No. XXV. JANUARY, 1877. ^•il^ Vol. IV. 



*' Time's glory is 

 To unmask falsehood and bring truth ,to. light. ^' 



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SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Edited by P. Buchanan VHiite, M.D., F.L.S. 



CONTENTS. 

 Zoologry— Page 



Further Remarks on Animal Psychosis (continued), — Rev. J. Wardrop, i 



Bird-names in Orkney, — ^James W. H. Trail, M.A., M.B., F.L. S., - 9 

 On the occurrence of Picus major Lin. (Greater Spotted Woodpecker) 



in Aberdeenshire, and its Habits and Food, — Id., - - - 10 



Migration of the Starling, — R. Herdman, lO 



Kites, — Id., 10 



Sphinx convolvuli, — Alexander Paterson, M.D., - - - - 10 



Tenthredinidse in Braemar, — P. Cameron, - - - - - - 10 



Notes on Scotch Hymenoptera, — lb., - - li 



Capture of Catocala fraxini in Berwickshire, — W. SiAw, - - - 1-2 



Catocala nupta, — Id., - - - -- - - -- 12 



Pachnobia hyperborea van alpina, — F. Buchanan White, - - - 12 



Phytology— 



Scottish Galls,— James W. H. Trail, M.A., M.B., F.L.S., - - 13 

 Observations on the Recurrence of the Rarer Fmagi — Rev. John Stevenson, 18 



Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, - - - - - . - 22 

 On Uredo filicum Desm. and Uredo? pteridum n. sp., — Dr. Buchanan 



White, - 26 



New or Rare Lichens,— J. Stirton, M.D., F.L. S., - - - - 27 

 Convolvulus arvensis as an unintended ornamental climber,— W. Herdman, 30 



Note for Mycolologists, — Rev. J. Stevenson, 30 



Rare Fungi from Glasgow Botanic Gardens, — R. H. Paterson, - - 30 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland, — F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 31 



The Coleoptera of Scotland, — D. Sharp, M.B., --..-- 35 



Title page, Preface, and Index to Volume III. 



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