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land. The more interesting are noted below. Ranunculus acris, L., 

 var pumilus, Wahl., " Corrie Sneachda, Cairngorm " (G. C. D. ) Arabis 

 petrceci) Lamk., var. grandifotia, Druce, on Ben Laoigh, differs from 

 the form (or ? sub-species) on the Cairngorms. " It may be known 

 from A.petraa " (restricted) " by its broadly ovate, nearly entire dark 

 green leaves, thickly covered with bifid and trifid hairs, and by its 

 flowers, which are twice the size of ordinary A. petraa " (G. C. D.) 

 Erythrtza littoralis, Fr., var. minor, Hartm., " Inver Bay, near Tain, 

 E. Ross" (E. S. Marshall) j " Munlochy, in the Black Isk of Cromarty" 

 (G. C. D.), with a reference to "English Botany," pi. 2305, where 

 this form is figured from Elginshire coast. Euphorbia dulcis, L., 

 " Conan River, in Brahan Castle grounds, E. Ross ; quite naturalised, 

 August 1892" (E. S. Marshall). Srirpus Taberncemontani, Gmel., 

 "Between Forres and the Culbin Sands, Elgin, August 1889" 

 (G. C. U.) Carex vaginata, Tausch, f. borealis, " Braeriach, Easter- 

 ness, August 1888 " (G. C. D.) C. bimrvis, Sm., f. or var. nigrescens, 

 Druce, "Ben Eay, W. Ross, August 1889. Some of the specimens 

 closely approach the plant from Corrie Ceander called C. frigida " 

 (G. C. D.) C. xanthocarpa, Deseg., "Glen Spean, Westerness " 

 (G. C. D.) Agrostis canina, L., var. scotica, Hackel., " Ben Eay, 

 W. Ross, August 1889. Still in cultivation at Oxford, and now 

 scarcely differing from type" (G. C. D.) " Poa laxa" of British 

 botanists, from Lochnagar, is stated by Prof. Hackel to belong un- 

 doubtedly to P. alpina, L. 



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

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter October-December 1893. 



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 

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ZOOLOGY. 



WHITE MOLES. Robert Service. Zoologist (3), xvii. p. 425 

 (November 1893). Specimens from S.W. Scotland described. 



DECADENCE OF THE VOLE PLAGUE IN SCOTLAND. Robert 

 Service. Zoologist (3), xvii. p. 426 (November 1893). 



A REMARKABLE SCOTTISH DEER'S HEAD. The Field, 3oth Sep- 

 tember 1893, p. 527. One with seven points on the top on either 

 side, or twenty points in all, shot in the Glenquoich Forest, Inverness- 

 shire, by Lord Burton. 



GOLDFINCH AND TREE- SPARROW IN NORTH UIST. Sir John 

 Campbell Ord, Bart. The Ibis (6), v. p. 592 (October 1893). 



