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P. laxa, Hsenke, 1800. " On Ben Nevis. Mr. Mackay." Sm., 

 "Fl. Brit," 1 01 (as P.flexuosd). 



P. Balfourii, Parnell (in Ann. Nat. Hist., x. 122), 1842. 

 " Gathered by Dr. Balfour on Ben Voirlich, near the head of Loch 

 Lomond." 



Festuca sylvatica, Vill., 1 800. " In a moist wooded valley at the 

 foot of Ben Lawers, 1793. Mr. Mackay." Sm., "Fl. Brit.," i. 121 

 (as F. calamaria). 



Oxytropis uralensis, DC. " Discovered by Dr. John Walker 

 near Loch Leven in 1761." See Walker's "Essays on Nat. Hist, 

 and Rural Economy," 1808, p. 380. 



Lathyrus niger, Wimm., 1821. "Found by Thomas Dummond 

 in the Den of Airly, 12 miles west of Forfar." Hooker, " Fl. Scot.," 

 ii. p. 267 (as Orobus niger). 



Saxifraga rivularis, L., 1792. "In monte Ben Nevis Scotiae 

 hanc plantain primus in Britannia invenit anno 1790. D. Robertus 

 Tounson."- -J. E. Smith, in Linn^eus's " Fl. Lapponica," 2nd ed., p. 



143- 



Salix lapponum, L. "It appears from the essays of Dr. J. 

 Walker that this was first observed by him in the parish of Moffat 

 in July 1762. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

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ZOOLOGY. 



MUSEUM NOTES : ON THE NESTING BIRDS OF PERTHSHIRE AND 

 THE BASIN OF THE TAY. By the late Col. H. M. Drummond Hay, 

 C.M.Z.S. Trans. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Set., vol. ii. pt. iv. (1895-96), 

 pp. 143-147- 



BIRD LIFE ON RONA'S HILL, SHETLAND. By Robert Godfrey. 

 The Field, 26th September 1896, p. 535. 



IN THE WILDS OF NORTH ROE, SHETLAND. By Robert Godfrey. 

 The Field, 2ist November 1896, p. 848. Refers to the bird life of 

 the district. 



HEDGE-SPARROW BREEDING ON THE BASS ROCK. J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown. Zoologist (3), vol. xx. p. 358 (September 1896). A reply 

 to a note by Mr. Meiklejohn in the previous number. 



JERFALCON IN SKYE. E. Willoughby. The Field, 5th December 

 1896, p. 906. Specimen shot at Portree on 28th November. 



