CURRENT LITERATURE 255 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE ALPINE HARE IN SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND. 

 R. Service. Zoologist (3), vol. xvii. pp. 265-266 (July 1893). 



THE VOLE PLAGUE IN SCOTLAND. Zoologist (3), vol. xvii. p. 353 

 (September 1893). Notes that the Voles have almost entirely dis- 

 appeared from the affected area. 



VARIATION IN THE COLOUR OF FIELD VOLES. R. Service. 

 Zoologist (3), vol. xvii. p. 266. Observations based on Scottish 

 specimens. 



LARGE RAT. R. Leckie Ewing. The Field, 5th August 1893, 

 p. 208. One killed on the banks of the river Devon, Perthshire, 



weighed 2 Ib. 



A VISIT TO SULE SKERRY, ORKNEY. J. B. S. The Field, 2nd 

 September 1893, pp. 358-359. Contains an account of the bird 

 life. 



NOTES ON THE NESTING OF SOME SHETLAND BIRDS. By Ernest 

 W. H. Blagg, M.B.O.U. 77/6' Ibis (6), vol. v. pp. 350-358 (July 

 1893)- 



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER IN ARGYLLSHIRE. Allan Gordon 

 Cameron. The Field, 2gth July 1893, p. 198. Observed this 

 summer, for the first time, in the neighbourhood of Loch Crevan, 

 North Argyll, in May and June. 



QUAIL IN SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND. R. Service. Zoologist (3), 

 vol. xvii. pp. 306-307 (August 1893). Records, in addition to 

 general information, the finding of two nests in June in Dumfries- 

 shire. 



LOCAL ABUNDANCE OF QUAIL. G. and B. The Field, ist July 

 1893, p. 3. Several heard in a field near Edinburgh. 



QUAIL IN PERTHSHIRE. Arthur H. Crake. The Field, gth Sep- 

 tember 1893, P- 399- One shot at Auchingarrich, 4th September. 



GREEN SANDPIPER IN SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND. R. Service. 

 Zoologist (3), vol. xvii. p. 305 (August 1893). Winter records. 



A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF PALEOSPONDYLUS GUNNI, 

 TRAQUAIR. By R. H. Traquair, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Proc. Roy. 

 Phys. Soc. Edin., vol. xii. part i. (1892-93), pp. 76-94. 



LEPIDOPTERA IN ELGINSHIRE AND ABERDEENSHIRE. A. Home. 

 Ent. Record, vol. iv. No. 8 (August 1893), p. 234. Ten species of 

 Heterocera recorded from Burghead, eight species and one variety 

 from Aberdeen, and Zygsena exulans from Braemar. 



THE LAND AND FRESHWATER CRUSTACEA OF THE DISTRICT 

 AROUND EDINBURGH. PART II. THE OSTRACODA AND COPEPODA. 



