58 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



In order to avoid any doubt, I sent specimens to Prof. G. S. 

 West of Birmingham, and he has kindly confirmed the identification. 

 This alga is of special interest to algologists, as it is one of the 

 few Phseophycese (or brown algae) occurring in fresh water. F. L. 



McKEEVER. 



Moray Plants. On 8th June, while examining a rough, boggy 

 patch of ground between the larger sandhills of Culbin and the sea, 

 I noticed several spikes of one of the Orchidacecz. I had not 

 previously seen the plant, but I at once identified it (as Corallorhiza 

 innatd) from the appearance of the root. Although it is mentioned 

 in Sowerby's " Botany," and also in Watson's " Cybele Britannica," 

 vol. ii., as occurring in Moray, no definite locality is stated, but I 

 presume the term Moray is meant to embrace a much wider 

 stretch of country than to-day falls within the bounds of Moray- 

 shire. No mention of the Coral Root is made in Dr. Gordon's 

 " Flora of Moray," and I learned from the Rev. George Birnie of 

 Speymouth that, as I anticipated, it had never been recorded either 

 by Dr. Keith or Dr. Gordon as occurring near Forres. 



On gth July I discovered a new locality for Pyrola uniflora in 

 a fir-wood on the hill above Glenburgie Distillery, about three miles 

 east of Forres. The plants, which were very large and handsome, 

 especially in sunken mossy hollows of the wood-floor, were 

 abundant within an area of about half an acre or thereby. ALEX. 

 MACGREGOR, Forres. 



Correction, p. 254, 1909. Instead of, "and not to Carex 

 divulsa, which is under C. canescens in the Linnaeus her- 

 barium," read, " and not to Carex dhmlsa, which is under 

 C. loliacea in the Linnaeus Herbarium." 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural 

 History which have appeared during the Quarter October-December 1910. 



[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make this Section as complete as 

 possible. Contributions on the lines indicated will be most acceptable, and 

 will bear the initials of the Contributor. The Editors will have access to the 

 sources of information under mentioned.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



NOTES ON BIRDS. The Glasgow Naturalist, vol. iii. No. i, 

 Nov. 1910, pp. 32-37. Notes on the Ruff, Jay, Common 

 Guillemot, Storm Petrel, Mealy Redpoll, and Flamingo, and on the 

 Arrival of Summer Visitors in Scotland and the North of England. 



WAXWINGS AND BRAMBLINGS IN BERWICKSHIRE. K. Logan 

 Home, The field, igth Nov. 1910, p. 955. A flock of nearly 200 



