PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF 
NATURAL SCIENCE. 
WINTER SESSION, 1893-94. 
9th November, 1893. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection .—Fossils from the Carboniferous 
Strata at Dron—from Mr. Melville Jameson, jun. Specimens of the 
Loach or Beardie—from Mr. T. Marshall, Stanley. River Lampreys 
—from Mr. Chas. MTntosh, Inver. Specimens of the Smooth Newt 
—from Col. Drummond Hay and Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor. Dried 
Plants—from Dr. Buchanan White. 
Library.— Two vols. Complete Angler, by Isaac Walton—from 
Mr. John Young, Janitor. Six copies of List of Hemiptera occurr¬ 
ing in Perthshire—from Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor. 
The President delivered the following Opening Address :— 
Gentlemen,— As requested by our Building Committee, and 
more especially by our Hon. Curator, I have made it my duty to see 
as many Natural History Museums as possible during my recent visit 
to America, and to make myself acquainted, as far as possible, with 
their methods of construction and arrangement. In this endeavour 
I have been assisted, far beyond my expectation, by the kindness 
and courtesy of all the Museum authorities with whom I have come 
in contact. In many cases I carried introductions, but whether I 
presented these or not seemed to make no difference in the way in 
which I was received after stating my errand. I wish, therefore, to 
take this earliest opportunity of expressing the gratitude I owe to all 
these kind scientific friends across the Atlantic. 
I shall refer to the various Museums in the order in which I 
visited them, and shall give my impressions from notes taken on the 
spot. 
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