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common to plentiful ; and e, abundant and more or less excluding 

 other species. A single one of these letters denotes that it applies 

 to both localities and frequency in these. The date of observation 

 is noted in the usual short way. Taking an example, Rubus idceus, L., 

 var. obtusifolius (Will.), 76 Hd, ay, 17.9.4, denotes that I found 

 the plant in one locality, in several examples, on i?th September 

 1904 ; and a reference to the map shows the locality to be on the 

 borders of the parishes of Kemnay and Kintore in South Aberdeen. 

 J. W. H. TRAIL. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter April-June 1908. 



[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. 



COMMON SHREW IN SKYE. P. A. BUXTON. Zoologist, May 

 1908, pp. 189 and 190. Female trapped at Sligachan on September 

 1 8, 1907. 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF WEST RENFREWSHIRE (CALDWELL 

 DISTRICT), 1907. T. Thornton Mackeith. Zoologist, June 1908, 

 pp. 230-233. 



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER AT BRIDGE OF ALLAN. Frank 

 J. Pullar. The Field, May 2, 1908, p. 748. Specimen found dead 

 on April 2 1 . 



TENGMALM'S OWL IN SHETLAND. Erik Hamilton. The Field, 

 April 4, 1908, p. 583. An adult female taken on January 4. 



LARGE ASSEMBLAGE OF NORTHERN DIVERS. H. W. Robinson. 

 The Field, April 25, 1908. A flock of over forty seen on Hoy 

 Sound, Orkney, on March 6, and one of over a hundred on April 6 

 off Houton Head. 



LEPIDOPTERA OF EAST SUTHERLAND. M. A. Rollason. Ento- 

 mologist, May 1908, p. 131. Nine species recorded, supplementary 

 to those published in the same journal, vol. xl. p. 40. 



ANTHROCERA ACHILLES, ESP., ADDED TO THE BRITISH LIST. 

 By E. A. Cockayne, F.E.S. Ent. Record, April 15, 1908, p. 73. 

 A colony of this species discovered by Mr. Renton near Oban. 



ANTHROCERA ACHILLES, ESP., AS A BRITISH SPECIES. By J. 

 W. Tutt, F.E.S. Ent. Record, April 15, 1908, pp. 73, 74. Gives 



