CURRENT LITERATURE Si 



(1890-1891), pp. 85-160. Treats on the present and past history 

 and distribution of forty-eight species, with original notes on the 

 habits of some of them. 



Some Further Notes on the Summer Birds of Shetland. By 

 HAROLD RAEBURN. Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Ed. xi. part i. (1890- 

 1891), pp. 67-73. I n addition to further notes on some of the 

 species in the author's former paper (op. at. ix. p. 542), Pernis 

 apivorus, Motacilla lugubris, Passer montanus (?), Corvus monedula, 

 Cotile riparia, Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Tadorna cornuta, Harelda 

 glacialis, Colymbus glacialis, and Ardetta minuta most of them not 

 summer birds are new to the list. 



The Chief Fishing- Grounds on the East Coast of Scotland, 

 with Charts showing their Position and Extent. By Dr. T. 



WEMYSS FULTON, F.R.S.E. Ninth Ann. Rep. Fishery Board for 

 Scotland (1890), Part iii. pp. 177-183 (Plates III. and IV.) [Issued 

 24th Sept. 1891.] Contains much useful information on the Dis- 

 tribution of Food-Fishes. 



Further Observations on the Life-Histories and Development 

 of Food and other Fishes. By Professor M'!NTOSH, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Ninth. Ann. Rep. Fishery Board for Scotland (1890), Part iii. pp. 

 317-342 (Plates X.-XIII.) Pages 334-341 are devoted to a "List 

 of some of the Pelagic Ova, Larvae, and Young Fishes obtained by 

 the 'Garland' in 1890-1891 in Scottish waters." 



West Coast Fauna of 'Garland' Expedition. By W. ANDERSON 

 SMITH. Ninth Ann. Rep. Fishery Board for Scotland (1890), Part 

 iii. pp. 297-299. Records the capture of Cepola rubescens 

 (between Jura and Colonsay), Zeugopterus unipunctatus (Lochs 

 Linnhe and Scridain), Rossia macrosoma, Brissopsis lyrifer, Balano- 

 glossus (new to Scotland), Isocardia cor (Loch Sunart), and other 

 species. 



Notes on some Scottish Coleoptera. W. D. R. DOUGLAS. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2) ii. (Nov. 1891), p. 305. Timarcha tenebricosa, 

 Rhynchites cupreus, R. seneovirens, Corymbites holosericeus, Sub- 

 coccinella 24-punctata, Gyrophaena minima, and Phyllotreta nodi- 

 cornis, in Kirkcudbrightshire ; and Elater nigrinus, near Dumfries. 



Coleoptera at Fort William. By ALFRED THORNLEY. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. (2) ii. (December 1891), p. 332. Aphodius con- 

 taminatus, Nebria gyllenhali, Patrobus septentrionalis, Miscodera 

 arctica, on Ben Nevis. 



Melanism and Melanoehroism in British Lepidoptera. By J. 

 W. TUTT, F.E.S. (London, October 1891). Contains much in- 

 formation on the numerous melanic and melanochroic forms found 

 in Scotland, and their bearing upon the elucidation of the phenom- 

 enon. 



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