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CONOCEPHALUS coNicus, L. Finlarig Wood, Glen Lochay, and 

 Tyndrum. I found it fruiting in June well up Ben Laoigh. 



REBOULIA HEMISPHERIC^, Z. This seems rare. I have only seen 

 it growing on the road to Killin Pier. 



PREISSIA COMMUTATA, Lindenb. Common everywhere and found 

 near the tops of the mountains fruiting freely. 



"RicciA GLAUCA, Z. Common on all the turf-topped walls about 

 Finlarig and Glen Lochay. *R. bifurca, Hoffm. My attention 

 was drawn to this by Mr. Macvicar on Creag-an-Lochain. It 

 is frequent on moist loose soil on the mountains. I had 

 passed it as young Pressia commutata. 



In the above list there are twenty-two plants (prefixed 

 by an *) which have not been formerly recorded for the 

 district in the Eighth Edition of the " London Catalogue " ; 

 eight (prefixed by a -f~) not recorded there for Scotland ; 

 and fourteen (prefixed by a -ff) new to the British flora. 

 This of itself proves that there is still much to be done in 

 this department of botanical work, not only in this district 

 but all over the country. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Badger at Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh. On Sunday the 

 1 5th August a male Badger (Meles taxits] was killed by a band of 

 roughs on Corstorphine Hill. For two years, at least, there has 

 been a badger's earth in the immediate neighbourhood, and it is 

 interesting to find these animals breeding within four miles of the 

 centre of Edinburgh. CHARLES CAMPBELL, Cramond Bridge. 



Note on the Harp Seal. It may be of some interest to place 

 on record the fact that the Harp Seal (P/ioca grcenlandica), recorded 

 in page 184 of the "Annals of Scottish Natural History," and caught 

 at Grangemouth in March last and subsequently presented to the 

 Glasgow Zoo, lived there until the Qth April, when it died, and was 

 presented to the Corporation Museum, Glasgow, by Mr. Bostock. 

 It was rather diffident in feeding, but seemed to be in good condition 

 otherwise. J. MACN AUGHT CAMPBELL, Glasgow. 



Notes from Coll. From 6th until ioth June, when from 

 illness I had to leave the island, I observed a male Greenfinch 

 {Ligiiriims chloris] on the iron rails close to the Castle. This bird had 

 been noticed for some time previously by the servants ; though I did 

 not see a hen bird, it is probable that there was a nest near. As 



