No. XXXI. JULY 1878. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST^ 



I B R A R >f 



Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D.,Vgi^S. 



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CONTENTS. 



Page 



Zoology— 



The Birds of the South-East of Scotland, — D'Arcy W. Thompson, . 277 



On Migration, — Colonel Drummond Hay, C.M.Z.S., . . . 283 



Dead Wood-Pigeons, — J. H. GuRNEV, jun., F.Z.S., .... 292 



Acherontia atropos, — A. Brotherstox, 292 



Alternation of Generations in the Cynipidce, ..... 292 



The Lepidoptera of Moncreiffe Hill, — Sir T. Moncreiffe, Bart., . 293 



Eupithecia togata and Stigmonota perlepidana, — Id., .... 297 



Phytology— 



On certain Lichens belonging to the genus Parmelia, — J. Stirton, 



M.D., F.L.S., 298 



A new Scottish Lichen, — Id., ........ 300 



Glen Tilt : its Fauna and Flora, — Editor, ...... 300 



Mycological Notes — Hypocrea viccioidea, B., — Rev. J. Stevenson, . 304 



Cryptoganiic Society of Scotland, ....... 304 



Geology— 

 The Gold- Field and Gold-Diggings of Crawford-Lindsay (Lanarkshire), 



— Dr Lauder Lindsay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., .... 305 



]Sre"w Books, 318 



Rook-literature — Professor Newton, F.R.S., 318 



Insecta Scotica— 



Tke Lepidoptera of Scotland, — Editor, ...... 319 



The Coleoptera of Scotland, — D. Sharp, M.B,, ..... 322 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH, 



AND 37 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 



John Smith & Son, Glasgow ; Lewis Smith, Aberdeen ; John Christie, Perth 

 W. KiDD, Dundee; G. Walker, Montrose; J. Cook & Son, St Andrews; 

 J. & J. H. Rutherfurd, Kelso ; R. S. Shearer, Stirling ; 

 W. M. Dick, Ayr ; John Anderson & Son, Dumfries. 



PRICE ONE SHILLING AND TWOPENCE 



