Ornithology

The lecturer, with the aid of some first-class lantern slides, described the group of Islands known as St Kilda from geological and ornithological points of view

The lecturer spoke of the Grey-backed Crow, the Chough, the House-sparrow, Corncrake, Starling, Rook, etc. Various causes had been suggested but in most cases there was little definite knowledge. There was still an almost complete absence of vital statist

This important local contribution has been published by the Buteshire Natural History Society, Vol XIII - and for that reason was not reproduced within the Transactions

This meeting was held in the hall of the High School. It was illustrated by Mr Bratley's own colour films showing the different variation of the birds, with particular reference to their plumage and physical characteristics. The lecturer ended with a film

This was a special meeting held by kind permission of the directors of the Lyceum Theatre. Mr Chisholm, a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of Melbourne, was on a visit to Britain, and had been staying with the Society's ex-President, Mr H.S.Gladston

This paper appears in the III series, volume twenty, page 70 - 'Thomas Watling Limner of Dumfries'.

27th November, 1936.
Mr Duncan spoke interestingly and informatively on the problems of bird watching, ringing, etc., and on many features of migration and bird-song, also on secondary sexual charcteristics and protective colouring. Mr Duncan submitted f

Mr Johnston said the usual migrations were from N.E to S.W., but there were E. to W. migrations also though on a smaller scale. Migrations were always from a large land mass to a smaller, or from a large oceanic space to a smaller. Instances were given of

Mr Duncan gave a number of extremely interesting sketches of bird life in the neighbourhood of Closeburn and elsewhere. These may be printed on another occasion. [Not printed in Transactions]

The lecturer gave a brief geological and topographical description of the rock, and afterwards sketched its historical associations. The remainder of the lecture was on the bird life of the rock, and was illustrated by lantern slides.

The Lecturer described the various kinds of birds found on our shores and gave some interesting sidelights on their habits. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides from photograhs mainly taken by the lecturer himself and by Mr Horace Bonar.

Miss E.V.Baxter gave a very interesting lecture on 'Bird-watching and Bird-nesting', illustrated by lantern slides.