xlviii PROCEEDINGS-PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The Home of the Dipper.” By Lieut.-Col. Duthie, Doune. 
(See Trans., Vol. II., p. 120.) 
2. “ Colour Sensation and the Harmony of Colours,” illustrated 
by Diagrams and Limelight experiments. By Dr. Robertson, 
Murthly. 
14th February, 1895. 
Mr. Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection. —Little Auk—from Col. Smythe. 
Do.—from Col. Campbell. Do.—from Mr. W. A. Patterson. 
Specimen of Granite from Loch Rannoch—from Mr. J. B. Deas. 
Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor, F.E.S., presented his collections of Hemip- 
tera, Diptera, Coleoptera, and Aculeate Hymenoptera. Iiidex Col¬ 
lection —Series of Old Red Sandstone Fossils—from Mr. James Reid, 
Blairgowrie. 
A special vote of thanks was awarded to Mr. M‘Gregor for his 
very valuable donation. 
Library. —Parts of the Geographical Journal—from the Rev. 
Canon Farquhar. 
Mr. R. Dow, Longforgan, exhibited specimens of Silene noctiflora , 
a plant new to Perthshire, and gave an account of the flowering 
of a plant of Agave Americana at Rossie Priory during the pre¬ 
ceding summer. 
Adam Steele, Blackpark; James B. Bouick, 48 North Methven 
Street; and Alex. M. Rodger, University College, Dundee, were 
elected Ordinary Members. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The Vegetable Origin of Parka decipiens. ” By James Reid, 
Blairgowrie. (See Trans., Vol. II., p. 123.) 
2. “Sandpipes in the Chalk.” By A. S. Reid, M.A., F.G.S., 
Trinity College, Glenalmond. 
14th March, 1895. 
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
Mr. Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection. —Heron, Rook, and Starling— 
from Col. Drummond Hay, C.M.Z.S. Birds’ Eggs—from Mr. Sidney 
