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 Leptothorax acervorum from Ben Lawers, Mr P. Cameron on, . . 105 



Library, additions to, 1875-6, 1876-7, 1877-8, .... 217, 357 

 Loch Lomond and Neighbourhood, Sketch Paper on the Birds of. By 



Mr James Lumsden, F.Z.S., ........ 58 



Loch Lomond, The Mammals of the Neighbourhood of. By Mr James 



Lumsden, F.Z.S., .......... 186 



Malloch, Mr Charles, Notice of the Death of, 317 



Mammals of the Neighbourhood of Loch Lomond, The. By Mr James 



Lumsden, F.Z.S., .......... 186 



Mantis, The Praying (Mantis religiosa), Mr Thomas Chapman on, . . 56 



Members, List of, 1876-7, 211 



Merlin (Falco aesalon), nesting in a Tree, Mr James Lumsden, F.Z.S., on, 255 



Meteorological Record kept at Queen's Park for 1875-6-7, . . . 326 



Migration of Birds in N.E. Russia. By Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S., 46 



Millerite, a sulphide of Nickel, from Dockra, Beith, Mr James Coutts on, 178 



Natural History, Miscellaneous Notes in. By Mr James Napier, . 194 



Nutria {Myoptomus coy pus), a South American species of Rodent, On 



the. By Mr Ernest Gibson, Buenos Ayres, Cor. Mem., . , 344 



Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Mr James Lumsden, F.Z.S., on, . . 3 



Otter {Lutra vulgaris) captured in the Botanic Gardens, Dr John 



Young, M.D., on an, 327 



Partridge, Common (Perdix cinerea), On some varieties of the, with 



remarks on the Causes of Variation in Species. By Mr John A. 



Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S., 132 



Pearson, Mr James, Notice of the Death of, ..... 35 



Petchora, Sketch of the Ornithology of the Lower, with some account of 



a Journey to the Delta of that river and to the Tundras of N.E. 



Russia; with remarks on the migratory movements of the species 



observed. By Mr John A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., . 44 

 Phaenusa, A Monograph of the British species of. By Mr P. Cameron, 5, 95 

 Phi'yganea, the species of, found in the district, Mr Francis G. Binnie on, 27 

 Pigeon, Cro^vned {Goura alhertissi), from New Guinea, Mr John 



Young, F.G.S., on, 289 



Pisidium fontinale and Planorhis complanatus, two freshwater shells new 



to Scotland, and Helix villosa, a land shell new to Britain. By Mr 



David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., 172 



Plants from Canada, a Collection of, Mr Robert Mason on, . . .321 

 Plants from Western Africa, Mr James Coutts on some, ... 81 

 Plants from Disco Island, forwarded by Capt. Feilden, C.M.Z.S., 



Mr R. Mason on 280 



Plants rare in the West of Scotland, observed during last summer. On 



some. By Mr James Ramsay, V.P., 41 



Polyzoa, Carboniferous, from High Blantyre, Mr John Young, F.G.S., on, 2 



