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ing cup-fungus Peziza (Geopyxis) ammophila which in autumn may 

 be found there on the Aberdeenshire coast locally plentiful. JAMES 

 W. H. TRAIL. 



CORRECTIONS. In ' Additions to the Flora of Orkney ' in " Ann. 

 Scot. Nat. Hist." July 1895, P- X 79> under Pyrola rotitndifolia, Linn., 

 delete " A. R. Duguid," and " The specimen was given to me by 

 Miss Mary Gold, who received it from Dr. Duguid," and insert 

 instead "Miss G. Gold, August 1869." HENRY H. JOHNSTON. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter July-September 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. 



THE CELTIC PONY AND THE TARPAN. " R.L." The Field, 

 6th August 1904, p. 276. Draws attention to a paper by Dr. L. 

 Stejneger, of the U.S. National Museum, in Natiiren on the relation- 

 ship of these two forms. 



ON A NEW BRITISH VOLE FROM THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. By 

 J. G. Millais. Zoologist, July 1904, pp. 241-246. This paper 

 describes an interesting and important addition to the British 

 Mammalian Fauna. The species is described as new under the 

 name of Microtus orcadensis, and most of the specimens were ob- 

 tained in the parish of Sandwick, Pomona, where they are especially 

 numerous. See also The Field, 3oth July, 1904, p. 229. 



ON A HEBRIDEAN MARSH. "G. S. H." The Field, 3oth July 

 1904, p. 230. A sketch of the bird-life observed near a loch (not 

 specified) in one of the Outer Hebrides. 



YOUNG PTARMIGAN. John M'Donald. The Field, 3oth July 

 1904, p. 230. Two young birds found near Roy Bridge which were 

 perfectly white and without a trace of gray feathers. 



BUFFON'S SKUA (STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS) AT ABERDEEN. 

 Geo. Sim. Zoologist, July 1904, p. 266. A pair shot near New 

 Pitsligo on 23rd May. 



GADUS POUTASSOU AT ABERDEEN. Geo. Sim. Zoologist, July 

 1904, p. 268. A male, eleven inches long, caught by trawl 140 



