CONTENTS 



PACK 



Obituary George Sim, A. L.S. With Portrait . . 129 



The AVeight and Length of Otters H. W. Robinson . . 134 



Notes on the Seasonal Change in the Plumage of the Great 

 Northern Diver (Colymbus gladalis). Plate III. F, W. 

 Smalley, M.E. 0. U. . 139 



The Aquatic Coleoptera of the Sol way District (continued} 



Frank Balfour-Browne, M.A. (Oxon.), F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. . 145 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland (continued) Robert Godfrey, 



M.A .153 



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 Eeferences and Critical Notes (continued) 

 Frederic N. Williams, F.L.S. 164 



New and Rare Mosses from the West of Scotland James 



Stirfon, M.D., F.L.S. 168 



Saxifraga ccespitosa, L., as a Scottish Species Arthur Bennett, 



F.L.S. 174 



Some Remarks on Euphrasia and Ehinnnthus Rev. E. S. 



Marshall, M.A., F.L.S. 176 



Additions and Corrections to the Topographical Botany of 

 Scotland (continued) Prof. James W. H. Trail, A.M., 

 M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S 178 



Zoological Notes 180 



Bird Migration : a new Scottish Enquiry ; Hawfinch in Fife Win. 

 Berry, B.A., LL.B. ; Nesting of the Hawfinch in East Lothian 

 William Ecans, F.ll.S.E. ; Bramblings in Solway Robert Serricr, 

 M.B. 0. U. ; Golden Oriole in Renfrewshire W. Norton ; Blackbird 

 and Thrush laying together James Waterston, B.Sc., B.D. ; 

 Yellow-browed Warbler in Dumfriesshire in Spring George Stout ; 

 Early Appearance of the Swift Rev. William Scrle, M.A., 

 M.B.O.U. ; Hoopoe in Skye ; Little Bittern in Orkney; Solway 

 "Gray Geese" -Robert Service, M.B.O.U.; Marked Pintail 

 Robert Service, M.B.O.U.; Nesting of the Gadwall in Scotland 

 Leonora, Jeffrey Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter ; Long-tailed Ducks 

 in Orkney in Summer H. W. Robinson; Little Crake in Ayrshire 

 James Aird; Green Sandpiper in Solway Robert Service, 

 M.B.O. U. ; Great Crested Grebe at Duddiugston Loch, Edinburgh 

 Rev. William Scrlc, M.A., M.B.O.U. ; The Red-necked Grebe in 

 Orkney //. W. Robinson; Munida bainftia in the Firth of Forth 

 William 'Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Nemotelus uliginosus in Forth 

 William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .186 



The Floras of tlie Faroes and Iceland compared with that of Scotland 

 C. H. OstcnfeW. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . .187 



Book Notices 190 



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