CONTENTS 



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The Problem of Adaptation . . ... 97 



Whales stranded on Scottish Coasts in 1 916 . . . 101 



Some Nudibranchs, including Hermcea dendritica and Lamelli- 

 doris aspera, from the Forth Area William Evans, 

 F.R.S.E., and Lt. W. Edgar Evans, B.Sc. . . 105 



A Check-List of the British Terrestrial Isopoda (Woodlice) 



Walter E. Co Hinge, D.Sc, F.L.S. . . . . m 



Notes : 



Brent Goose in Bute Rev. J. M. AP William, 99 ; Status of the 

 Brent Goose in Orkney and Shetland H. W. Robinson, 100 ; 

 Pale-breasted Brent Goose in Ayr, Renfrew, and Bute John 

 Robertson, 103 ; Light- and Dark-breasted Brent Geese 

 G. H. Caton Hai%h, 103 ; Status of the White-fronted 

 Goose in Orkney H. W. Robinson, 104 ; Black-headed and 

 Common Gulls eating Turnips Evelyn V. Baxter and 

 Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul, no ; Acanthocinus aedilis, L., and 

 Allied Beetles on the Borders George Bolam, no ; Healed 

 Fracture in Tarsus of Golden Plover Professor L. R. 

 Sutherland, 117 ; Red-necked Grebe in the Moray Area 

 Charles Oldham, ny ; Moorhens perching on Trees 

 T. Thornton Mackeith, 117; Flies in House at Whittinge- 

 hame Alice Balfour and Percy H. Grimshaw, 118; 

 Ligea oceanica (L.) in Stirlingshire and at Skerryvore 

 William Evans, 119 ; The Effect of Kelp-cutting on Shore 

 Animals, 119 ; Pupa cylindracea, var. curta, in Wigtown- 

 shire W. Denison Roebuck, 1 19 ; Wigtownshire Mollusca 

 W. Denison Roebuck, 120. 



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Nature Study Lessons Seasonally Arranged . . 120 



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