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Inverness (Brin, etc.), Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson ; Inverness 

 (Cairngorm), Mr. A. I. M'Connochie ; Nairn, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Farquharson ; Banff, Rev. Dr. Gregor ; Aberdeen, Dr. Walker, 

 Mr. G. Sim, Mr. Wm. Anderson, Col. Ch. Leith-Hay, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Farquharson, Mr. J. P. Bisset, Mr. Alex. Kemlo, 

 Rev. Dr. Davidson, Mr. J. Roy, jun., Mr. T. Roy, C.E., 

 Miss H. J. Roy, and Mr. Wm. S. Duncan ; Kincardine, Mr. 

 J. P. Bisset, Mr. Alex. Kemlo ; Forfar, Rev. Dr. Anderson, 

 Rev. J. Fergusson, Mr. Scott, Mrs. Farquharson of Haughton, 

 and Miss Aglon ; PertJi, Mrs. Farquharson, Dr. F. B. White, 

 Sir Thos. Moncreiffe, Mr. Wm. Rutherford, Mr. Alex. Croall, 

 Messrs. J. P. and J. Bisset, Mr. Wm. Archer ; Argyle, Mr. 

 Wm. Archer, Mr. G. Ross, Dr. F. B. White, Mr. Wm. 

 Anderson ; Fife, Mrs. Farquharson ; Stirling, Mr. Alex. 

 Croall ; Dumbarton, Dr. Watson ; Renfrew, Mr. Thos. Fisher ; 

 Bute and A mm, Messrs J. P. and J. Bisset Besides these 

 I have notes of species found in Inverness by Mr. W. Wills ; 

 Breadalbane, by Mr. H, G. Stewart ; in Kinross, by Mr. G. 

 Lawson ; in Kirkcudbright, by Mr. M'Andrew ; and in various 

 parts of Scotland by Mr. W. West, Bradford ; also notes of 

 species found in Banff, Aberdeen, and Kincardine by Dr. 

 Dickie and Mr. Peter Grant. 



To Mr. J. P. Bisset my thanks are specially due for 

 most valuable assistance in every part of the work. The 

 drawings are wholly from his facile and accurate pencil. 



Several matters which it has been found impossible to 

 introduce are reserved for a supplement, including several 

 species not seen by us. Any notes of species, distribution, 

 etc., which may be received while the present portion of the 

 work is being published will also be inserted there. 



(To be continued.} 



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Water Shrew ( Crossopus fodiens] in the Isle of Kerrera. 

 Having observed under the head of Crossopus fodiens in the "Fauna 

 of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides " the statement that " as yet all 

 endeavours to trace this species in any of the islands have utterly 

 failed," it struck me that it might interest you to know that in 1836 



