

CONTENTS 



FACE 



The Occurrence of the Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata, Erxleben) 



in Benbecula /. MacNaught Campbell, F.Z.S. . . 85 



Report on the Great Skua (Stercorarius catarrhactes, Linnaeus) in 



Shetland during the season of 1891 William Eagle Clarke . 87 



On Malformed Trout from Scottish Waters. No. I. R. H. 



Traquair, M.D., F.R.S. Plates III., IV., V. ... 92 



Notes on the Freshwater Fishes of the Solway Area Sir Herbert 



Maxwell, Bart., F.L.S. . . . . . . . 103 



Additions to the Authenticated Comital Census of the Land and 

 Freshwater Mollusca of Scotland Wm. Denison Roebuck, 

 F.L.S. . . . . . . . . . .104 



Some Additions to Scottish Coleoptera, with Notes on Species New 

 or Rare in the " Solway" District W. Lennon, and W. D. R. 

 Douglas, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S. 107 



Potamogeton undulatus, Wolfgang, in Stirlingshire Alfred Fryer . 115 



Records of Scottish Plants for 1891, additional to "Topographical 



Botany," Ed. 2 Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. . . . . 119 

 Plants of Glen Spean, Westerness G. Claridge Druce, M.A., F.L.S. 127 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . . . .131 



Mole in the Island of Ulva /. A. Harvie-Brown ; Hedgehog in Shetland 

 /. A. Harvie-Brown ; Varieties of the Otter in Jura H. Evans, 

 F.Z.S. Wild Cat in Sutherland E. T. Baldwin ; On the appearance 

 of the Brown Rat on Ailsa Craig /. MacNaught Campbell, F.Z.S. ; 

 Melanic Variety of the Rat in North Uist /. G. Webster ; Notes on 

 the Vole Plague JR. Service ; The Squirrel in Wigtonshire Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell, Bart., F.L.S. ; Occurrence of the Chiff-Chaff in Banffshire 

 L. W. Hinxman, B.A. ; Dipper in North Uist/. A. Harvie-Brown ; 

 Great Grey^Shrike in Solway District JR. Service ; Red-backed Shrike 

 at the Pentland Skerries /. Gilmour ; Waxwing in Berwickshire R. 

 Small ; Waxwing in Caithness L. Dunbar ; Rook Singing N. Mac- 

 lachlan, M.A. ; Rollers in Caithness L. Dunbar; Dichromatism in 

 the Tawny Owl E. M. Harbrouch ; ' Hen Harrier in Caithness L. 

 Dunbar ; Rough-legged Buzzard near Kingussie C. B. Macpherson ; 

 Albino Cormorant T. S. Peace ; The Bittern in Wigtonshire Sir 

 Herbert Maxwell, Bart., F.L.S. \ Bittern at Moffat A. Fyfe; The 

 Shoveller Nesting in Sanday, Orkney W. Harvey ; Great Bustard in 

 Orkney T. S. Peace ; Oystercatcher Incubating under Difficulties 

 Lieut. -Col. W. H. M. Duthie; The Gray Phalarope in Barra Dr. J. 

 MacRury ; Ruff in the Outer Hebrides Dr. J. MacRury ; Whimbrel 

 Wintering in Barra Dr. J. MacRury ; Occurrences of the Iceland Gull 

 on the West and North Coasts of Scotland His Grace the Duke 

 of Argyll, K.T., F.R.S. ; Col. Malcolm, M.P. ; D. Mackenzie; L. 

 Dunbar ; Glaucous Gull in the Solway R. Service ; Great Crested 

 Grebe in the Tay W. A. Brown ; Occurrences of Labras mixtus on 

 the West Coast of Sutherlandshire A. Beveridge, M.B. ; Deilephila 

 galii and Macroglossa bombyliformis in Jura H. Evans, F. Z. S. ; Is 

 Amphithopsis latipes a Commensal? T. Scott, F.L.S. ; Haemobaphes 

 cyclopterina in the Firth of Forth T. Scott, F.L.S. ; The Food of Sagitta 

 T. Scott, F.L.S. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .143 



Linaria minor in Stirlingshire R. Kidston, F.R.S.E,, and F. S. Stirling. 

 Current Literature . . . . . . . . .144 



Reviews . . . . . . . . . . .147 



British Fungi George Massee ; A Monograph of the Myxogastres George 

 Massee. 



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