iSS 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 April-June 1905. 



[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 CATS IN ARGYLLSHIRE. "A. H." The Field, 2oth 

 May, 1905, p. 854. Refers to a female caught in a trap in the 

 vicinity of Laga, Ardnamurchan. The lair was afterwards discovered 

 and four kittens captured. 



GULLS ON THE BASS ROCK. The Field, 6th May 1905, p. 

 762. A summary of a paper by Mr. W. Evans, in the Proc. Royal 

 Phys. Soc. Edin., vol. xvi. part 2. 



PACIFIC EIDER (SOMATERIA V-NIGRUM) IN ORKNEY. Fred 

 Stubbs. Zoologist, April 1905, p. 142. Further notes on the bird 

 recorded in the Zoologist, 1905, p. 74. 



PACIFIC EIDER IN ORKNEY. H. W. Robinson. Zoologist, 

 April 1905, p. 143. Details of the capture of the specimen above 

 alluded to, and notes on other specimens seen. 



GYROPH^ENA PULCHELLA, HEER, IN SCOTLAND. Arthur J. 

 Chitty. Ent. Mo. Mag., April 1905, p. 92. Reported as abundant 

 at Kincorth. 



LIST OF BRITISH DOLICHOPODID^E, WITH TABLES AND NOTES 

 (continued}. G. H. Verrall, F.G.S. Ent. Mo. Mag., April 1905, 

 pp. 81-83, and May 1905, pp. 108-112. Numerous Scottish 

 localities are mentioned in this useful paper. 



LlMAX TENELLUS (MULL.) IN " FORTH " AREA. W. Evans. 



Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin., vol. xvi. No. i, p. 22. 



FURTHER ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF SPIDERS FROM THE EDIN- 

 BURGH DISTRICT (THIRD SUPPLEMENT). Prof. G. H. Carpenter and 

 W. Evans. Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin., vol. xvi. No. 2, p. 27. 



THE BLACKBACKS OF THE BASS. W. Evans. Proc. Roy. Phys. 

 Soc. Edin., xvi. No. 2, p. 42. 



BOTANY. 



SUPPLEMENT TO " TOPOGRAPHICAL BOTANY," ed. 2. By Arthur 

 Bennett, F.L.S. Issued as a separately paged supplement to J. Bot. 



