CONTENTS. IX 



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Melobesia agarisiformis, Mr U. Eobertson on, - - - - - 289 



Minerals, the Lanfine Collection of, presented to the Hunterian Museum, 



Mr John Young on, - - - 244 



Mole {Ta^pa europoea), Mr Edward R. Alston on the, - . - - 68 



Mosses from New Zealand, collected by Mr John Buchanan, Dr 



Stirton on, ----------- 187 



Mull, Fossils from the Leaf-beds of, Dr John Grieve and Mr J. A. 



Mahony on a series of, --------- 22 



Museums, Local, Dr Grierson of Thornhill on, - - - - -197 



NapoJeona, a Genus of Exogenous Shrubs, Mr Coutts on, - - - 256 

 Natural History as a Branch of Education, On the Claims of, by Mr J. 



W. Allan, ----------- 11 



Nematus consohrinus, Mr P. Cameron, jun., on, ----- 336 



Nematus, Description of a New Species of, from Scotland, by Mr P. 



Cameron, jun , ---------- 260 



Nematus femoralis, On the Habits of, by Mr P. Cameron, jun., - - 295 

 New Zealand Birds, Remarks on the Eggs of some, collected by Mr 



J. R. Cook in 1872, by Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown, - - - - 232 



Niptus hololcucus, On, by Mr P. Cameron, jun., 302 



North American Birds' Eggs and Skins, On a Collection of, formed 

 principally by Rev. C. M. Jones, Conn., U.S., by Mr J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, ----- 264 



Nuthatch {Sitta caesia), Mr Robert Gray on the, ----- 221 



Ornithological Notes from Ross-shire, by Mr John Bateson, Gairloch, - 182 



Orj!onm ca?'6o?earia, Mr John Young on, - - - - - - 223 



Owl, Eagle {Bubo maximus), in Perthshire, Note on the occurrence of the, 



by Mr M'Lay, Inverness, communicated by Mr Robert Gray, - 214 



Owl, Snowy {Surnia nyctea), Live Specimens of the, shown by Dr Dewar, 176 



Owl, Snowy, Mr James Thomson on the, ------ 242 



Oyster-catcher {Hoematopus ostraleyus), Mr George E. Paterson on the, 254 



Pagurus prideauxii, Mr D, Robertson on, ------ 33 



Palaeoniscus wardi, Professor John Young on, . . . - . QQ 

 Parks, Vegetation in the Public, during Jan. 1875, as compared with 



Jan. 1874, Notes on, by Mr D. M'Lellan, ----- 324 



Pecten maximus from Clay-beds at Fairlie, Mr E. A. Wiinsch on, - 247 



Phalarope, Grey (Pkalaropus lohatus), Mr John Bell on the, - - 135 



Phalarope, Red-necked (Pkalaropus hypcrloreus), Mr Robert Gray on the, 63 

 Pheasant, Common {Pkasianus colchicics), Note on the Velocity of the 



Flight of the, by Mr James Lumsden, - - - - - - 213 



Pheasant, Diard's (Pkasianus versicolor) Mr John Gilmour on, _ - 6 



Pheasant, Diard's, Mr Robert Gray on, - - - - - - 166 



Pkyllotoma, A Monographic Revision of the British Species of, by Mr 



P. Cameron, jun., - - - - - - - - -315 



Plantago lanceolata, an Abnormal Specimen of, Mr Robert Mason on, 260 



