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Newt, Alpine (Triton alpestris), Mr. John M. Campbell on the, 



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27:; 



Opossum, Common (Didelphis aurita), " Comadreja picaso," or Black 

 and White Comadreja, Notes on the. By Mr. Ernest Gibson, 

 F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., - 38 



Opossum, Yellow (Didelphis crassicaudata) , from Cape San Antonio, 

 Province of Buenos Aja-es, On the. By Mr. Ernest Gibson, 

 Corresponding Member, 84 



Ornithological Jottings from the neighbourhood of Loch Lomond, 



December, 1870. By Mr. James Lumsden, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.. - 199 



Ornithological Journal of the Winter of 1878-79, with Collected Notes 

 regarding its Effects upon Animal Life, including Remarks on the 

 Migration of Birds in the Autumn of 187S and the Spring of 1879. 

 By Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., - - - 123 



Ornithology, Second Report on Scottish, October 1st, 1879, to Sep- 

 tember 30th, 18S0. Compiled by Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, 

 F.R.S.E., &c, - - 291 



Ostracoda, Fresh- and Brackish-water, chiefly from the West of 



Scotland, On. By Mr. David Robertson, F.L.S., F.G.S., - 77 



(Title only, this Paper being a contribution to the Fauna 

 or Scotland, and printed separately.) 



Parasites and Saprophytes, Vegetable. By Mr. Robert Turner, - 203 

 Peccary, Collared (Dkotyles tajacn), Mr. John M. Campbell on the, - 2G9 

 Pentremites (Say.), On the occurrence of the genus, in the Carbon- 

 iferous Limestone series of the East of Scotland. By Mr. Robert 

 Etheridge, Jan., F.G.S., Pres. Roy. Phys. Soc, Ediu. (Plate V., 



figs. 7 to 12), - 260 



Perthshire, Notes on the Birds of the North-west of. By Mr. 



William Horn, 54 



Planorbis complanatus, Mr. F. G. Binnie on, - - 118 



Potamogelon zizii, Mr. R. Turner on, - - - - - 192 



Potato, Solatium tuberosum, Mr. Thomas King on the, - - 45 



Product it* (jrijjithianus, Mr. John Young, F.G.S., on, 79 



Productus, Notes on the occurrence of a species of Boring Marine 

 Alga penetrating the Shell Structure of a species of. By Mr. 

 John Young, F.G.S., - - - - 77 



Report of the Council for Session 1877-78, - - - 1 



Report of the Council for Session 1878-9, - L - - - 115 

 Report on the Proceedings of the Summer Session of 1879. By Mr. 



Thomas King, 117 



Rhynchopora, On, a Genus of Brachiopod Shells new to Carboniferous 



Strata. By Mr. John Young, F.G.S., Y.P., ... 13 



Sandpiper, Wood, Totanus glareola, Lin., Sir George Leith Buchanan 



on the, ... 9 



Saprophytes, Vegetable Parasites and. By Mr. Robert Turner, - 203 



