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Whaling in Scotland for 1908 E. C. Haldane, F.S.A. (Scot.) . 65 



The Birds of Fair Isle. IV. Report on Observations made 



during the year 1 908 Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.E.S.E., F.L.S. 69 



On the Occurrence of Brtirmich's Guillemot in the Firth of 



Forth 17m. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. . 75 



The Aquatic Coleoptera of the Solway District. Plate I. 



Frank Balfour-Browne, M.A. (Oxon.), F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ' 76 



Coleoptera from Moles' Nests in the South-East of Scotland- 

 Pro/. T. Hudson Beare, RSc., F.E.S.E., F.E.S., and William 

 Evans, F.Il.S.E. . . 86 



On some Scottish Diptera Stratiomyidse to Asilidee A. E. J. 



Carter and Rev. James Waterston, B.D., B.Sc. . 91 



On the British Plant Lists and their Discrepancies (continued} 



-G. Claridge Druce, M.A., F.L.S. . 96 



On the Flora of Shetland William H. Bccly, F.L.S. 103 



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. . . 108 



Zoological Notes ... 114 



Pygmy Shrew 2000 Feet above Sea-level Chas. H. Alston; The 

 Occurrence of Phylloscopus borealis, not P. viridanus, at Sule 

 Skerry: a Correction Win. Eagle, Clarice, F.Il.S.E., F.L.S.; 

 Long - eared Owls near Lerwick, Shetland John S. Tulloch ; 

 Nesting of the Stock -Dove in Lanarkshire Walter Steivart ; 

 Whooper iu Fifeshire William Berry, B.A.^ LL.B. ; Gadwalls in 

 Fifeshire William JBerry, S.A., LL.B. ; The Occurrence of the 

 Gad wall in Orkney IT. W.. RoUnson ; Heronries in Forth 

 William Evans, F.Il.S.E.; Parasitic Habits of the Black-headed 

 Gull G. G. Blackwood; The Black-headed Gull as a Persecutor of 

 the Lapwing S. E. Brock; Black-throated Diver in Fifeshire 

 William Berry, B.A., LL.B.; Fork-tailed Petrels in Orkney- 

 H. W. Rolnnson ; Bass in the North Sea in Winter Wm. Eagle 

 Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. ; Ray's Sea-Bream in the Firth of Forth 



]V. M. Ingles ; Note on the Re-discovery of Apus cancriformis in 



Britain Frank Balfour-Browne, M.A. (Oxon.), F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; 

 Notes on Lepidoptera in the N.E. Highlands Dorothy Jackson; 

 Hystrichopsylla talpse in Forth and Tweed William Evans, 

 F.R.S.E. ; Panisus Michaeli in Selkirkshire Wm. Williamson. 



Botanical Notes and News . 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain Rev. Edward S. Marshall, M.A., 

 F.LS. ; Montia lamprosperma in Scotland G. Claridge Druce, 

 M. A., F.L.S.; Solidago sp. /. Claridge Druce ; Schccnus nigricans 

 in Haddingtonshire William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Goodyera repens 

 in Haddingtonshire William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



Current Literature 



Book Notices . 126 



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