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specimens obtained by him from the Common Porpoise " measured, 

 respectively, from 7' to 10' in length;" our larger specimens would 

 therefore, when compared with those of Dr. Cobbold, appear to be 

 of a fairly average size. THOMAS SCOTT, Aberdeen. 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



Euphrasias from the Isle of Stroma. The following are the 

 names given by Professor Wettstein to specimens gathered in Stroma 

 by Miss Geldart : E.foulaensis, Townsend, from three localities ; E. 

 Rostkoviana, Hayne, " forma fere eglandulosa," from four localities ; 

 and E. Rostkoviana, Hayne, from two localities. E. latifolia must 

 be struck off, as the specimens prove not to belong to that form. 

 ARTHUR BENNETT. 



Scottish Sphagna. In Mr. Horrell's "Monograph of the 

 European Sphagnaceae," now appearing in the "Journal of Botany" 

 (see Current Literature, p. 191), the following species and varieties 

 are recorded from Scotland : S, fimbriatum, Wils., var. tenue, Grav., 

 in the form submersum, Roell., from Islay ; 6". Girgensohnii, Russ. ; 

 S. Warnstorfii, Russ., var. purpurascens, Russ., Ben Lawers (Ewing); 

 S. ritbdluni, Wils., Islay (Gilmour) ; S. fiiscum, Klinggr., Jura 

 (Ewing) ; S. acutifolium, Russ. and Warnst, var. pal/escens, Warnst., 

 Jura (Eiying), vars. versicolor, Warnst., and viride, Warnst., Islay 

 (Ley). 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter April-June 1900. 



[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 undermentioned.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



WHITE CATTLE : AN INQUIRY INTO THEIR ORIGIN AND HIS- 

 TORY. By R. Hedger Wallace. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. t 

 vol. v. (N.S.) part Hi., 1898-99, pp. 403-457 (March 1900). 



NOTE ON THE COMMON HEDGEHOG (ERINACEUS EUROP^US, 

 LINNAEUS) AND ITS SUB-SPECIES OR LOCAL VARIATIONS. By G. E. 

 H. Barrett-Hamilton. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), vol. v. pp. 

 360-368 (April 1900). New sub-species (occidentalis) described 

 from a specimen obtained at Innerwick, Haddingtonshire. 



