60 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter October-December 1904. 



[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. 



WILD CAT IN INVERNESS-SHIRE. T. F. Donald. The Field, 

 ist October 1904, p. 614. Two specimens recently captured in 

 the west of the county. 



WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN (LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS), OFF 

 ABERDEEN. Geo. Sim. Zoologist, October 1904, p. 383. -- A 

 specimen, 4 feet long, caught 16 miles off Buchanness, 23rd July 

 1904, and another on iSth August, caught by trawl 30-40 miles off 

 Aberdeen. 



QUAIL IN MULL. Robert Chambers. The Field, i2th 

 November 1904, p. 864. One shot on West Ardow on 2gth 

 October. 



GREY PHALAROPE AT ABERDEEN. Geo. Sim. Zoologist, 

 October 1904, p. 389. Specimen caught in Aberdeen Harbour, 

 8th December 1903. 



GREAT SNIPE IN CAITHNESS. H. W. B. Scholfield. The Field, 

 8th October 1904, p. 654. One killed on 28th September, in the 

 Stirkoke shooting. 



GREAT SNIPE IN DUMFRIESSHIRE. C. Hinton. TJie Field, 

 8th October 1904, p. 654. One shot on 28th September. 



LIST OF BRITISH DOLICHOPODID/E, WITH TABLES AND NOTES. 

 By G. H. Verrall, F.E.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. October 1904, pp. 223- 

 228; November 1904, pp. 241-245. In this useful paper many 

 references are given to Scottish localities. 



CALLICERA YERBURYI, N.SP. : A BRITISH SYRPHID NEW TO 

 SCIENCE. By G. H. Verrall, F.E.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. October 

 1904, p. 229. A short description of a beautiful new fly, of which 

 four females were captured by Col. Yerbury at Nethy Bridge this 

 year. 



ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA FROM FORT WILLIAM, N.B., AND 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD. G. A. James Rothney. Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 December 1904, p. 280. Seventeen species recorded. 



