PROCEEDINGS-PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. XCV11 
have worked along with him in the arrangement of the Museum, will 
long miss his kindly presence. 
On the motion of the President, seconded by Ex-Dean of Guild 
M‘Arthur, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:— 
“ That the Society desires to record its sense of the irreparable loss 
which it has sustained in the death of Col. H. M. Drummond Hay 
of Seggieden, who for two years occupied the position of its Presi¬ 
dent. Colonel Drummond Hay was one of the oldest members of 
the Society, and during a period of more than twenty years took 
a warm and active interest in all its affairs. The Society would 
especially record with deep gratitude the invaluable services which he 
rendered as Honorary Curator, in the formation and extension of 
the Perthshire Natural History Museum. 
That a copy of the above resolution be sent to Mrs. Drummond 
Hay.” 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “ The Geometrical Forms of Rock Crystals.” Illustrated by 
specimens and models. By Robert Dow, Longforgan. 
2. “Notes on the Nesting of British Birds.” By Lieut.-Col. 
H. M. Duthie. Illustrated by lantern slides of nests photographed 
from nature by Mr. G. Burn Murdoch and Mr. H. C. Munro. (See 
Trans ., Vol. II., Part III., page 137). 
13th February, 1896. 
JOINT MEETING OF SOCIETY WITH THE STUDENTS’ UNION. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “Mind in Animals.” By Dr. G. M. Robertson, Murthly. 
2. “Scenery and People of Cashmere.” By Mr. J. G. Millais. 
This was illustrated by a large series of lime-light views photographed 
by the reader of the paper. 
12th March, 1896. 
TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection .—Hybrid Pheasant—from The 
Right Hon. The Earl of Mansfield. Tree Root from a Drain Pipe 
