lxxx PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
side for a few hundred yards, where a bed of purer sandstone 
was found, also charged with similar plant remains. In the mean¬ 
time the botanists of the party had proceeded down the river on this 
side as far as Logie House, and had secured a number of interesting 
plants. The whole party met once more at the Bridge, preparatory 
to starting on the homeward drive, but, before setting out, some 
photographs were taken of the picturesque and interesting old Bridge, 
with its high single span and its crumbling, moss-covered masonry. 
In driving home a halt was made at Lawmuir, where Mrs. G. A. 
Miller very kindly entertained the members to tea, which was very 
welcome after the day’s hammering and digging. 
It only remains to add that an unofficial geological excursion was 
held by some of the members at the close of the season, for the pur¬ 
pose of once more examining the fossiliferous beds in Balruddery 
Den, more especially for plant remains. The strata explored did not 
prove so productive as those examined on former occasions, but 
about a dozen specimens of Parka decipiens were secured and taken 
home for future examination with the microscope. 
13th December, 1900. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The History and Culture of the Grape Vine.” By John 
Leslie, Pitcullerf. (See Trans., Vol III., Part III., page 101.) 
2. “On Some Problems of the Fresh-Water Fauna.” By W. T. 
Caiman, D. Sc., University College, Dundee. Illustrated by a series 
of lantern slides. 
10th January, 1901. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “ Gulls, the Links of Land and Sea.” By Lieut.-Col. W, H. M. 
Duthie, R.A., Doune. (See Trans., Vol. IIP, Part IIP, page 105.) 
2. “The Common Cuckoo.” By J. B. Dobbie, M.B.O.U., 
Edinburgh. _ 
14th February, 1901. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The President proposed the following Resolution, which was 
seconded by Mr. Robert Brown, R.N., and unanimously agreed to:— 
“ That the Perthshire Societv of Natural Science desires to record 
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in its Minutes its sense of the irreparable loss which the Country has 
