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 A list of Hill Forts, intrenched camps, &c, in Roxburghshire, 



on the Scotch side of the Cheviots. Prof. J. Geikie, ... 186 



On fossil cryptogams. Dr. Gilchrist, ... ... ... 133 



On the denticulated hinge-line of Spirifera trigonalis Martin. John 



Young, ... ... •-• ••• •■• ••• 19 2 



On the external differences between Fenestella plebeiaand F. tuber- 



culo-carinata Eth. John Young, ... ... ... 95 



ZOOLOGY. 



Evolution, and some things said regarding it. Rev. Dr. Milroy, ... 190 



Instinct. James Shepherd, ... ... ... ... ... 1S9 



Some points in the chemistry of animals and plants. F. W. Young, 136 



Morphology of plants and animals. Pat. Geddes, ... ... 136 



Teeth. W. J. Hardie, ... ... ... ... ... 189 



The Flora and Fauna of Keig, Aberdeenshire. Rev. Thos. Bell, 91 

 On the Fauna and Flora of the North-East of Scotland. J. W. IT. 



Trail, ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 



Wanton destruction of animal life in Shetland, ... ... ... 191 



The Mammalia of Buchan. W. Horn, ... ... .. 137 



Capture of a white whale on the coast of Caithness. J. E. Harting, 233 

 On the occurrence in Perthshire of sub-fossil bones of red-deer. 



F. B. White, ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 



Observations on the migration of birds at lighthouses and lightships, 130 



Method of recording (ornithological) observations. J. A. Harvie Brown, 191 



Ornithological notes from Skye. II. A. Macpherson, ... ... 140 



Ornithological notes. R. Gray, ... .. ... ... 187 



Ornithological jottings from Loch Lomond for 1881. J. Lumsden, 137 



Additional notes on the Birds of X.W. Perthshire. W. Horn, ... 137 



Bird life of the Firth of Forth during storms of 1SS1. R. Gray, ... 186 



Notes of some rare British birds. O. V. Aplin, ... ... 191 



The islands and rocks of Haskeir and their bird-life. J. A. Harvie 



Brown, ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 



The Flannan islands and their bird-life. J. A. Harvie Brown, . . T37 

 On the Eagle Owl (Bubo ignavus), from near Ardrishaig. J. M. 



Campbell, ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 



Supposed nestling Grey Plover from the Orkneys. H. A. Macpherson, 140 



Grey Shrike and Waxwing in Aberdeenshire. J. Whitaker, ... 140 



Pale-coloured Kestrel from Skye. O. V. Aplin, ... ... 191 



Rough-legged Buzzard and Waxwing in Shetland. T. Edmonston, 233 



Rooks and Rookeries. James Smail, ... ... ... 1S7 



Late breeding of swallows and martins in Kirkcudbrightshire. 



R. Service, ... ... ... ... ... ... 140 



Orthagoriscus Mola caught in the Firth of Clyde. J. M. Campbell, 137 



Sociological value of entomology. D. Sharp, ... ... ... 135 



Mimicry in insects. S. T. Ellison, .. ... ... .. 138 



How an insect flies. S.T.Ellison, ... ... ... ... 232 



Captures in North Uist and St. Kilda. C.W.Dale, ... ... 192 



Additions to the etymology of the Isle of Harris. C. AY. Dale, ... 233 



Captures in the Isle of Skye. C.W.Dale, .. ... ... 233 



Notes on new British Coleoptera since 187 1. W. W. Fowler, ... 140 



The British species of Dicyphus. O. M. Reuter, ... ... 140 



Captures of Coleoptera near Pitlochry. Alf. Beaumont, ... ... 140 



Agathidium Rhinoceros near Colinton. Alf. Beaumont, ... 233 



Dimorphism in Oak Gall makers and their galls. J. W. H. Trail, 190 



Notes on Tenthredinidae. P. Cameron, ... ... ... 233 



Lepidoptera in Roxburghshire. Adam Elliot, ... ... ... 1S7, 201 



