PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. CXXX1 
Mr. Alex. M. Rodger, as Delegate of the Society to the Museums’ 
Association, gave a report of the meetings at Glasgow. 
ioth December, 1896. 
Hp:nry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection. —Clay Slate, showing stratification 
and cleavage,—from Mr. Wm. Morison. Mosses, from Pitlochry, 
—from Mr. G. M. Holmes, London. Gadwall—from Captain 
Drummond Hay, Seggieden. Caterpillars of Lepidoptera—from Mr. 
Wm. Wylie. Index Collection. —Fruit and Seed of Wallflower and 
Sunflower—from Mr. Alfred Brown. Pine bark showing burrowings 
of Pine Beetle—from Mr. R. Stewart M‘Dougall, Edinburgh. Various 
plants attacked by fungi—from Dr. W. G. Smith, Edinburgh. 
Library. —“ Illustrations of Fungi ”—from Dr. W. G. Smith, 
Edinburgh. “Report of the Geological Survey of Canada” for 1894, 
Vol. III.—from the Canadian Government. Spry’s “Cruise of the 
Challenger” and Duncan’s “Transformations of Insects”—from Mr. 
Wm. Barclay. 
Miss Eleanora White Humble, 32 Balhousie Street; Miss Zelia 
Elizabeth Evans, 16 Balhousie Street; Rev. Jas. Somerville, Crieff; 
and Thomas Wylie, 7 George Street, were elected Ordinary Members. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The British Abode of the Crested Titmouse.” By Lieut.-Col. 
H. M. Duthie, R.A. (see Trans., Vol. II., Part V., p. 149). 
2. “Movement in the Earth’s Crust, and some of its Problems.” 
By R. Dow. Illustrated by models and diagrams. 
14th January, 1897. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Library .—“Scottish Geographical Magazine” for 1893-4-5-6— 
from Col. Campbell. Eighteen Vols. of “Nature”—from Mr. R 
Kidston, Stirling. “Annual Report (16) of the U.S. Geological 
Survey”—from The Smithsonian Institute. 
Mr. J. Leslie, jun., Pitcullen, exhibited a specimen of Vanessa 
antiopa , caught at the foot of the rocks near Kinnoull Public School, 
by Mr. Todd, School Board Officer, on 12th September, 1896. 
