PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. XIX 
is hoped, by the time the Museum is re-opened. To this will be 
added a Map of the whole district, showing the various geological 
divisions given in the labels, with an Index in which will appear, not 
only all the Birds found in the district, and those which from their 
extreme rarity had not been included in the body of the Catalogue, 
but also the names of those species that have been at any time 
noticed in the parts immediately adjoining the district, in case at any 
time they may make their appearance in it. Both these latter will be 
mentioned in full in an appendix. All local names, especially those 
mentioned in the Wild Bird Act, are given in the Index, and a blank 
space is left opposite each species in the body of the Catalogue, 
where its local name will be entered, along with any information 
regarding it that may be obtained from time to time. 
In reference to the Dewar Collection of Birds and Mammals, 
purchased last season by the Society, which, as most of the members 
are probably aware, has been placed in store for the present in charge 
of the Curator, each of the cases has been carefully gone over with 
naphthaline, and can be reported on as being in quite as good con¬ 
dition as when received, if not better, there having been at that 
time some slight sign of moth, now believed to be quite subdued. 
Several of the more valuable of the specimens have been remounted, 
along with a few of the original Museum ones, and some others 
more recently received which required renovating. These are all 
again in the hands of the Curator, and when placed in the Museum 
will, he feels assured, give the highest satisfaction. 
The following additions have been made to the Birds since last 
Report:—A pair of Wild Swans, male and female, shot on the estuary 
of the Tay—purchased in the flesh for the Society. These have 
been mounted, but are not yet in the hands of the Curator. Male 
specimen of the Egyptian Goose, shot this winter on the Tay, 
opposite Port-Alien; also a female Blackcap, not previously in the 
Museum—both as donations to the Society from the Curator. With 
regard to this latter bird, which was got at Seggieden by Mr. M‘Gregor, 
bookbinder, Perth, as late as the nth November of last year (1893), 
while feeding on elderberries, it may be as well to remark that, 
though the stay of this bird exceeded the stay of all other Warblers 
by six weeks or a couple of months, this is not unprecedented in the 
habits of this bird, which, though insectivorous like all other Warblers, 
is a much greater fruit and berry feeder than any of them, and its 
stay seems guided in a great measure by the fruit supply, which, last 
season, owing to the very fine summer, was enormous, especially on 
the elderbushes, the berries hanging very late in the season. In 
addition to these birds, a Heron from Mr. Richmond, Hilton, and 
a Cormorant from Mr. Wood, Freeland, complete the list. These 
latter, however, are not yet in the hands of the Curator. 
The following Nests and Eggs have been received, and are now 
in the Curator’s possession :—From Mr. Duncan Dewar, Remony, 
Loch Tay—Tawny Owl, taken from a hole in an ash tree; debris 
and two eggs; this bird makes no regular nest. Wheatear, with five 
eggs. Lesser Redpole, with one egg; four were the complement, or 
clutch, but three were broken before being sent. 
