No. XXXII. 



OCTOBER 1878. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A QUARTERLY 



Kpim of Itataral 



Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., 



CONTENTS. 



Zoology— 



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



II M n — A. Brotherston, . 



Notice of the Wryneck in Perthshire, — Colonel Drummond Hay 



C.M.Z.S 



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

 Vanessa antiopa in Fife, — Dr J, A. Power, 



II II on Ben Lawers, — A. Craig Christie, 



Capture of Pachnobia hyperborea, — F. Buchanan White, 



It Coccyx distinctana,— Sir T. Moncreiffe, Bart., 



Curious habit of Chrysocoris festaliella, — /</., 



Phytology— 

 The Fungi of Morayshire, — Rev. J. Keith, A.M., . . . . 

 Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, ....... 



Geology— 



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

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



Revie-ws — 



' European Butterflies and Moths,' by W. F, KiRBY, . . . . 

 * The Fauna of Scotland, with special reference to Clydesdale,' . 



Insecta Scotica— 



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



Title-page and Index to Volume IV. 



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