No. XXVII. JULY, 1877. 



'"'• Time's glory is XV '"' 



To unmask falsehood and bring truth io li;:'''' " 



TH E 



SCOTTISH NATURALW 



Edited by F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S. 



C O N T E N T S. 



Zoolog-y— I'age 



On Migration, — Colonel Drummond Hay, CM. Z.S., - - - - 85 

 I The Lepidoptera of Moncreiffe Hill ( Continued ),—^n- T. Moncreiffe, 



Bart., - - - 99 



Some Notes on the British Species of Oporabia ( lllnstratcd), — F. 



Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 11 r 



Waste of Life at vSt. Abb's Head,— J. H. Gurney, jun., F.Z. S., - - 116 



The Exteniiination of Rare Birds, — Rev. W. Herdman, - - - 116 



Capture of Vanessa Antiopa,— Dr. Buchanan White, - - - 116 

 Colias Edusa in Galloway,— W. D. Robinson-Douglas, B.A., F.L.S., 



F.R.G.S., - - - 117 



Dumfriesshire, — R. Service, 117 



Berwickshire, — W.Shaw, - 117 



Perthshire, — W. Herd, - 117 



Alternation of Generation in Cynipidce, — Editor, - - - - 117 



Phytology— 



Notes on Abnormal plants,— Professor R. H. Paterson, - - - 11 S 



Notes on Lathraia squamaria, — Id., - - - - - - - 119 



Rare Plants from Ben Lomond, — Id., - - • 119 



Alchemilla conjuncta Bab. — (Extracted), - • - - - - 119 



Cryptogamic Society pF Scotland, 119 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland,— F. Buchanan White, M!D., F.L.S,, 120 



The Coleoptera of Scotland,— D. Sharp, M.B., - - - 129 





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