CONTENTS 



PAOB 



Whaling in Scotland for 1907 E. C. Haldane, F.S.A.(Scot.) . 65 



The Birds of Fair Isle. III. Eeport on Observations made 



during the Year 1 907 U T m. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 1 2 



The Bar- tailed God wit as a Solway Bird Robert Service, 



M.B.O.U. ..'/... 85 



The Preservation of British Birds : An Appeal . . . 8 7 



A Contribution to the Insect Fauna of the Isle of May 



Percy H. Grimshaw, F.E.S. 88 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland Robert Godfrey, M.A. . ^ 90 



Alien Plants. Plate III. James Fraser . . . . 101 



Plants of Sutherland and Caithness (continued) G. C(arid//> 



Druce, M.A., F.L.* 106 



On the Flora of Shetland William H. Beeby, F.L.S. 110 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . . .117 



Varieties of the Mole Robert Service, M.B.O.U.: L t arge Otter 

 J. A. Harvie-Broivn, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Bird Notes from Tiree 

 Peter Anderson ; Pied Flycatcher nesting in Kirkcudbrightshire 

 Robert Service, M.B.O.U.; Waxwing in Banfl'shire John Fates; 

 Gadwall iu the West of Scotland ; Pintails in Argyllshire 

 C'has. H. Alston; Smew in Dumfriesshire Hugh S. Gladstone, 

 M.A., F.Z.S. ; The Eider Duck in Sol way Waters Robert Service, 

 M.B.O. U. ; Siberian Chiff-Chaff and Wood Warbler in the Orkneys 



Wtn. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S.; Glossy Ibis in Ayrshire 



John Robertson; Bittern in East Lothian William Emns, 

 F.R.S.E.; Capercaillie in Dee J. A. Harvie- Brown, F.R.S.E., 

 F.Z.S.; Land -rail at Edinburgh in Winter P. M. Campbell: 

 Red-necked Phalarope in the Solway Area Robert Serrirr, 

 M.B.O.U.; Leach's Petrel in Aberdeenshire A. Landsboroucjh 

 Thomson ; The Saury or Skipper in the Solway Robert Service. 

 M.B.O.U. ; Aleochara spadicea in Scotland (Tweed Area) William 

 Erans, F.R.S.E. ; Bethylus cephalotes in Scotland (Forth Area) 



William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .121 



Obituary Notices Rev. John Fergusson, M.A., LL.D. ; Thomas 

 Barker, M.A. Notes on Plants from Scotland G. Claridge Druce, 

 M.A., F.L.S.; Critical Study of Ranunculus aquatilis, var. 7; 

 The Prehistoric Flora of Scotland ; Calamagrostis strigosa Arthur 

 Bennett, F.L.S. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . .124 



Book Notices . ... ... 127 



A Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales H. E. Forrest; The Moths of 

 the British Isles. Series I. Richard South, F.E.S. ; Wild Bees, 

 Wasps, and Ants, and other Stinging Insects Edward Saunders. 

 F. R. S. 



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