ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter January-March 1904. 



[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. 



WEIGHT OF SCOTCH HARES. A. G. Cameron. The Field, gth 

 January 1904, p. 50. Gives particulars of six hares shot in North 

 Argyll. The weights vary from 7^ Ib. to 8 Ib. 5. oz. 



SPERM WHALES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. R. L. The Field, 

 23rd January 1904, p. 151. Refers to various specimens killed 

 near the Shetlands, with measurements and yield of oil. See also 

 Thomas Southwell and A. H. Cocks. The Field, 3oth January 

 1904, p. 1 88, and W. L. Calderwood, I.e. p. 278, for further 

 particulars. 



RAMBLES AMONG THE WILD BIRDS (No. III.) By the Rev. F. 

 L. Blathwayt, M.A., M.B.O.U. " On Highland Lochs." Agricultural 

 Magazine (November 1903), new series, vol. ii. No. i, pp. 30-36. 

 Notes on the Black-throated Diver and other birds found breeding 

 last May on some lochs in West Sutherland. 



SOME ABERRATIONS OF COMMON MOTHS. Francis E. Wood- 

 bridge. Entomologist, January 1904, pp. 9-10. Refers to a male 

 specimen taken at Dunkeld in June 1900. 



HYMENOPTERA (TENTHREDINID^E AND ACULEATA) IN DUM- 

 BARTONSHIRE ; WITH SOME ADDITIONS TO THE CLYDE LIST. J. R. 

 Malloch. Ent. Mo. Mag., February 1904, pp. 41-43. Notes on 

 thirty-five species. 



Two NEW SPECIES OF BRITISH ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA. 

 Edward Saunders, F.R.S. Ent. Mo. Mag., January 1904, pp. 10- 

 12. One of the species is Crabro (Ccelocrabro) styrius, Kohl, and 

 among the specimens recorded is one taken at Dollar in July 1901 

 by Mr. William Evans. 



CRABRO CARBONARIUS AT AVIEMORE. J. R. Malloch. Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., March 1904, p. 62. Refers to two specimens, a c? and 

 a ? , taken by Mr. King on gth July and i2th August respectively. 



OXYCERA DIVES, Lw., AT ABERFOYLE, PERTHSHIRE. A. E. J. 



Carter. Ent. Mo. Mag., January 1904, p. 16. Three specimens 

 captured in July 1903. 



