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and 55 in. in girth. This example afterwards proved to be an 

 adult male Harp Seal (Phoca grcenlandica) (see The Field, Feb. 

 18, 1911, p. 329, where a photograph of the animal is reproduced). 



RARE SEALS IN SCOTLAND. J G. Millais, The Field, Feb. i S, 

 1911, p. 329. Records the capture of a female grey Seal 8 ft. in 

 length and 4 ft. 8 in. in circumference, near Herda Head, Shetland. 



THE BIRDS OF EAST RENFREWSHIRE. John Robertson, The 

 Glasgow Naturalist, Feb. 1911, pp. 41-59- 



FLAMINGO (PHCENICOPTERUS ROSEUS) IN CLYDE ESTUARY. 

 John Paterson, The Glasgow Naturalist, Feb. 1911, p. 71. Bird 

 reported to have been killed off Port-Glasgow. 



LANDRAIL IN SCOTLAND IN MARCH. A. R., The Field, March 

 ii, 1911, p. 490. Bird seen on 3rd March at Bogroy, near 

 Inverness. 



LAND AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSCA OF ROSS-SHIRE, WITH SOMK 

 NEW COUNTY RECORDS. J. W. Vaughan, fourn. of Conchology, 

 Jan. 1911, pp. 147-148. A list of 19 species given, 11 of which 

 are new to the county. 



LIMAX TENELLUS, MULL., IN PERTH EAST. Chas. Oldham, 

 fourn. of Conchology, Jan. 1911, p. 148. Found on Oct. 6, 1910, 

 in abundance at Pitlochry. 



VlTREA RADIATULA (ALDER) IN DUMBARTONSHIRE. J. R. le B. 



Tomlin, Journ. of Conchology, Jan. 1911, p. 148. Specimen 

 collected by the late Dr. Boog Watson at Cardross. 



ON THE OCCURRENCE OF UNIO SINUATUS, LAM., IN THE BRITISH 

 ISLES. f. Wilfrid Jackson, F.G.S., Jo urn. of Conchology^ Jan. 1911, 

 pp. 142-143. Specimen from river Clouden in South-west Dumfries- 

 shire, taken in 1865, was discovered by the author in an old 

 collection and found to be the true sinuatits of Lamarck. Specimens 

 previously recorded under this name should in future be known as 

 elongata, Lam., and referred to the genus Margaritana. 



Two SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA NEW TO SCIENCE. Norman H. 

 Joy, M.R.C.S., F.E.S., Ent. Mo. Mag., Jan. 1911, pp. 10-12. 

 Thinobius bicolor, sp.n. described from three specimens taken at 

 Dahvhinnie, Inverness-shire, on May i, 1910. 



HELOPHORUS TUBERCULATUS, GYLL., NEAR COATBRIDGE, N.B. 

 George A. Brown, Ent. Mo. Mag., March 1911, p. 68. Two 

 specimens taken last July. 



BLEDIUS PALLIPES AND ITS ALLIES IN BRITAIN. D. Sharp. 

 M.A., F.R.S., Ent. Mo. Mag., Feb. 1911, pp. 31-34. Several 

 Scottish records are given in this paper. 



FURTHER RECORDS OF BLEDIUS ANN,*:, ETC. Norman H. Joy, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., March 1911, p. 65. B. annos taken at Pitlochry, 

 Sept. 1909 ; and B. pallipes on the banks of the river Tummel. 



