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CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter April-June 1894. 



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

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ZOOLOGY. 



BADGER IN AYRSHIRE. Winhuls. The Field, igth May 1894, 

 p. 698. A fine male captured at Loudoun "last week." 



NOTES ON THE INJURY DONE BY FIELD VOLES (ARVICOLA 

 AGRESTIS) TO YOUNG PLANTATIONS ON DUNS CASTLE ESTATE. 

 By John Ferguson. Proc. Beiw. Nat. Club, vol. xiv. p. 156. 



ABNORMAL RED-DEER HEADS. W. A. Baillie-Grohman. The 

 Field, loth March 1894, p. 356. Note on, and illustration of, 

 three-horned stag shot by Mr. Douglas H. Barry, at Struy, gth 

 October 1893. 



HORNLESS STAGS. Jock Scott. The Field, iyth March 1894, 

 p. 395. The note refers to a fine specimen killed some years ago 

 in the Isle of Lewis. 



MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS ON MIGRATION DURING THE YEAR 

 1892, AND OTHER NOTES ON BlRDS AND SMALL QUADRUPEDS. 

 By Charles Stuart. Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, vol. xiv. pp. 171-176. 

 -The observations were taken at Chirnside. 



MIGRATION OF ROOKS. D. M'Kenzie. The Field, 7th April 

 1894, p. 487. A letter referring to the arrival on the island of 

 Lewis of a large colony estimated to contain from 4000 to 5000 

 birds. 



GREAT GRAY SHRIKE IN PERTHSHIRE. P. A. N. The Field, 

 3ist March 1894, p. 451. Specimen shot on i3th March near 

 Kirkmichael in Strathardle. 



OCCURRENCE OF THE HOOPOE IN THE TAY DISTRICT. Colonel 

 Drummond Hay. Proc. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Sci., vol i. part vii. 

 (1892-93), p. cxlvii. Specimen shot on the south bank of the 

 Tay, at Birkhill, on the 8th October 1892. 



MORTALITY AMONGST SEAFOWL. A. B. Fortune. The Field, 

 1 4th April 1894, p. 536. Twenty-four specimens of Razorbills and 

 Little Auks cast up within a distance of about a quarter of a mile 

 on the Fife coast between Crail and Anstruther. 



SAPPHIRINE GURNARD IN THE SOLWAY FIRTH. H. A. 

 Macpherson. Zoologist (3), vol. xviii. p. 230 (June 1894). Several 



