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Forbes; Dr Graham; Mr D. Wylie ; Mr A. J. Wilson, 
Clydesdale Bank ; Mr J. W. Fehrenbach, Dunkeld ; Mr 
and Mrs P. Smith, Marshall Place; Mr and Mrs D. Soutar; 
Mr A. Syme, Muirton Bank; Mr Wm. Garvie, Balhousie; 
Mr W. Miller, George Street; Mr A. Fraser; Mr James 
Morrison; Mr J. W. Jameson, Bank of Scotland; and 
Mr Charles Law, Princes Street. 
DONATIONS. 
The following were intimated :— 
1. To the Perthshire Collection — 
From the Duke of Athole, per Mr John M‘Gregor, 
head-forester—Specimens of the timber of 17 indigenous 
trees of Perthshire. These include longitudinal sections 
showing the wood and the bark, and cross sections, making 
in all 51 specimens, which, when dried and polished, will 
form, with the specimens already in the Museum, an 
almost complete collection of the native woods of the 
county. 
From Dr Trotter, Perth—Specimens of lead ore and 
silver-lead ore, from Tyndrum, Perthshire. 
From Mr Gow, Perth—Specimens of barytes, or heavy 
spar, from Kinnoull Hill. 
From Mr Chrystal, Perth—Piece of wood found 22 feet 
from the surface in sinking a well in Canal Street Brewery. 
(This is evidently from the buried forest or peat-bed, 
which stretches from Perth to Dundee.) 
From Messrs Small & Co., Pitfour Brickworks—Nodules 
of clay, some of them attached to a glaciated stone, found 
15 feet from the surface of the ground, at Pitfour Brick¬ 
works. 
From Messrs M'Currach & Sons, Victoria Street—Two 
specimens of building stone from Letham Quarry, near 
Perth. (These are freestone or old red sandstone. Speci¬ 
mens of stones from any quarry in Perthshire are much 
desired. If freestone, specimens should be selected to 
show the various qualities. If whinstone, specimens 
should be taken from the centre and from the sides of the 
quarry.) 
From Mr Stewart, gamekeeper, Logiealmond — Two 
mountain hares, showing the transition from the summer 
to the winter fur. 
From Mr John Stewart, Princes Street—Fish (haddock, 
whiting, and sprat), from the mouth of the Tay. 
From Dr Buchanan White, F.L.S.— Father-lasher, 
from the mouth of the Tay. 
From Mr P. D. Malloch—Carp from the Tay. (Speci¬ 
mens of all kinds of fish are much desired, both from the 
estuary of the Tay, and also from every river and loch. 
It is very desirable that the common trout of every stream 
and lake should be represented in the Museum, but it is 
only by the assistance of anglers that this can be done. It 
should be known that it is not necessary that the speci¬ 
mens should be other than the usual size.) 
Plants from Mr C. MTntosh, Inver; Rev. E. W. 
Linton, Norfolk; Mr Mennell, Croydon; Mr Miller, 
Croydon; and a large number from Colonel Drummond 
Hay. 
From Dr Buchanan White and Mr S. T. Ellison—Perth¬ 
shire insects. 
From Mr Scott, gamekeeper, Methven—Two squirrels 
and a stoat. 
2. To the Index Collection — 
From Professor Allen Harker, Cirencester—Nine jars 
of anatomical preparations illustrating the structure of 
animals. 
From Professor Trail, Aberdeen—Skeleton leaves. 
From Mr C. S. Whittet, Mill Street—Various speci¬ 
mens. 
From Mr R. Brown, R.N., Barnhill—Various botanical 
and zoological specimens. 
PROPOSED FEDERATION OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES OF THE 
EAST OF SCOTLAND. 
Dr Buchanan White reported that Mr Robert Pullar 
and he had met the two delegates—Mr F. W. Young 
and Mr J. Martin White—appointed by the Dundee 
Naturalists’ Society, and, after preparing the draft of a 
constitution for the proposed Union of Societies, had 
arranged that delegates from the various Societies should 
be invited to meet at Perth and discuss the matter, with 
powers to establish the union. It had since been 
suggested by the Dundee delegates that Saturday, 9th 
February, would be a suitable day for the meeting. Dr 
Buchanan White asked that Mr Pullar and he should be 
re-appointed the delegates of the Society, and that the 
Council should be instructed to examine the draft consti¬ 
tution, and to make arrangements for the meeting. 
Dr White’s suggestion was unanimously agreed to. 
Dr Buchanan White, F.L.S., read the following 
notes :— 
1. On a Hedgehog’s Nest.— In Bell’s British Quadrupeds, it is 
stated that the hedgehog makes the nest in which it passes the 
winter entirely o£ withered leaves, and probably this is usually 
the case, but to show that it is not invariably so is the purport 
of the present note. When trimming away the withered vege¬ 
tation in my rock garden lately, my attention was attracted by a 
bundle of grass (where no grass ought to have been) half-buried in 
the earth, under a small bush on a bank. On looking at it more 
closely I perceived that the straws of grass had a somewhat 
