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The Scottish Naturalist. 



the Society, and more especially with the form that the publications of such 

 a Society should take to be of permanent value. 



The Presidential Address at the annual meeting gives a history of the origin 

 and growth of the Society, and of the steady extension of its aims and useful- 

 ness. 



Part II. opens with Notes on some Additions to the Birds and 

 Nests recently placed in the Museum (of the P.S.N.S.), by Col.. 

 Drummond Hay, which will repay perusal by all ornithologists. 



Geological Notes on Loch Carron and West Ross-shire, by 

 R. Dow. 



Additions to the Flora of Woody Island in 1888, by William 

 Barclay, continues the investigation of the Flora of an island in the Tay near 

 Perth, of which Dr, White writes in this issue (p. 290), with the result that, 

 limited as the area is, and carefully examined in previous years, eleven additions 

 were made to previous records, of which eight had probably been overlooked, 

 while three were probably new immigrants. Mr. Barclay has now brought 

 up the list to 331 species of Phanerogams detected on the island. 



Mr. M'Gregor, in A List of Additional Aculeate Hymenoptera 

 collected in Perthshire during 1888, records twenty-two additions 

 to his list of the previous year. 



On the Arrangement of the Perthshire Geological Collec- 

 tion in the Museum, by H. Coates, and of The Minerals, by P. 

 Macnair, explain the method followed, and add notes upon the more interest- 

 ing specimens for the information of members and visitors. 



On the occurrence of supposed Annelid Tubes in the 

 Quartzites of Perthshire, by P. Macnair, discusses the nature of certain 

 bodies found by the writer. 



Dr. Buchanan White, in his opening address as President, dealt with the 

 Excursions of the Society during 1888. These were : — On 24th May, from 

 Inchture to Kinnaird Castle and Fingask ; on 9th June, from Newburgh along 

 the Tay to Balinbreich ; on 23rd June, from Crieff to Spout Barvick and the 

 Falls of the Turret ; on 7th July, to Loch Voil ; on 2SU1 July, to Am Binnein, 

 one of the peaks of Ben More, where, in mist and rain, a meeting of the 

 Mountain Club was held, and a poem, written for the occasion, was read. No 

 striking novelties were found at the excursions, but several new records were 

 made during the summer. The annual Presidential Address touched upon 

 extension of the Museum, and the formation of a small botanic garden. 



Some notes follow from Dr. White's pen on the Golden Eye, Swallow, 

 Swift, Power of Plants to resist Drought, and Sedum album on 

 Kinnoull Hill. 



A Revised Constitution for the Society was agreed to on 17th May, 

 1889, the aim being to provide for the more thorough fulfilment of the objects 

 for which it exists. 



Besides the ordinary monthly meetings, a special course of four lectures was 

 delivered by the Rev. F. Smith, in November and December, on The 

 Functions and Phenomena of Rivers, particularly of the 

 Earn and the Tay. 



In both sessions numerous additions to the Museum are reported. 



