252 



ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Nemeophila plantaginis, ab. hospita and 



ab. i'nja (Curr. Lit.), 59; black 



aberration, 59 

 Nitragin, experiments with (Curr. Lit.), 



60 

 NOBLE, HEATLEY, introduction of the 



Capercaillie into Inverness-shire, 



237 



Notes of the season Wigtownshire 

 (Curr. Lit. ), 244 



Obituary Notices. MORRIS YOUNG, 

 F. E. S., i ; GEORGE WILLIAM 

 TRAILL, 7 ; WILLIAM ARCHER, 

 F.R.S., S 



CEstrine parasites of British deer (Curr. 

 Lit.), 125 



Oporabia autitninata (Curr. Lit.), 187 



Onamis genno in the Sol way Firth, 



. 53 

 Onoliis galbitla in Forfarshire, 179 



Orsodacna, colour -varieties in Britain 



(Curr. Lit.), 244 

 Ospreys, destruction of, 182 

 Otters, White (Curr. Lit.), 124 

 Otus vitlgaris in Outer Hebrides, 50 

 Owl, Barn, dark form of, in Kincardine- 

 shire, 50; Long-eared, in Outer 

 Hebrides, 50 



Oxyccra dives at Rannoch (Curr. Lit.), 

 1 88 



Pachytylns niigratorins in Aberdeen- 

 shire, 55 



Paracalanus parvits in the Firth of 

 Clyde, 1 20 



Parainmtna bilobata in Loch Fyne, 56 



Pants pahistris, curious nesting site of, 

 1 80 



Pastor rosens in West Ross-shire, 49 



PATERSON, JOHN, Sabine's Gull in 

 Arran, 52 ; old note on Ailsa Craig, 

 113 ; Garden Warbler south of the 

 Grampians, 114; Waxwing in Ayr- 

 shire, 115; Blue-headed Wagtail in 

 Lanarkshire, 179; an obscure point 

 in the history of the Cadzow herd 

 of white cattle, 235 ; the Grampus 

 in Clyde, 236 



PATERSON, JOHN, and ROBERTSON, 

 JOHN, Chiff-chaff, Wood Wren, 

 and Black-throated Diver in East 

 Renfrewshire, 115 



Pelias bents in the Pentlands, 184 



Perthshire, "Flora" of, 242 



Perthshire note, a (Curr. Lit.), 246 



Petrel, Leach's, in Moray, 53 



Phasiamts cokhicus and Tetrao tiro- 

 gallus, hybrids between, 17, 117 



Pheasant and Capercaillie, hybrids 

 between, 17, 117 



Phylloscopus ntfns in East Renfrewshire, 



115; sibilatrix in East Renfrew- 

 shire, 115 



Pied Flycatcher in Nithsdale, 49 

 Pintail nesting in the " Forth " area, 162 

 Plagiothecium Miilleriannui in Britain 



(Curr. Lit.), 246 

 Plant Plankton, observations on (Curr. 



Lit.), 6 1 

 Plants, nitrogenous food of (Curr. Lit. ), 



60 

 Plants, records of Scottish, for 1897, 



225 

 Poa cents ia, All., var. flex-uosa (Wahl.), 



a new species of grass in Scotland, 



122 



Pochard breeding in Wigtownshire, 51 

 Pochard in Midlothian, 238 

 Podicipes cristatus breeding in Wigtown- 

 shire, 51 



Polecat in Elginshire, 236 

 Polyommatus astrarche zb.quadripttncta 



(Curr. Lit.), 58 



Pratincola rubetra in Shetland, 178 

 Protection of wild birds and their eggs 



in Scotland, 146 

 Psychoda albipennis from Loch Maree 



(Curr. Lit.), iSS ; phahrnoidestmm. 



Loch Maree (Curr. Lit.), iSS 

 Pygccra Intcephala in Moray, 54 

 Pyrns Aria and its varieties (Curr. Lit. ), 



60 



Ralhts aqiiaticus breeding near Glas- 

 gow, 52 

 Ranunculus auricomus, note on (Curr. 



Lit.), 60 ; petiolaris, 122, (Curr. 



Lit.), 126 

 REID, WILLIAM, F. E.S., Taniocampa 



gracilis in Scotland, 119 

 Reviews 



Manual of British Birds, by Howard 



Saunders, 62 

 A History of Fowling, by the Rev. 



H. A. Macpherson, 62 

 With Nature and a Camera, by R. 



Kearton, 63 

 Memories of the Months, by Sir 



Herbert Maxwell, 63 

 Among British Birds in their Nesting 



Haunts, by O. A. J. Lee, 64 

 A Handy Guide to Fish Culture, by 



J. J. Armstead, 64 

 Wild" Birds Protection Acts, 1880-96, 



by J. R. V. Marchant, M.A., and 



'Watkin Watkins, B.A. , Barristers- 



at-Law, 127 

 A Sketch of the Natural History 



(Vertebrates) of the British Islands, 



by F. G. Aflalo, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., 



128 

 Audubon and his Journals Maria 



R. Audubon. With Zoological 



