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Stirling. Pied Woodcock, shot by the Hon. Alex. J. Murray, in 
Ardittie Woods — from the Right Hon. the Earl of Mansfield. 
Kestrel (young male) from Mr. James Dow, Gask. Index Collec¬ 
tion .—Concretionary Nodules and other rock specimens—from Mr. 
Smith, Quarry Master, Letham. Samples of Chemical Manures— 
from Messrs. Alex. Cross & Sons, Glasgow. 
Library. —Burns’s Coinage of Scotland—from Mr. James Coats, 
jun., Ferguslie House, Paisley. Transactions of the Berwickshire 
Naturalists’ Field Club, Vol. XV., 1894-5—from the Society. Annals 
of Scottish Natural History, parts 1 to 20—from Col. Campbell. On 
Hadfield Collection of Shells, Parts II. and III.—from Mr. W. E. 
Hoyle, Owen’s College, Manchester. 
Miss M‘Leod, 2 Fairmount Villas; Alex. Pitcaithly, Jeaniebank, 
New Scone; William Winton, 20 Pomarium, were elected Ordinary 
Members. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “Perthshire Mosses,” by R. H. Meldrum. (See Trans., Vol. 
II., page 227.) 
2. “Notes of a Journey to the Bering Sea,” by Alex. M. Rodger. 
Illustrated by Lime-Light Views. 
10th March, 1898. 
THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection .—Wild Cat—from Sir Robert 
Menzies, Bart. Index Colledio?i —Ammonite from Whitby—from 
Mr. Alex. M. Rodger. 
Library .—Report of the Geological Society of Canada, Vol. II., 
1886, and Catalogue of Plants of Canada, Parts I., III., and IV.— 
from Geological Survey of Canada. Westwood’s Arcana Entomologica , 
North American Sylva, by Michaux; North American Sylva, by 
Nuthill. Fishes of Ceylon, by John Whitchurch Bennet—from Mr. 
Andrew Coates, Pitcullen. 
The President intimated donations of ^20 from the Perth School 
Board, and of ^5 from the Co-operative Society, for the maintenance 
of the Museum during the present year. 
Douglas Blair, South Methven Street, was elected an Ordinary 
Member. 
