36 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Then the progress was very slow ; after four to five weeks, in the 

 beginning of July only a very small hairy disk was seen, and only 

 in the end of July the galls could be recognised with certainty as 

 those of Netiroto'us fumipeiniis. On all ten leaves such galls 

 were produced. 



"1 have given liere the substance of Dr Adler's experiments 

 only for one pair of individuals, but in the same manner the 

 memoir contains them for seven pairs." 



Occurrence of Deiopeia pulchella in Scotland. — Mr W. J. Kerr has 

 sent me a specimen of the rare and beautiful moth, Deiopeia pulchella, which 

 has not, I think, been previously recorded as a native of Scotland. Mr Kerr 

 writes: "When fishing on the Teviot between Kelso and Rutherford, I took 

 Deiopeia pulchella, either in August or September 1876. The insect was 

 sitting upon a blade of grass ; and though I searched carefully, I could only- 

 find the one specimen." — Thos. Moncreiffe, Moncreiffe House, Bridge of 

 Earn, Nov. 20, 1878. 



Capture of Larvae of Acherontia atropos.— I had three caterpillars of 

 the Death's-head Hawk-moth brought to me lately. The first was found in a 

 field of potatoes on the 28th ult., and the other two were found in a heap of 

 stones about the beginning of this month. They were not found at the same 

 place, the first mentioned being found some two miles from the other two. — 

 .Thomas Marshall, Stanley, Perthshire, Sept. 17, 1878. 



Esquimaux Curlew. — A fine specimen of the Esquimaux Curlew {A^uf?ienius 

 borealis) was shot by Mr W. Ramsay on the estate of Slains, on Saturday, 

 28th September last. The bird, which proved a male, was in good condition. 

 The stomach was crammed with crow-berries (Knouperts), amongst which 

 were several flies and one caterpillar. Extent of wings, 25^ inches, length 

 from point of beak to end of tail, 13^ inches ; length of beak, measured over 

 ridge, 2 inches ; tarsus, 1 3^ inch ; wing, from carpel joint, 7% inches ; 

 weight, 8 ounces. This is the second of this species on record for Scotland, 

 the first having been shot on the estate of Durris, Kincardineshire, on the 6th 

 September 1855. The one now obtained answers well with the description of 

 the first as given in 'The Naturalist,' vol. v. p. 265 ; as also with Swainson's 

 description of the species. Wilson, in his ' American Ornithology,' describes 

 a bird as N. Iwrealis, of proportions so different from the testimony of all other 

 authors with which I am acquainted, that it is evident he has made a mistake 

 in the bird's identity, or the others have. — George Sim, Aberdeen. 



Stock-dove (Columba anas) breeding in Scotland. — I have much pleasure 

 in recording the fact of a pair of Stock-tloves {C. anas)hvi\\wg bred this 

 season on a rocky hill at the back of this house — this being, so far as I am 

 aware, the first recorded instance of their having nested in Scotland. I first 

 discovered the nest after some difficulty on the 28th June, and it then con- 

 tained two young birds nearly hatched. The old birds were very shy, and 

 although I spent many hours watching for them, could rarely catch them 



