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Part 11, containing the " Proceedings " for 1888, has just been issued. Its 

 chief contents are as follows. 



A short Presidential Address, by Mr. Mathew T. Culley, is followed by the 

 usual excellent Report of the Meetings for the year 1888, from the pen of 

 the Secretary. These were, on 30th May, to Bridge of Aln, Edlingham and 

 the vicinity ; on 27th June, to Kirknewton and Coupland Castle ; on 27th 

 July, to Jedburgh, Minto, and neighbourhood ; on 31st August, to Holy 

 Island, to inspect the walls and foundations of Lindisfarne Priory, laid bare by 

 recent excavations ; on 12th September, to Canonbie in Dumfriesshire, and, 

 on loth October, the Annual Meeting was held at Berwick. 



A List of the Marine Algae of Berwick-on-Tweed, by Edward 

 A. L. Batters, B.A., LL.B., F.L.S., extends from p. 221 to p. 392; and is 

 to be illustrated with five plates of new or rare forms, to be issued with the 

 3rd part of the volume, forming the " Proceedings " for 1889. This paper is 

 one of the most important that has ever dealt with the British Algae, and we 

 trust will be procurable by many besides the members of the Club, as it will 

 prove indispensable to students of Algse. Its value and thoroughness can be 

 appreciated only by a reference to the original. Those species not described in 

 Harvey's " Phycologia Britanica," and in the Manual (78 in all) are described 

 by Mr. Batters ; and even the others have frequent notes appended. The 

 latest literature has been consulted and utilised ; and an artificial key to the 

 genera, adapted, with Prof. Farlow's consent, from that author's " Marine Algce 

 of New England," will assist much in determining the genera of specimens 

 wherever collected on our British Coasts. 



Natural History Notes by the President, (M. T. Culley), relates to 

 peculiarities in the nesting of house-martins, water-hens, and pied wagtails. 



Note on the Occurrence of the Red-footed Falcon {Falco 

 vespertinus L.) in Roxburghshire, by William Evans; obtained near 

 Jedburgh, in June 1888, and now preserved in the Museum of Science and 

 Art in Edinburgh. 



Increased Spread of Pseudococcus Fagi, by James Hardy. 

 Tables of Rainfall and Temperature from several localities conclude the 

 " Proceedings " of the year. 



TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOTANICAL 

 SOCIETY OP EDINBURGH. 



Vol. XVII, Parts I. 1887 (pp. 1-148), II, 1888 (pp. 149-366), and III, 1889 



(PP. 367-552). 



Among the numerous papers included in this volume, extending over three 

 annual " Parts," we shall attempt to group by subjects those more especially 

 dealing with Scotland, more or less directly, omitting such as cannot be re- 

 garded as in any way relating to the Scotch flora. 



There are Obituary Notices (in part I, pp. 2-19) of Dr. James 

 Gilchrist, Dumfries, C. W. Peach, Robert Gray, Rev. William 



