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Society of Edinburgh, " On the Influence of the Recent Storm on 

 Bird-Life," of which he has kindly forwarded me a copy. 



Mr. George Sim contributed a short but able paper on " The 

 Effect of the Late Storm upon our Wild Animals in the North- 

 east of Scotland'' to the Scottish Natural 1st, April, 1879, No. 

 xxxiv., p. 84. 



Mr. A. Brotherston, of Kelso, contributed an interesting paper, 

 " Notes on the Effects of the Past Winter in the South-east of 

 Scotland," to the Scottish Naturalist, April, 1879, No. xxxiv., p. 81. 



Mr. A. Brotherston also has another paper, " Notes on the 

 Effects of the Past Winter," published somewhat later than the 

 last-mentioned, in the " Proceedings of the Berwickshire Natura- 

 lists' Club," and I am obliged to the author for a separate copy of 

 his paper, as also for one of his "Zoological Notes" (op. cit., 

 p. 521), in which he makes references to various facts of interest. 



Mr. Robert Service has reported upon " The Winter and Birds," 

 in the Dumfries Courier of 25th March, 1879, referring principally 

 to the South-west of Scotland. 



Mr. John Cordeaux has treated of the " Early Migration upon 

 our East Coast — England — in the Autumn of 1878," in the Field 

 and Zoologist. I am indebted to him for a copy of this paper. 



Mr. Robert Warren has an able paper on " The Effect of Severe 

 Frost on Animal Life as observed in the County Mayo," in the 

 Zoologist for July, 1879, which should be read in this connection.* 



Dr. Buchanan White has some "Notes of the Spring of 1879," 

 in the July number of the Scottish Naturalist, p. 132, principally 

 Botanical, but with a few references to Birds and Quadrupeds. 



Mr. J. Hardy, of Old Cambus, has some interesting notes in 



Those who are interested in the effects of the winter upon Fish should 

 read a paper in the "Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society, New 

 Series, Nos. lvii., lviii., lix., by Archibald Young, Commissioner of Scottish 

 Salmon Fisheries, entitled ' ' On the connection between the Severe Winter 

 and Spring of 1878-79 and the Failure of the Spring Salmon Fishing in the 

 Early Rivers." 



Mr. Cordeaux has also a paper, "Our Notes from North Lincolnshire," in 

 Zoologist, 1879, p. 371, which may be consulted in this connection. In it 

 some parallel observations may be found upon the scarcity of spring 

 migrants and the delay of migrants, and consequent hurrying north of these 

 species at a later date. These may be compared with my remarks in this 

 paper upon the crowding upon our latitudes of certain other species, such 

 as the Willow Warbler, &c. 



