PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. Cxi 
Allan N. Taylor, Orchard Mount, Scone; Miss M. G. Dickson, 
Greenbank; and Rev. J. T. Allan, Rock Villa, Craigie, were elected 
Ordinary Members. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The Nesting Birds of Perthshire and the Basin of the Tay.’’ 
By the late Col. Drummond Hay; read by the President. 
2. “ Descriptive notes on the Birds recently presented to the 
Museum by Mr. Atholl Macgregor.” By Alex. M. Rodger. 
SUMMER SESSION, 1896. 
The following Excursions were arranged :— 
1. May 21.—To Invermay. Conducted by Mr. W. Barclay. 
2. June 6.—To Den of Pitroddie. Conducted by Mr. R. Dow. 
3. June 13.—To Reekie Linn. Conducted by Miss M. Thomas. 
4. June 20.—To Dunkeld. Conducted by Mr. Henry Coates, 
F.R.S.E. 
5. June 27.—To Balvaird Castle and Abernethy. Conducted by 
Col. Campbell and the Rev. D. Butler, Abernethy. 
6. July 18.—To Callerfountain Hill. Couducted by Mr. R. H. 
Meldrum. 
7. July 25.—To Ben Lawers. (Jointly with the Scottish Natural 
History Society). 
8. August 8.—To Loch Tummel. Conducted by Mr. Henry 
Coates, F.R.S.E. 
9. August 15.—To Methven Loch. Conducted by Mr. Barclay. 
10. August 22.—To Clashbennie Quarry. Conducted by Dr 
Robertson, Errol. 
11. August 27.—To Arbroath. Conducted by Mr. A. M. Rodger. 
12. September 5.—To Dunblane. Conducted by the Rev. F. 
Smith. 
Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 9 were Half-Day Excursions. 
