CONTENTS 



PACK 



Some Notes and Observations on the Mole in Captivity 



Frances Pitt . . . . . .207 



Brent Geese in Scotland J. G. Millais, Lieut. -Commander, 



R.N.V.R., F.Z.S., etc. . . . . .215 



Some Notes on the Microscopical Preparation of Insects 



L. H. Huie . . . . . .219 



Notes : 



An Enormous Bitch Otter H. W. Robinson, 213; Little 

 Bittern in Shetland Dr T. Edmondston Saxby, 214; 

 Rare Birds in Berwickshire T. G. Laidlaw, 214 ; Haw- 

 finch in Linlithgowshire Bruce Campbell, 214; The Cuckoo 

 at Foula Isle Wm. Harry Greenaway, 217 ; Hen-harrier 

 in Ayrshire Nicol Hopkins, 218; Crabro peltarius, Schreb., 

 in East Lothian, and Osmia rufa, L., in Midlothian (Forth) 

 William Evans, 230; Venusia cambrica, Curt., in Mid- 

 lothian (Forth) William Evans, 230; Molluscan Authen- 

 tications for Dumbartonshire W. Denison Roebuck, 230. 



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