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forms not known to occur out of Britain. It was anticipated that 

 a hundred numbers would include all the British forms of Rubus, 

 but information has extended so much since the issue was begun 

 that it is found that at least another fascicle will be required. The 

 Salices extend over Nos. 26-50, and include a large proportion of 

 Scotch alpine species, and of their intermediate forms. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter January-March 1895. 



[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. 



RECENT ZOOLOGICAL ADDITIONS TO THE KIRKCUDBRIGHT 

 MUSEUM. By Mr. John M'Kie. Trans, and Proc. Dumfries and 

 Galloway Nat. Hist, and A. Soc., No. 10 (1893-94), pp. 56-59. A 

 male Shoveller (Spatula clypeata) shot in Twynholm in February ; 

 a hog-backed Trout (S. fario) from Loch Whinyeon ; a tailless Trout 

 from Loch Enoch ; a Bonito (Thynnus pelamys) near Kirkcudbright ; 

 a Thresher Shark (Squalus vulpes) at Burnfoot Fishery, River Cree ; 

 a Topper Shark (Galeus vulgaris) in the Solway ; Gasterosteus 

 spinachia from Solway ; and a Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida) from near 

 Kirkcudbright. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FOR 1893. By Mr. Hugh Mackay. 

 Trans, and Proc. Dumfries and Galloway Nat. Hist, and A. Soc., 

 No. 10 (1893-94), pp. 137-139. Enumerates several uncommon 

 birds taken in the district. 



NOTES ON THE HABITS OF SOME COMMON BIRDS. By D. A. Boyd. 

 Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, vol. iv. (N. S.), part i. (1892-94), 

 pp. 50-60. 



A MOUNTAIN BREEDING-HAUNT OF THE RAVEN. By Lieut.-Col. 

 W. H. M. Duthie. Trans. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Set., vol. ii. part i. 

 (1893-94), pp. 17-21. 



EARED GREBE IN THE HEBRIDES. H. A. Macpherson. Zoologist 

 (3), vol. xix. p. 66 (February 1895). A specimen shot in Skye in 

 January 1895. 



NOTES FROM THE ST. ANDREWS MARINE LABORATORY (UNDER 

 THE FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND), No. xv. By Professor M'Intosh, 

 M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vol. xv. 

 pp. 90-101 (January 1895). These notes are based on Scottish 



