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The Birds of Fair Isle V. Report on Observations made 



during the Year 1 909 Win. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 65 

 Scottish Heronries, Past and Present Hugh Boyd Watt, 



M.B.O.U. "... 68 



The American Bittern in Scotland Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., 



F.Z.S., F.R.S.E 70 



The Supposed Eggs of the Wood-Sandpiper (Totanus glareola) 



taken in Elginshire in 1853 William Evans, F.R.S.E. . 74 

 The Aquatic Coleoptera of the Mid-Ebudes Frank Balfour- 



Browne, M.A. (Oxon.), F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. .... 76 

 Some Further Notes on Nocturnal Hymenoptera P. Cameron 86 

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



Notes of Localities (continued) /. R. Mallocli . . . 87 

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



Peter Cameron . . . . . . . . 92 



Plants of some Southern Scottish Counties (continued) 



G. Glnridge Dnice, M.A., F.L.S. 95 



Some " Neolithic " Moss Remains from Fort William H. N. 



Dixon, M.A., F.L.S 103 



Notes on the Review of Kiikenthal's Carex Arthur Bennett, 



F.L.S. Ill 



Additions for 1908-1909 to Census of Scottish Hepaticse 



Si/mers M. Macvicar . . .114 



Zoological Notes .. . . . . . .117 



Extraordinary Fecundity of a Whale 7?. C. Haldane, F.S.A. (Scot.); 

 Large Otter in "Tay" /. A. Harvie- Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; 

 Crossbills on the North - East Coast J. A. Hat-vie - Brown, 

 F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Albino Reed Bunting in Solway Area, Robert 

 Service, M.B.O.U.; Greater Wheatear at Mull of Galloway: 

 a Correction Annie C. Jaclcson ; Great Spotted Woodpecker near 

 Penpont, Dumfriesshire Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S.; 

 Great Spotted Woodpecker in Forth and Dee J. A. Harvie-Brown, 

 F.R.S.E., F.Z.S.; Greenland Falcons in Scotland,/. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., and Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., F.R.S.E. ; 

 Bittern in Fife Henry H. Brown ; Long- tailed Duck near Gretna, 

 Dumfriesshire Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Stock Dove in 

 Dee/. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S.; Hybrid Blackcock 

 and Capercaillie in Kincardineshire Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., 

 F.Z.S. ; Capercaillie in East Lothian Rev. H. N. Bonar, F.Z.S. ; 

 Occurrence of Anarrhichas latifrous in the North Sea H. Chas. 

 Williamson, D.Sc.; Occurrence of Velella spirans in Scottish Waters 

 James Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc. ; Ornithobius goniopleurus on the 

 Bernacle Goose William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Priapnlus caudatus on 

 the Fife Coast William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Ascaris osculata from a 

 Common Seal killed in the Inner Hebrides William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .122 



Saxifraga csespitosa Arthur Bennett, F.L.S.; Helleborine atroviridis 

 in W. Sutherland Rev. Edward S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . .124 



Book Notices 126 



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