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CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter October-December 1900. 



[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 NATURAL HISTORY OF AILSA CRAIG. By John Smith, 

 John Paterson, and Hugh Boyd Watt. Ann. Andersonian Nat. Soc., 

 vol. ii. pt. ii. (1900) pp. 135-154. 



BLACK RAT IN FORFARSHIRE. A. H. Baring. Zoologist (4), 

 vol. iv. p. 517 (November 1900). Dead specimen picked up on 

 the bank of the North Esk. 



BIRD LIFE ON THE SIDLAWS. By William Whyte. Trans. 

 Perthshire Soc. Nat. Set., vol. iii. pt. ii. (1899-1900) pp. 55- 



59- 



THE BIRDS OF BUTE AND ARRAN. By Archibald Craig. 

 Trans. Edin. Field Nat. & Micro. Soc., vol. iv. pt. ii. (1900) pp. 

 78-87. 



A CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIST OF PERTHSHIRE SPIDERS. By 

 William Evans, F.R.S.E. Trans. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Set., vol. iii. 

 pt. ii. (1899-1900) pp. 88-96. One hundred and fifty-one species 

 are given in the list, three of which are new to science, though not 

 described. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL REPORTS. By George W. Ord. Ann. 

 Andersonian Nat. Soc., vol. ii. pt. ii. (1900) pp. 108-113. Reports 

 on the insects obtained during excursions arranged by the Entomo- 

 logical Section during the years 1895-96. 



FOUR WEEKS' COLLECTING IN SCOTLAND. By Louis B. Prout, 

 F.E.S. Ent. Record^ vol. xii. pp. 282-284 (November 1900). 

 Notes on Lepidoptera taken on the Pitfour estate, Aberdeenshire, 

 and in the neighbourhood of Forres. 



COLIAS EDUSA IN SCOTLAND. John A. Nix. Entomologist, vol. 

 xxxiii. p. 354 (December 1900). A specimen seen in September at 

 Inveraray. 



EPINEPHELE (HIPPARCHIA) HYPERANTHUS IN FIFESHIRE. 

 Henry H. Brown. Entomologist, vol. xxxiii. p. 351 (December 

 1900). A number of specimens seen near Cupar in the first week 

 of July. 



