the Transactions of 

 the Society. 



11th Triennial Period, 1886-89. — Robert Kidston, Esq., for his Researches in Fossil Botany, pub- 

 lished in the Transactions of the Society. 



IV. GUNNING VICTORIA JUBILEE PRIZE. 



Ibt Triennial Period, 1884-87. — Sir William Thomson, Pres. R.S.E., F.R.S., for a remarkable 



series of papers " on Hydrokinetics," especially on Waves 

 and Vortices, which have been communicated to the Society. 



2nd Triennial Period, 1887-90. — Professor P. G. Tait, Sec. R.S.E., for his work in connection with 



the " Challenger " Expedition, and his other Researches in 

 Physical Science. 



