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Report on Scottish Ornithology in 1909 (continued) Evelyn V, 



Baxter and Leonora Jeffrey fiintoul , . . . .193 

 On Visits jaid to the Island of N. Rona Her Grace the 



Duchess of Bedford, F.L.S., H.M.B.O.U. . . . .212 

 Nyssia zonaria, Schiff., in the Outer Hebrides Percy H. 



Grimsliaw, F.H.S.E., F.E.S. 215 



On the Scottish Species of Oxyura (Prodotrypidce). Part Y. 



Peter Cameron . . . . . . . .217 



Contribution to our Knowledge of the Hydroid Fauna of the 



West of Scotland James Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc. . . 220 

 Contribution to a Flora of Caithness. No. Y. Arthur Bennett, 



F.L.S. 225 



Contributions to a Flora of the Outer Hebrides. No. 4 



(continued) Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. . . . . 229 

 Carex aqiiatilis, Wahlb., var. nov. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. . 236 



New and Rare Mosses from Different and Distant Parts of 



Scotland Dr. James Stirton, F.L.S. . . . .238 



Zoological Notes . .. . . . . .244 



Note on a Neck-bone of Balrena biscayensis from the Post-tertiary Clay 

 of the Moray Firth Area Wm. Taylor; Wild Cat in Argyll 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.E.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Wild Cat in Caithness 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.E.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Whooper Swans breeding 

 in Shetland T. Henderson, Jun. ; Another arrival of Crossbills in 

 Scotland Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.E.S.E., F.L.S. ; Crossbills in Tay 

 /. A, Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Albino Wheatear in 

 Shetland Dr. T. Edmondston Saxby ; Willow Wren nesting on 

 Ivy - covered Wall Charles Kirk ; Greenland Falcons in the 

 Northern Highlands Annie C. Jackson; Grey Hen with Two 

 Broods John P. Wright; Woodcocks nesting abundantly in 

 Kirkcudbrightshire Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S. E. ; 

 Black -tailed Godwit in East Ross -shire Annie C. Jackson; 

 Malformation in a Young Curlew's Bill Annie C. Jackson; An 

 unclaimed marked Starling A. Landsborough Thomson; Nightjar 

 in Argyll Henry H. Brown ; Forfeited Eggs of the Golden Eagle 

 Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.E.S. E., F.L.S. ; Capercaillies in Moray 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.E.S. E., F.Z.S. ; Wrynecks in Tweed/. A. 

 Harvie-Brown, F.E.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Great Sp. Woodpecker in Forth 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.E.S. E., F.Z.S.; Nesting of the Gadwall 

 and the Wigeon in " Forth "-- William Evans, F.E.S.E. ; Spotted 

 Redshank in "Dee" L. N, G. Ramsay; Sea -Bream in the 

 Solway Robert Service, M.B.O.U. ; Lamna spallanzanii in the 

 Moray Firth: an Explanation Wm. Taylor; Sea Lamprey in 

 Skye Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.E.S.E., F.L.S, ; The Worm Pipe-Fish 

 in " Forth " William Evans, F.E.S.E. ; Some Terrestrial Inverte- 

 brates from Fair Isle William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .252 



Plants of a City Waste A. B. Stcele ; Alisma plantago in Caithness 

 Arthur Bennett, F.L.S.; Insect Visitors of Fumaria officinalis 

 S. E. Brock; Scheuchzeria palustris on Rannoch Moor G. W. 

 Scarth ; Moneses uniflora Prof. James W. H. Trail, A.M., M.D., 

 F.R.S., F.L.S.; Poppies by Railways near Aberdeen Prof. James 

 W. H. Trail, A.M., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . .254 



Book Notices 255 



INDEX 257 



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