No. XXXIX. 



JULY 1880. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A QUARTERLY 



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



- ; 5 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Zoology— 



The CapercailUe in Scotland, — J. A. Harvie Brown, F.Z.S., . . 289 

 Notes on the Birds of the Basin of the Tay and its Tributaries {con- 



thitied), — Colonel Drummond Hay, CM. Z.S., . . . 295 



The Migration of Birds, 309 



Description of a new Phlceothrips, — Dr O. M. Reuter, . . . 310 

 Water-Spider in Scotland, — J.^M. Campbell, . . . . .311 



Coleoptera of Scotland— Correction,— J. T. Bos well, LL.D., F.L.S., 311 



Phytology— 



The Gaelic Names of Plants .((Tij^z^/ww^^), — ^JOHN CAMERON, . . . 312 

 Preliminary List of the Fungi of Perthshire {continued), — Editor, . 320 



Geology— 



On the Value of the Names of Places in indicating the Ancient Surface- 

 features of the Country {concluded), — Rev. Dr Milroy, . . 326 



Various Notes, 331 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Coleoptera of Scotland (t:<?«//«2<^i/), — D. Sharp, M.B., . . 332 



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