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On the Occurrence of Eversmann's Warbler (Phylloscopus 

 borealis (Blasius)) at Fair Isle : an Addition to the British 

 Fauna Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.H.S.E., F.L.S. ... 1 



Some Autumn Bird Notes from the Outer Hebrides The 



Duchess of Bedford ....... 3 



Bird Notes from the Isle of May for the Year 1908 Ereh/n 



V. Baxter . . . . . . . . . 5 



The Deal-Fish or Vaagmaer, Trachyptents arctiats (Bitinn.), on 



the Coast of East Lothian William Evans, F.E.S.E. 20 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland (contd.} Robert Godfrey, M.A. 22 



Revision of the Hydrachnidse in Johnston's " Acarides of 



Berwickshire" William Williamson . . . . 26 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain : being a List of the Flower- 

 ing Plants and Ferns found at a Thousand Metres and 

 upwards on the Mountains of the British Isles, with 

 authentic References and Critical Notes (continued) 

 Frederic N. Williams, F.L.S. 30 



Plants of the Faroe Isles not occurring in Great Britain, and 

 others not occurring in Shetland, Orknc}^, Caithness, or 

 the Outer Hebrides Arthur ^Bennett, F.L.S. . . 36 



Alien Plants James Fraser . . . . . . . 40 



Thrincia nudicaulis, Britt., in Perthshire William Barclay . 45 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . . . 47 



The Late Mr. James Tomison, Lightkeeper ; Pipistr.elle Bat -in Orkney 

 M. Spencc ; Destructive Habits of the Bank Vole Robert Service, 

 M.B.O.U. ; Brambling in West Sutherland J. T. Henderson; 

 Hawfinch in East Lothian Rev. H. N. Sonar, F.Z.S. ; Little 

 Bunting and other Birds at Sule Skerry Win. Eagle Clark'', 

 F.R.S.E., F.L.S. ; Red-breasted Flycatcher and other Birds at the 

 Butt of Lewis Robei't Ch/ne ; Black Redstart in the Tay Area 

 Leonora Jeffrey liintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter ; Coal Titmouse en 

 the Bass Rock William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Gad wall in Fifeshire 



William Berry, B.A., LL.B. ; Long-tailed Duck far Inland 

 J. R. Pelham-Burn ; Golden-eyes in the Forth Area in Summer 



William Evans, F.R.S.E.; Note on the Drumming of the Snipe 

 Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Black-headed Gulls molesting 

 Lapwings John Paterson ; Note on the Moulting of the Great 

 Northern Divers H. W. Robinson; Bird Notes from Tiree Pefer 

 Anderson; Labrax lupus in the North Sea Prof. D'Amj W. 

 Thompson, C.B. ; Another Occurrence of the Oar-fish in Scotland 

 //. W. Robinson ; Hydrachnids from Neighbourhood of Kirkliston 



Win. Williamson. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . . 53 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain W. H. Bccby, F.L.S. ; Nasturtium 

 palustre in Orkney Arthur Bennett, F.L.S:; Crithmum mari- 

 timum in the Outer Hebrides Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. ; Limosella 

 aquatica in Dumbarton A rthn r Bennett, F.L.S. ; Carex atrofusca 

 in Perthshire Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. ; Physcomitrella patens in 

 Scotland W. Edgar Evans ; Rosa spinossissima x mollis in Banff- 

 shire William Barclay. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . . 56 



Book Notices 59 



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