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109. CAITHNESS. 

 (D. Li/lie.} 



Gymnomitrium crenulatum. Chandonanthus setiformis. 



Lophozia incisa. Anthelia Jurakzkana. 



L. bicrenata. Ptilidium ciliare. 



L. alpestris. Diplophyllum ovatum. 



var. gelida. Scapania compacta. 



no. OUTER HEBRIDES. 



Lophozia alpestris, var. gelida) 

 Cephaloziella divaricata / esL 



Preissia quadrata ) 



u T?I i f P- Ewing. 

 Lophozia r loerkn ' 



112. SHETLAND. 



Gymnomitrium concinnatum, W. H. Beeby. 

 Odontoschisma denudatum, W. U'est. 



INVERMOIDART, February, 1905. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Common Shrew in Islay. Last year I sent some young friends 

 of mine who were spending their holidays in Islay a few traps to 

 catch small mammals with, and in September they sent me a Shrew 

 from the island. On examination it proved to be referable to Sorex 

 araneus and not to -5". mimetns, which until quite recently was 

 supposed to be alone present in the Hebrides. There is a record 

 of the Common Shrew from Mull in the "Annals" for 1904, p. 

 1 86. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Lesser or Pygmy Shrew in Argyll. In your issue for January- 

 last I reported the occurrence of the Water Shrew in this area. I 

 have now to record the Lesser or Pygmy Shrew (Sorex niiui/tiis), 

 several specimens of which I have caught and identified. As we 

 have also the Common Shrew, all the three species of Soricidae are 

 represented here. CHAS. H. ALSTON, Letterawe, Loch Awe. 



The Affinities of the Orkney Vole. In a communication to the 

 "Annals and Magazine of Natural History" for March (pp. 323- 

 324), Dr. Forsyth Major expresses his views on the affinities of the 

 Orkney Vole (Microfus orcadensis). These opinions, backed as they 

 are by eminent special knowledge, are of exceptional value and 

 interest and may be regarded as finally settling an important 



