i2 4 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



becomes hard and brown. This gall is the work of a mite Eriophyes 

 Fraxini (Karp.) Nal. It appears not to be common in the north 

 of Scotland, where I have only twice met with it. JAMES W. H. 

 TRAIL. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter October-December 1901. 



[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. 



A WHITE WEASEL IN FIFESHIRE. J. M. S. The Field, 8th 

 February 1902, p. 183. Refers to a specimen trapped in the 

 country in the winter of 1900-1901. 



A BLACK HARE IN CAITHNESS. J. Anstey. The Field, 22nd 

 February 1902, p. 281. Specimen shot by one of the Duke of 

 Portland's keepers. 



NOTES FROM SHETLAND. J. Edmondston Saxby. Zoologist 

 (4), vol. v. pp. 112-113 (March 1902). Relate to Coot, Long-eared 

 Owl, Woodcock, Snowy Owl, Iceland Gull, Waxwing, Grouse, and 

 others. 



KINGFISHER NEAR ABERDEEN. W. Wilson. Zoologist (4), vol. 

 v. p. 27 (January 1902). This note refers to the acquisition of a 

 specimen on the Don, a few miles inland from Aberdeen, and to a 

 second example which was picked up in a starving condition at 

 Alford. 



A WHITE -WINGED WOODCOCK. F. G. B. The Field, ist 

 February 1902, p. 178. Specimen shot near Loch Awe with the 

 first five primaries pure white, the sixth and seventh of the normal 

 colour, and the eighth, ninth, and tenth pure white. 



KING-EIDER IN FIFESHIRE. Bernard B. Riviere. Zoologist (4), 

 vol. v. p. 27 (January 1902). Refers to a male shot on i5th June 

 1899. 



THE CONCHOLOGY OF THE CLYDE : GEOGRAPHICAL AND 



BIOGRAPHICAL. By A. Somerville, B.Sc., F.L.S. Journ. of Conch- 

 ology, vol. x. pp. 137-141 (January 1902). 



DRAGONFLIES IN 1901. By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. Ento- 

 mologist, vol. xxxv. p. 33 (February 1 902). Several Scottish 

 records are referred to. 



