PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE, lxxxvil 
WINTER SESSION, 1890-91. 
13th November, 1890. 
F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., F.E.S., President, 
in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection .—Nest and Eggs of Little Grebe 
—from Mr. Boath, Rohallion. Index Collection .—Geological Speci¬ 
mens—from Colonel Wedderburn Ogilvie of Rannagulzion. 
Library .—Photographs of Plants—from Colonel Wedderburn 
Ogilvie of Rannagulzion. Three Photographs of Trap Dykes at 
Stanley—from Mr. Wm. Ellison. Frames for do.—from Mr. H. 
Coates. Two books —from Mr. John Stewart. 3 volumes of Reports 
of Smithsonian Institute —from the Institute. Report of the British 
Association—from the Association. 3 volumes of Reports of the 
United States Geological Survey—from the Department. 
Dr. Andrew Thomson, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., F.I.C., was elected an 
Ordinary Member. 
Mr. R. Brown, F.E., R.N., Delegate of the Society to the British 
Association, gave a report of the Meetings of the Association at 
Leeds. 
Mr. R. Dow, Delegate of the Society to the East of Scotland 
Union of Naturalists’ Societies, gave a Report of the Meetings of the 
Union at Montrose. 
Mr. James Morison read Notes on the Science Courses held at 
Granton in the summer of 1890. 
The President delivered the following Opening Address :— 
In opening the winter session of the Society I purpose giving, as 
on former similar occasions, a brief account of the field-work done 
by members during the past summer. Whilst the excursions are 
open to all members of the Society, the attendance at them is not so 
large as might be expected or desired. The impossibility, except on 
rare occasions, of getting away from business no doubt accounts for 
the absence from the excursions of some enthusiastic and energetic 
members. But I think that there are other reasons which explain 
not only the apparent neglect of some other members to take part in 
our rambles, but also the character of the reports which I am about 
to submit to you. Whilst those who devote their attention to the 
flora of the districts visited are able to get over the ground at a toler¬ 
ably rapid rate, those whose objects of study are zoological are temp¬ 
ted to linger in some productive spot, and hence must either desert 
the other members of the party or reluctantly leave their uncaptured 
treasures behind. It has thus come about that the Society’s excur¬ 
sions are chiefly of a botanical nature, and that the following account 
will relate chiefly to the plants observed. 
