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August at Asknish, Lochgair, measuring 6 feet 7 inches between the 

 tips of the wings, and weighing between nine and ten pounds. 



IVORY GULL ON THE SOLWAY. J. J. Armistead. Zoologist 

 (4), vol. ii. p. 414 (September 1898). Specimen seen in the Firth 

 on 3rd August, and again on the following morning. 



SCOTERS IN SUMMER. J. J. Armistead. Zoologist (4), vol. ii. 

 p. 414 (September 1898).- This note refers to hundreds of Scoters 

 seen off Southerness on yth June last, including four Velvet Scoters. 

 Remarks are also made as to the possible breeding of Red- throated 

 Divers in Wigtown Bay, and on the disappearance of the Chough 

 from the Kirkcudbrightshire coast. 



THE SO-CALLED ST. KILDA WREN. H. S. Davenport. Zoologist 

 (4), vol. ii. p. 413 (September 1898). Criticises a statement in the 

 Spectator of 3oth July, referring to Mr. C. Dixon as the discoverer 

 of this bird in the island. 



NOTES OF THE SEASON WIGTOWNSHIRE. Roger S. Gordon. 

 Ent. Record, vol. x. p. 204 (August 1898). This note refers to five 

 species of Lepidoptera taken during the season of 1898. 



LEPIDOPTERA CAPTURED IN THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. W. Chees- 

 man. Ent. Record, vol. x. pp. 204-206 (August 1898). A list is 

 given of 1 1 o species captured during the last two or three years, 

 with notes on a number of the more interesting forms. 



GELECHIA CONFINIS, STN., A NORTHERN FORM OF G. SIMILIS, 

 STN. By Eustace R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), 

 x. pp. 196-198 (September 1898). On the probable specific 

 identity of the two, as evidenced by comparison of Perth specimens 

 of the former with specimens of the latter from various English 

 localities. 



SOME REMARKS ON THE COLOUR- VARIETIES OF THE SPECIES OF 

 ORSODACNA OCCURRING IN BRITAIN. By G. C. Champion, F.L.S. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), ix. pp. 175-176 (August 1898). Notes given 

 on some Paisley specimens. 



REPORT ON THE TRAWLING EXPERIMENTS OF THE " GARLAND," 

 AND ON THE FISHERY STATISTICS RELATING THERETO. 1 6th Ann. 

 Report Fishery Board Scot., pt. iii. pp. 17-87 (August 1898). 

 Tables given showing (i) the kinds of Fish, (2) the species of 

 Invertebrates, obtained in the Moray Firth and Firth of Clyde. 



ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF 

 THE FIRTH OF FORTH AND ITS VICINITY DURING THE SEVEN YEARS 

 FROM 1889 TO 1895, BOTH INCLUSIVE. By Thomas Scott, F.L.S. 

 i6th Ann. Report Fishery Board Scot., pt. iii. pp. 153-210, and pis. 

 iv.-vii. (August 1898). This useful paper gives particulars of the 



