CONTENTS 



PAOB 



Animals and Man James Eitchie, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.E. . 33 

 On Whales landed at the Scottish Whaling Stations, especially 



during the years 1908-19 14. Part VII. The Sei-whale 



>'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, C.B., F.R.S. {Concluded) . 37 



The Golden Eagle in Galloway Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. . 47 

 The Great Crested Grebe in Forth William Evans, F.E.S.E., 



M.B.O.U. ....... 49 



Woodcock and the Safety of their Young William Evans, 



F.R.S.E., M.B.O.U. . . . . .51 



The Collection and Preservation of Diptera Percy H. 



Grimshaiv, F.R.S.E., F.E.S. . . . -55 



Notes : 



Albino Otter Major John H. P. Leschallas, 36 ; A Creche of 

 House -mice Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora Jeffrey 

 Rintonl, 36 ; Bank Voles in Clyde James Bartholomew, 

 48 ; Waxwing on Deeside and Goosanders on the 

 Deveron P. D. Malloch, 50 ; Whooper Swans at 

 Duddingston Loch Rev. Wm. Serle, 54 ; Sparrowhawk 

 and Wood-pigeons T. G. Laidlaw, 61 ; An Old Reference 

 to the Hebridean Thrush (Turdus ph. hebridensis) Rev. 

 F. C. R. Jourdain, 62 ; The Goldfinch in East Renfrew- 

 shire John Robertson, 63 ; Rare Diptera in Forfarshire 

 A. E. J. Carter, 63 ; Sirex noctilio, F., in Forfarshire 

 A. E. /. Carter, 63 ; Notaris (Erirhinus) sethiops, F., 

 in Renfrewshire and Stirlingshire A. Fergusson, 64 ; 

 Octhebius lejolisi, Muls. et Rey., in Arran A. Fergusso?t, 

 64 ; The Butterflies of the Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, 

 64. 



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