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Whaling in Scotland for 1909 R. C. Haldane, F.S.A. (Scot.) . 1 



On the Occurrence of the Eastern Pied Chat (Saxicola ples- 

 chanka) in Scotland A New British Bird. Plate I. 

 Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora Jeffrey Eintoul ... 2 



Bird Notes from the Isle of May Autumn 1909 Leonora 



Jeffrey Eintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter .... 4 



The Cotton-Spinner (Holotlmria forskali) An Echinoderm new 



to the Fauna of Scotland James Ritchie, M. A., B.Sc. . 11 



The Occurrence of a Rare Crab, Paromola cuvieri, in Scottish 



Waters James Ritchie, M.A., J3.Sc. . . . . 12 



Scottish Phoridce, with Tables of all the British Species, and 



Notes of Localities- J. R. Malloch . . . . 15 



Dalyell's Scottish Hydrachnids Wm. Williamson . . . 21 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland (continued] Robert Godfrey, 



M.A 23 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain : being a List of the FloAver- 

 ing Plants and Ferns found at a Thousand Metres and 

 upwards on the Mountains of the British Isles, with 

 authentic References and Critical Notes (continued) 

 Frederic N. Williams, F.L.S. ...... 34 



Plants of some Southern Scottish Counties G. Claridge Druce, 



M.A., F.L.S. 39 



Alien Plants James Fraser . . . . . . . 43 



Critical Remarks upon the Cyperacece-caricoidece as treated in 

 " Das Pflanzenreich " by George Kiikenthal G. Claridge 

 Druce, M.A., F.L.S. .46 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . , . 52 



The Noctule Bat in Morayshire Wm. Taylor; Black and Brown 

 Water- Yoles in the same Family William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; The 

 Length and Weight of Otters //. W. Robinson; Some Rare Birds 

 in Unst, Shetland Erick Hamilton ; Some further Remarks on the 

 Visitation of Crossbills Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., F.R.S.E.; 

 Occurrence of Yellow - browed Warblers in East Ross - shire 

 Annie G. Jackson; Migration of Redwings, etc. Annie C. Jackson ; 

 Grasshopper Warbler and Greater Wheatear at Mull of Galloway 

 Light Annie C. Jackson; The Greater Wheatear in Forth 

 William Evans, F.R.S.E.; Golden Oriole in Dumfriesshire Hugh 

 S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Nesting of the Great Spotted Wood- 

 pecker in West Fife J. J. Dalgleish ; Quails in East Lothian 

 Rev. II. N. Sonar, F.Z.S. ; "Ringed" Arctic Tern at Barns Ness 

 Lighthouse (Forth) William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Beautiful Variety 

 of the Black-headed Gull Lady Fowler ; Porbeagle Shark in the 

 Moray Firth Wm. Taylor ; Barnacles on a Whale James Ritchie, 

 M.A., B.Sc.; Hydrachnids in Forth and Tay William Evans, 

 F.R.S.E. ; A Swan Parasite from Perthshire James Waterston, 

 B.D., B.Sc. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . ... 58 



Fungi from the Isle of May William Evans, F.R.S.E.; Scottish 

 Pansies. 



Current Literature ........ 59 



Book Notices 62 



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