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Report on Scottish Ornithology for 1907 John Paterson . 129 

 Food of the Black-headed Gull T. G. Laidlaw, M.B.O.U. . 139 

 Distribution of the Woodcock in the Central Districts of the 

 Forth Area in the Spring of 1908 /. A. Harvie-Brown, 



F.E.S.E., F.Z.S. 142 



An Ambicolored Turbot with Eyes approximately normal in 



Position James Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc. . . . .146 

 The Oar-fish, or King of the Herrings, Regalecus glesne (Ascan.) 

 = R. JBanksii (Cuv. and Val.), on the Coast of East 

 Lothian William Evans, F.R.S.E. . . . . 150 

 The False-Scorpions of Scotland (contd.) Robert Godfrey, M.A. 155 

 Hydrachnids from the Island of Tiree Wm. Williamson . 161 

 The High Alpine Flora of Britain : being a List of the Flower- 

 ing Plants and Ferns found at a Thousand Metres and 

 upwards on the Mountains of the British Isles, with 

 authentic References and Critical Notes Frederic N. 



Williams, F.L.S. 163 



Additions to the Flora of the Orkneys Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 169 

 New and Rare Mosses James Stirton, M.D., F.L.S. . . 171 



Additions for 1907 to Census of Scottish Hepaticse Symers 



M. Macvicar 176 



Zoological Notes 179 



The Birds of Dumfriesshire : A Contribution to the Fauna of the 

 Solway Area ; Prosecution under the Wild Birds Act ; Bird Notes 

 from Fife Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul aud Evelyn V. Baxter ; Increase 

 of Goldfinches in Central Scotland (Forth) and Siskins' Nesting 

 J. A. Harvie - Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S.; Occurrence of Wild 

 Canary in the Forth Area /. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; 

 White Wagtail in Orkney H. W. Robinson ; Breeding of the Tree- 

 Pipit in the Glenshee District J. M'L. Marshall, F.Z.S. ; An In- 

 vasion of Cuckoos J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Turn- 

 stone in Scotland in June /. B. Dobbie, F.Z.S. ; Snowy Owl in 

 South Uist J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; The Scops - 

 Owl iu Forth William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Greenland Falcon at the 

 Flannan Islands Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S.; Osprey, 

 etc., in Shetland J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S.; Bitterns 

 in East Lothian Rev. H. N. Bonar, F.Z.S. ; Gadwall in Aberdeen- 

 shire Lewis N. G. Ramsay and A. Landsborough Thomson; Pin- 

 tails Increase in Shetland /. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S.; 

 Protection of the Woodcock in the S.W. of Scotland Hugh S. 

 Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Black Tern on the Tweed R. Preston 

 Donaldson ; Little Auk iu the Firth of Forth in March William 

 Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Large Assemblage of Great Northern Divers and 

 a Moulting Bird H. W. Robinson ; Four-bearded Rockling in the 

 Sound of Mull D. Macdonald ; Quedius longicornis in Forth 

 William Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Death's Head Moth in Kirkcudbright- 

 shire Robert Service, M.B.O.U. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .186 



Sagina Reuteri ; A Simple Method of recording Local Distribution 

 Prof. James W. H. Trail, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Current Literature . . . . . . ..188 



Book Notices 190 



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