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the authority of Mr. Yalden ('Flora Scotica,' vol. ii. p. 1123), and 

 Graham, in his 'Sketches of Perthshire' (2nd ed., 1812, p. 211), 

 mentioned it as then plentiful on Flanders Moss. I have a note 

 of its presence in the former of these localities down to 1882, and 

 Mr. R. Kidston tells me it still grows in Flanders Moss, and also on 

 a moss near Old Polmaise, a few miles on this side of Stirling." 

 ROBERT GODFREY, Edinburgh. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter January-March 1899. 



[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. 



REPORT ON A VISIT TO SANDA AND GLUNIMORE. By John 

 Paterson and John Remvick. Trans. Glasg. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. v. 

 pt. ii. (1897-98), pp. 197-204. Notes on the Fauna, Flora, and 

 Geology. 



THE SUMMER BIRDS OF THE SUMMER ISLANDS. By ]. B. 

 Bobbie, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin., 

 vol. xiv. pt. i. pp. 46-57 (1897-98). A list of thirty-five species. 



NOTES ON SHETLAND BIRDS. By F. S. Graves and P. Ralf. 

 Zw/6gw/ (1899), pp. 72-77. 



RARER BIRDS OF THE SHETLANDS. R. Kearton. The Field, 

 7th January 1899, p. 2. 



THE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE IN SHETLAND. Thomas 

 Edmonston. The Field, 28th January 1899, p. 134. 



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER IN ARGYLLSHIRE. F. W. Frohawk. 

 The Field, 28th January 1899, p. 134. The supposed breeding of 

 this species in Argyll disproved. 



TAY LAND-LOCKED SALMON. D. T. Steil. The Field, 2nd 

 February 1899, P- J 46. Several thousand "American land-locked 

 Salmon" were introduced "some years ago " into Loch Tay by the 

 Marquess of Breadalbane. 



ON THELODUS PAGEI, POWRIE, SP., FROM THE OLD RED SAND- 

 STONE OF FORFARSHIRE. By Ramsay H. Traquair, M.D., LL.D., 

 F.R.S. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xxxix. pt. iii. No. 21, pp. 595- 

 602, plate. The object of this paper is to show that the " Cephalop- 

 terus " Pagei of Powrie belongs to the genus Thelodus of Agassiz, a 

 genus hitherto known only by scattered scales in the Upper Silurian 





