No. XXXIV. APRIL 1879. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A QUARTERLY 



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



CONTENTS. 



Zoology— 



Birds'-Nesting, — Allen Harker, 



Notes on the Birds of the Basin of the Tay and its Tributaries, —Colonel 



Drummond Hay, C.M.Z.S., 



The Aculeate Hymenoptera of the District surrounding Dumfries, — 



Robert Service, 



The Lepidoptera of Moncreiffe Hill (concluded) ,—S'n T. Moncreiffe, 



Bart., 69 



Occurrence of White's Thrush in Scotland,— A. Brotherston, . . 78 

 Things to be observed in 1879, ........ 80 



Notes on the Effects of the Past "Winter in the South-East of Scotland, — 



A. Brotherston, 81 



The Effect of the late Storm on our "Wild Animals in the North-East 



of Scotland, — George Sim, 84 



Phytology— 



Glen Tilt : Its Fauna and Flora {conchidec[), — Editor, ... 85 

 Supplementary list of Fungi found within the Province of Moray 



{concluded), — Rev. J. Keith, A.M., 93 



Snowdrops and the Frost, — Sir T. Moncreiffe, Bart., ... 94 



New Books, . 94 



"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 



