No. IX. j 



JANUARY, 1873. 



[Vol. II. 



" Time 's glory is 



To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light." 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



Edited by F. Buchanan White, M. 



CONTENTS: 

 Zoology— 



On the occurrence of the Hooded Seal at St. Andrews. — 



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



Late Breeding of the Hedgehog in Scotland, J Lumsden, Jr., 



Birds of Balquhidder, — W. Cameron, - - - 



Occurrence of the Golden Oriole, -F. Buchanan White, M.D., 



Purple Heron, — H. O. Forbes, .... 



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Wood Sandpiper.- -J. Lumsden, Jr., .... 

 Turtle Dove, — A. Broth erston, .... 



Five tots on each leg of a Black-headed Gull, — J.W. H Traill, M.A , n 

 Memoirs on Scottish Tenthredinidae {with a coloured plate), — 



P. Cameron, Jr., - 

 Occurrence of three new British Sawflies, &c, in Scotland, — Id., 

 Vanessa Antiopa, — By the Editor, - 



Gonepteryx rhamni and Vanessa Antiopa in Fife,— J Boswell 



Syme. LL.D., F.LS., - - - - - 20 



Vanessa Antiopa in Banffshire,— J. W. H. Traill, M.A., - 20 



Additions to the Aberdeenshire Fauna, — Id., ... 20 



Memoirs on Scottish Diptera,— J. Hardy, ... 2 i 



Note on Bibio clavipes and B. lepidus, — F Buchanan White, M.D., 23 



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Captures of Spiders in Scotland,— J. W. TI. Traill, M.A , 



Phytology— 



Pleasures and Advantages of the Study of Botany, — J. Allan, 

 Scottish Galls,— J. W. H. Traill, M.A., 

 Poa sudetica in Scotland— A. Brotherston. 

 Note on Altitudes, — F. Buchanan White, 

 Monstrous form of Teucrium scorodonia,- - Id., 

 Acclimatisation of Exotic Trees in Scotland, 



Insecta Scotica— 



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

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



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