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to have been destroyed. Plentiful in Peeblesshire, Dumfriesshire, 

 Kircudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire. Has increased with the 

 spread of plantations during the last fifty years. 



GREAT SNIPE IN ORKNEY. James Sinclair. The Field, i6th 

 March 1895, p. 356. In February last. Locality not mentioned. 



COMMON AND LESSER TERNS IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES. John 

 H. Teesdale. Zoologist (3), vol. xix. p. 235-236 (June 1895). 

 Common Terns near Stornoway and at Barra in August 1894. A 

 Lesser Tern in Broad Bay, Stornoway, on 3rd August 1894. 



THE LITTLE AUK ON THE EAST AND WEST COASTS OF SCOT- 

 LAND. Zoologist (3), vol. xix. p. 151. A short abstract of papers 

 on the subject by Messrs. W. Eagle Clarke and John Paterson. 



THE LITTLE AUK IN SCOTLAND. John Paterson. Zoologist (3), 

 vol. xix. p. 1 88 (May 1895). This note discusses the origin of the 

 occurrence of this bird in the Clyde faunal area during the late 

 visitation. 



ON SOME NEW AND RARE CRUSTACEA FROM SCOTLAND. By 



Thomas Scott, F.L.S., and Andrew Scott. Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (6), vol. xv. pp. 457-464, and Plates XVI. and XVII. (June 

 1895). In this paper three new species and one new variety are 

 described, and a note is given on the identity of the genera 

 Pseudothalestris, Brady, and Pseudowestwoodia, Scott. 



NYSSIA LAPPONARIA IN SCOTLAND. Richard South. Entomo- 

 logist, vol. xxviii. p. 163 (May 1895). Some specimens bred by 

 Mr. W. M. Christy from larvae taken in Scotland last year. The 

 locality is not stated. 



CEROPACHA FLAVICORNIS NEAR EDINBURGH. Wm. Evans. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. (2), vol. vi. p. 120 (May 1895). Fourteen specimens 

 taken in the county of Edinburgh on the 6th of April, and one at 

 Wemyss, Fifeshire, on the 8th. Larva? taken in former years in 

 both localities. 



NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE BASKETS. Ent. Record, vol. vi. 

 pp. 234-236 (isth June 1895). Includes a note on Scoparia am- 

 bigualis in the north of Scotland, by Mr. Arthur Home, Aberdeen. 



EARLY PERLID^E. Kenneth J. Morton. Ent.\ Mo. Mag. (2), 

 vol. vi. p. 121 (May 1895). Capnia nigra, Taeniopteryx trifasciata, 

 T. nebulosa, and Nemoura pnecox, taken on i6th March about the 

 banks of the river Clyde. 



ANDRENA ALBICANS, KIRB., AND NOMADA BIFIDA, THOMS. 

 Edward Saunders. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. vi. p. 98 (April 1895). 

 Examples of both species taken in the Isle of Arran by Mr. K. J. 

 Morton, who considers that they were associated. 



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