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The Scottish Naturalist. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



[Vol. xii., Parts I and 2.] 



Since our last notice of the publications of this well-known club two parts 

 have appeared ; and we must apologise for unavoidable delay in noticing the 

 contents of the earlier of the two, which deals with the Reports and Papers 

 read in 1887-88. The energy alike of the office-bearers and of the members of 

 the club shows no sign of abatement in either of the parts now before us, 

 which worthily sustain the reputation of the previous volumes. 



The following are the chief contents of Part I, in so far as not of purely 

 antiquarian interest : — 



Presidential Address by Rev. David Paul on Fungology. 



Report of the Meetings of the Club, for the year 1887, by 



James Hardy — 1, on 25th May, to Edrom ; 2, on 29th June, to Felton, 

 and neighbourhood ; 3, on July 27th, to Alswinton and neighbourhood ; 4, on 

 August 31st to Stow, (a list of Fungi from Stow, supplied by Rev. J. M. 

 Robertson, is added to this Report) ; on September 14th, to Rule Water and 

 its neighbourhood ; on October 13th, at Berwick. In his reports of these ex- 

 cursions Mr. Hardy has, as usual, embodied many interesting notes on the 

 Natural History, Botany and Antiquities of the places visited. Contrasts 



between the Scottish and Scandinavian Floras with a few 

 Remarks on the Scenery, by Dr. Chas. Stuart, states impressions pro- 

 duced by a visit (with the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club) to the Hardanger 

 District in August 1887. Alnmouth Marine Algae, by Andrew 

 Amory, enumerates several additions to the local lists. 



In A List of Fungi (Hymenomycetes) found mostly in the 

 Neighbourhood of Roxburgh in 1887, and Hitherto Unre- 

 corded from the District of the Club, the Rev.'.D. Paul enumerates 



Agaricus inamcenus, A. cirrhatus, A. speciosus, A. durus, A. carbonarius, 

 Cortinarius alboviolaceus, Gomphidias gracilis, Lactarius pallidas, and 

 Fistidina hepatica. 

 On the Classification of the Carboniferous Limestone 



Series, Northumbrian Type, by Hugh Miller of H. M.Geol. Survey, 

 is a vindication of the views of the late George Tate of Alnwick. On the 

 Dovrefjeld, Norway, by George Bird, is a botanist's account of a visi 

 to a region of special interest to the botanists of Scotland. 



Natural History Notes from Upper Coquetdale, by William 



Thompson. Though dealing with a district across the Border, it may be per- 

 mitted to refer to one of the " notes " which concerns the rare case of a merlin 

 mating with a kestrel in the wild state. On the Wild Pigeons of the 



Coast of Berwickshire, by James Hardy. Note on a Spider 



{Meta Menardi Lat.) New to the District, by George Bolam. This has 

 been found already near Aberdeen, and in the Trossachs. There are also several 

 papers upon the antiquities, both historic and prehistoric, of the district, 

 chiefly by Mr. Hardy, whose paper on British Urns found at Hoprig, 

 near Cockburn's-path, is of special interest and is excellently illustrated 

 on plates i-vi. A portrait of Mr. Hardy renders the part still more welcome 

 to all who know and esteem that gentleman as he deserves. 



