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PROCEEDINGS OF THE PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
February 1st, 1883. 
R. Pullar, Esq., F.R.S.E., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The following members were elected : — Sir Robert j 
Menzies, Bart.; Mr James Bridges, City Treasurer; Mr 
F. P. Carnegie; Mr Cruickshank, St John Street; Mr 
Kaye, Balhousie School; Mr Barclay, Watergate School; | 
Mr D. R. Irvine, Perth Brewery ; and Rev. William 
Stevenson, Middle Church. 
The following were nominated for membership :—Mr 
James Sellar, Tay Street; Mr Thomas Ferriev, Melrose 
Villa, Kinnoull; Mr Mackie and Mr MacQueen, of Perth 
Academy. 
NOMINATION OF OFFICEBEARERS. 
The following gentlemen were nominated as officebearers 
for the ensuing year:—President, Colonel Drummond-Hay; 
Vice-Presidents, Mr John Stewart, Mr Magnus Jackson, 
Mr S my the, yr. of Melhven, and Mr S. T. Ellison ; 
Secretary, Mr John Young, C.E. ; Treasurer, Mr John 
M‘Gregor; Curator, Colonel Drummond-Hay ; Librarian, 
Mr J ames Coates; Editor, Dr Buchanan White; Council¬ 
lors, Mr P. D. Malloch, Mr John Campbell, and Mr A. 
Sturrock, Rattray. 
DONATIONS. 
The following donations were intimated : — Greater 
black-backed gull, from Lord Stormont; insects, from ! 
Mr W. Herd (notably a fine series of the rare j 
Eupithecia togataj; a large collection of plants, from 
Mr C. M‘Intosh, Inver; ptarmigan in winter plum¬ 
age, from Sir Robert Menzies, Bart. ; drawings of plant- 
structure, from Miss Drummond-Hay of Seggieden; skull j 
of whale, from Mr Gatherer; drawings, from Mr William i 
Ellison; hedgehog, from Mr J. Grant, Tullymet; cast of 
Pterygotus anglicus, from the Dundee Naturalists ’Society 
(being from the very fine specimen found at Carmylie, and { 
now in their Museum). 
A paper was read— 
“ On the Perpetuation of Plants," by the Rev. Thomas 
Brown, Collace, 
in which the author briefly alluded to some of the methods 
by which plants are reproduced. 
March 1st, 1883. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Colonel Drummond Hay, C.M.Z.S., President, in the 
Chair. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The following new members were elected :—Mr W. 
Mackay, Perth Academy; Mr William M‘Queen, Perth 
Academy; Mr T. Ferrier, Melrose House. Kinnoull; and 
Mr James Sellar, Tay Street. The following gentlemen 
were nominated for membership :—Mr Samuel Walker, 
Sharp’s Institution; and Mr John Sinton, Cherrybank. 
DONATIONS. 
The following donations were intimated:—Conglome¬ 
rate cones of Scotch fir and two specimens of the 
fungus, Polyporus applanatus, sent by Mr John Mac- 
gregor, forester to the Duke of Athole, Dunkeld; various 
donations to the Type Collection from Dr White and Dr 
Buchanan White; black-tailed godwit, from Mr Horace 
Skeete ; common snipe and jack-snipe, red-start, willow- 
wren, meadow pippit, lesser redpole, three dunlins, red¬ 
shank, and cuckoo, from Colonel Drummond-Hay, who 
also gave on loan a wax-wing and pied blackbird; two 
mountain linnets, reed bunting, common tern and part¬ 
ridge, from Mr J. A. G. Drummond Hay; brambling and 
two brown linnets, from Mr P. D. Malloch; pair peregrine 
falcons, from Sir Robert Menzies; tawny owl, from Mr 
M‘Lean, Murie House; pair land rails, from Mr William 
Hill, High Street; pair robins, from Mr Dawson. Witch 
Hill; three snowflakes, one blackheaded bunting, and one 
greenfinch, from Mr James Dow, Clathiebeg; one mountain 
finch, two snowflakes, one sky lark, and two red linnets, 
from Mr P. D. Malloch; two snowflakes, and one blue tit, 
from Mr James Scott, Methven Castle ; one jack snipe, 
from Mr William Duncan, Balgowan; one heron, from Mr 
John Young, Tay Street, Perth ; pair ptarmigans, from 
Mr William Gow, Taymouth Castle ; two weasels, from 
Mr Henderson, Lethern; fox, from Sir Robert Menzies ; 
three swan’s eggs, one dipper, and one watervole, from Mr 
J. McDonald, Rannoch ; white hare, from Sir John 
Stirling-Maxwell; two long-eared owls, from Mr David 
Young, Freeland; two weasels, from Mr James Scott, 
Methven Castle; one weasel, from Mr G. Young, Free¬ 
land. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council, in presenting the Sixteenth Annual Report, has 
much pleasure in congratulating the members on the continued 
prosperity of the Society. 
