SESSION IQ84-S5. 
November 13tb, 1884. 
Dr. F. Buchanan White, F.L.S., President, in the 
Chair. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The following were nominated :—Lord-Provost Martin ; 
Mr R. Kidson, Stirling; Mr G. Barbour, Blairgowrie ; 
Mr Robt. Reid, Blairgowrie; Mr Thos. Soutar, Commer¬ 
cial Bank, Perth ; and Mr David Cameron, Bridgend. 
DONATIONS. 
I. To the Index Collection. —Various snakes, &c.—from 
Mr R. Wilson, St John Street; “skeleton turnip ”—from 
Mr H. Boyd, Bridgend; geological specimen—from 
Mr James Robertson, Fingask ; two chameleons—from 
Mr Montgomery, Caledonian Railway; snakes, &c.—from 
Messrs J. and H. Coates ; examples of tree-roots choking 
drain-tiles—from Mr Burns Macdonald; fossil teeth of 
fish—from Mr F. Latham, Charleston ; human skull found 
below one of the arches of the Tay Bridge—from Mr J. 
C. Nicol, Perth Harbour ; specimens of flying-fish, &c.— 
^rom Mr Crichton, Balhousie Street; very large “ saw ” 
of saw-fish, emeu eggs, and Australian stone implements— 
from Mr E. B. Cardell, Queensland, Australia; and geo. 
logical specimens—from Professor James Geikie, F.R.S. 
II. To the Perthshire Collection. —Coot’s and waterhen’s 
nests and eggs—from Captain Smythe, yr. of Methven ; 
hooded crow, and eggs of curlew, red pole, and three 
species of gulls—from Mr M‘Donald, Rannoch Lodge; 
four geological specimens from the bed of the Tay at Tay- 
port—from Mr J. Campbell, Edinburgh ; hooded crow— 
from Colonel Ogilvy of Rannagulzion ; nest and eggs of 
ring-ouzel—from Mr A. Stewart, Logiealmond; nest of 
linnet—from Miss Juliet White, Annat Lodge; chaffinch— 
from Mr Kerr White, Annat Lodge; nest and eggs of Cana¬ 
dian goose—from Capt. Smythe, yr. of Methven; trout from 
Loch Laidon—from Colonel Drummond Hay; nest and 
eggs of ring-ouzel, and egg of peregrine falcon—from Mr 
Laidlaw, Castle Menzies ; nests and eggs of water-ouzel, 
stone-chat, whin-chat, meadow-pipit, ring-ouzel, song- 
thrush, Ray’s wagtail, greenfinch, bullfinch, golden- 
crested wren, willow-wren, common wren, house-sparrow, 
chaffinch and sedge-warbler, and eggs of jackdaw—from Mr 
G. Alexander, St Paul’s Square ; adder — from Dr 
Buchanan White, F.L.S.; nest and eggs of wood-warbler 
—from Mr R. H. Meldrum, Cherrybank; three trout— 
from Mr P. D. Malloch, High Street; one trout—from 
Rev. J. M'Lean, Grandtully; nests and eggs of lesser red- 
pole, white-throat, and skylark—from Mr G. Alexander, 
St Paul’s Square ; ice-marked boulder from the boulder- 
clay at Moneydie—from Rev. Dr Milroy ; nests and eggs 
of common wren, tree-creeper, and blackcap—from Mr R. 
H. Meldrum, Cherrybank; geological specimens—from Mr 
W. Japp, Alyth ; golden eagle—from Sir R. Menzies, 
Bart.; garden-warbler, and nest and eggs of garden-warb- 
ler—from Mr P. D. Malloch, High Street ; two house 
mice—from Mr F. H. White, Annat Lodge; grouse (a 
variety)—from Lord Stormont; trout (a variety) and corn¬ 
crake—from Mr G. Cameron, Aberfeldy; horse-shoe found 
10 ft. below the surface on the banks of the Earn—from 
Mr T. Roy, Craigclowan ; linnet’s nest and eggs—from 
Mr G. Alexander, St Paul’s Square; beetle, from Miss 
Robertson, Springbank; common rat (curious variety, 
two specimens)—from Sir J. S. Richardson, Bart., Pit- 
four; clay nodules—from Miss Jamieson, Barossa Place ; 
clay nodules—from Mr Carnachan, Wellshill Cemetery; 
specimen of fungus (Helvetia crispa) —from Mr Herd 
Scoonieburn; specimens of fungus (Polyporus squamosus) 
—from Mr Nicol, Perth Harbour ; plants from Dunfal- 
landy, Pitlochry—from Miss Robertson, Springbank ; 
plants from Killin—from Mr D. M. Haggart, Killin; a 
large collection of willows and rosea—from Mr C. MTntosh, 
Inver; several thousand specimens of various plants—from 
Dr Buchanan White, F.L.S. ; plants—from Mr James 
Coates, Mr A. Sturrock, and Mr W. Martin; large collec¬ 
tion of plants from neighbourhood of Pitlochry—from Mr 
J. Brebner, Dundee ; large labels for Perthshire trees— 
from Mr W. Ellison ; otter—from Sir R. D. Moncreiffe, 
Bart.; long-eared bat—from Mr C. L. Wood of Freeland ; 
stickle-back and sand-eel—from Mr John Stewart, Princes 
Street; two trout—from Mr A. Stewart, Moneydie; nests 
and eggs of jackdaw, sparrow-hawk, wood-pigeon, wild- 
duck, and carrion crow—from Colonel Drummond Hay; a 
series of nests and eggs, including redstart, tit-lark, star¬ 
ling, riDg-ouzel, &c., &c. —from Mr M'Donald, Rannoch 
