No. XX. 



OCTOBER, 1875. 



Vol. III. 



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SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



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



CONTENT S. 



Zoology— Pa s G 

 Illustrations of Animal Reason (continued), — Dr. Lauder Lindsay, 



F.R.S.E., F.L.S., 137 



Animal Psychosis, — Rev. J. Wardrop, ------ 149 



On the Grey Seal (Halichcerus grypus) on the East Coast of Scotland, — 



R. Walker, F.G.S.E., - - 154 



Captures of Helicidas at Pitlochry, Perthshire,— H. Coates. - - 160 



Helix caperata, — Id., -160 



New British Moth,— F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., - - 160 

 Outline Descriptions of British Coleoptera (continued), — Rev. THOS. 



Blackburn, B.A., - - - 161 



Geology— 



The Origin of Soils,— F. Smith, 169 



Gold in Scotland,— W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., 177 



Phytology— 



Note on Merulius lachiymans, — Rev. J. Stevenson, M. A., - - 178 



New British Fungi,— F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S. , - 178 

 The Fundus Show, .-.-------178 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Lepidoptera of Scotland,— F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 180 



The Coleoptera of Scotland,— D. Sharp, M.B., .... 183 



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