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self to Headrick's " General View of the Agriculture of the 

 County of Angus or Forfarshire," which was published in 

 1813, there occurs on page 31 the following sentence: 

 " By the roadside, in coming from the North Water Bridge, 

 he (i.e. the botanist) will find the Carex divisa, one of the 

 rarest Carices." There is no reference to any other station 

 however, and possibly only one was known to Don at the 

 time. Gardiner, in the " Flora of Forfarshire," p. 212, 1848, 

 says, only " wayside between Montrose and the North Water 

 Bridge. Mr. G. Don." Mr. Menzies states that there was 

 a patch of it covering perhaps a yard of ground ; but as he 

 did not search the neighbourhood thoroughly, it may be in 

 larger quantity. Next season the ground will be more 

 carefully examined. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Marine Biological Association of the West of Scotland. The 



following prizes are offered by Sir John Murray, the Honorary 

 President of the Association, in memory of the late Fred. P. Pullar, 

 who took much interest in the Millport Marine Station, and who 

 lost his life in the unfortunate ice accident on Airthrey Loch, Bridge 

 of Allan, on the i5th February 1901 : 



1. A prize of ^50 for a paper on " The Seasonal Distribution and 

 Development of Pelagic Algce in the Waters of the Clyde Sea Area." 



2. A prize of $Q for a paper on "The Reproduction, Develop- 

 ment, and Distribution in the Clyde Sea Area of the Genera 

 Nyctiphanes and Boreophausia." 



3. A prize <?f$o for a paper on "The Formation and Distribu- 

 tion of Glauconite in the deposits of the Clyde Sea Area and the 

 adjacent seas of Scotland." 



These prizes are open to investigators from any part of the 

 world who conduct observations in the several subjects at the 

 Millport Marine Station, and who produce, at any time before 

 ist January 1905, papers which, in the opinion of a Committee 

 of three scientific men, to be nominated by the Committee of 

 the Association and by Sir John Murray, shall be deemed of 

 sufficient value to merit publication. 



Those proposing to work for any one of these prizes should 

 make known their intention to the Secretary of the Association. 



Notes on the Habits of the Hedgehog. These most interesting 

 animals abound in the nursery fields adjacent to my house, and 



