PROCEEDINGS-PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. li 
14th December, 1899. 
James Bridges, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The Tertiary Dykes of Scotland.” By R. Dow, Longforgan.. 
Illustrated by a series of lantern slides. 
2. “On the Occurrence of Plutonic Complexes at Tomnadashan,. 
Loch Tay, and at Cairn Chois.” By P. Macnair, Glasgow. (See 
Trans., Vol. III., Part II., page 43.) 
nth January, 1900. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “A Day with the Terns.” By Lieut.-Col. W. H. M. Duthie^ 
R.A., Doune. (See Trans., Vol. III., Part II., page 49.) 
2. “ Bird Life on the Sidlaws.” By William Whyte. (See 
Trans., Vol. III., Part II., page 55.) 
8th February, 1900. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The xAIpine Flora of Clova.” By Miss Millicent Thomas* 
(See Trans., Vol. III., Part II., page 60.) 
2. “ Plant Associations of the Tay Basin.” Part II. By Robert 
Smith, B.Sc., Dundee. (See Trans., Vol. III., Part II., page 69.) 
8th March, 1900. 
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING. 
Sir Robert Pullar, F.R.S.E., in the Chair. 
THE LATE MR. ANDREW COATES. 
Mr. Barclay read the following Obituary Notice :— 
Sir Robert Pullar, Ladies and Gentlemen, —Since our last 
Meeting the Society has lost, through the death of Mr. Andrew Coates 
of Pitcullen, one of its oldest members, and one of its chief supporters. 
Our Society is not the only one which has suffered by this sad event. 
Every Association in the town which worked for the welfare of the 
community, whether its aim were to help the needy or the aged, to 
