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PROCEEDINGS OF THE PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
December 3rd, 1885. 
F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., President, 
in the Chair. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The ladies and gentlemen nominated at last meeting 
were duly elected members of the Society. 
The following were nominated for election at next 
meeting Mr Charles S. Sandeman, Sprineland ; Mr 
Andrew Calderwood, Kilmartin Place; and Miss Stirling, 
Athole Place. 
exhibits. 
Mr H. COATES exhibited the following:— 
1. Turnip grown in the Manse Glebe, Scone. This 
turnip had grown through the link of an old chain, which 
had been lying in the ground at the time the seed was 
sown. 
2. A series of marine shells collected in the Firth of 
Forth by Mr F. Smith, a former member of the Society. 
These included some scarce species and varieties, as well 
as exceptionally fine specimens of some of the commoner 
species. Amongst the former were Natica Islandicct, 
Trophon truncatus, Solen pellucidus, Purpura lapillus 
var. imbricata, and Mytilus edulis var. pellucida. 
donation. 
The following donation was intimated:—Sparrow-hawk, 
killed at Newmiln—from Mr James Hollo, Rosemount, 
Perth. 
REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION 
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 
REPORTED BY MR ROBERT PULLAR, F.R.S.E. 
Mr Pullar, in the course of his report, gave an interest¬ 
ing account of the meeting of the British Associatien held 
in Aberdeen last summer, and, more particularly, of the 
work of the Committee on Corresponding Societies. He 
dwelt on the importance which this Committee attaches 
to the work of the local Societies being conducted on 
thoroughly scientific methods, and to the publication of a 
record of the work done, in the form of “ Proceedings.” 
REPORT OF THE DELEGATES TO THE SECOND ANNUAL 
MEETING 0F THE EAST OF SCOTLAND UNION 
OF NATURALISTS’ SOCIETIES. 
REPORTED BY DR BUCHANAN WHITE, F.L.S. 
The second annual meeting of the East of Scotland 
Union of Naturalists’ Societies was held, as had been 
arranged, in Kirkcaldy, on the 4th and 5th of September 
last, and both the delegates (Mr R. Pullar and myself) 
from this Society were present. The official meetings of 
the Union were as follows:—On September 4th, a Council 
Meeting and the Annual General Meeting; on September 
5th, two excursions and a meeting to receive the reports of 
the excursions. At the Council Meeting the following 
Societies were represented:—Aberdeen Natural History 
Society, Arbroath Horticultural and Natural History 
Association, Dundee Naturalists’ Society, Kirkcaldy 
Naturalists’ Society, Largo Field Naturalists’ Society, 
Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society, and 
Perthshire Society of Natural Science. After a long dis¬ 
cussion on the affairs of the Union, it was agreed to re¬ 
commend for the adoption of the Union the following 
resolutions:— 
1. That the assessment for 1SS5-S6 should be fourpence per 
head. 
2. That the reports and proceedings of the Union should be 
published in the Scottish Naturalist, and afterwards separate 
copies re-printed for the use of those members who required 
them; and that towards the expenses of publication a sum not 
exceeding £10 be paid from the funds of the Union. 
3. That the next annual meeting be held at Aberdoen,—the 
time of meeting to be fixed by the Aberdeen Society. 
These recommendations were afterwards agreed to at the 
general meeting. As the fqll purport of them may not be 
understood by all members of our Society’, we wish to de¬ 
vote a few words in explanation. 
As at the founding of the Union, and in last year’s re¬ 
ports, a detailed account has been given of the objects for 
which the Societies of the East of Scotland have associated 
themselves together, it will be sufficient to remind this 
Society that these objects are joint-action and co-operation 
in working out the natural history of the district. By 
such joint-action not only will much unnecessary labour be 
avoided, but much expense saved in printing and publish- 
J ng. Therefore, though at first sight the expense of the 
assessment that we, as a Society, have to pay to the 
Union, may seem to be disproportionate to the value re¬ 
ceived, this is by no means the case when it is considered 
j how much labour is thereby saved to the individual and 
I how much expense to the Society. A little thinking 
