58 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural His- 

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter October-December 1897. 



[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make this Section as complete as 

 possible. Contributions on the lines indicated will be most acceptable and 

 will bear the initials of the Contributor. The Editors will have access to the 

 sources of information undermentioned.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



IN MEMORIAM, DAVID ROBERTSON, LL.D., with bibliography 

 of writings. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 1896-97, pp. 18-42. 



VERTEBRATE AND PLANT LIFE ON BEN NEVIS. By Colonel H. W. 

 Fielden. Trans. Norfolk and Nonvich Nat. Soc., vol. vi. pp. 245- 

 247. 



THE WILD BIRDS' PROTECTION ACT OF 1894, AND THE FUTURE 

 OF BRITISH OOLOGY. By Colonel W. H. M. Duthie. Trans. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 1896-97, pp. 43-47. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CHIFF-CHAFF (Phylloscopus rufus) 

 IN THE CLYDE AREA. By John Paterson. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Glasgow, 1896-97, pp. 48-52. 



LOCAL NAME OF THE SHELDRAKE. By Hugh Boyd Watt. 

 Zoologist (4), vol. i. p. 571 (December 1897). Gives Scottish and 

 Gaelic forms. 



NESTING OF THE GREAT NORTHERN AND BLACK-THROATED 

 DIVERS IN SHETLAND. By Bernard A. E. Buttress. Zoologist (4), 

 vol. i. p. 509 (November 1897). Note on the finding of the eggs 

 of Colymbus glacialis on 2nd June. 



ON CLADODUS NEILSONI (TRAQUAIR) FROM THE CARBONIFEROUS 

 LIMESTONE OF EAST KILBRIDE. By R. H. Traquair, M.D., LL.D., 

 F.R.S. Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow, vol. xi. part i. pp. 41-50, pi. 

 iv. (1897). 



LEPIDOPTERA IN ROSS-SHIRE. By E. Meyrick. Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 (2), vol. viii. p. 234 (October 1897).- The following species, not 

 hitherto recorded north of the Caledonian Canal, were noticed at 

 Gairloch early in September : Acalla aspersana, Chelaria hueb- 

 nerella, and Cerostoma costella. 



POLYOMMATUS ASTRARCHE, AB. QUADRIPUNCTA, TUTT. By A. 



Home. Ent. Record, vol. ix. p. 330 (i5th December 1897). A 

 few specimens captured at Muchalls, Kincardineshire, in July last. 



SPHINX CONVOLVULI IN SCOTLAND. By W. M. Christy. Ento- 

 mologist, vol. xxx. p. 298 (November 1897). Specimen taken in 

 September in Sutherlandshire. 



