CONTENTS 



PAGE 



The Birds of North Uist Fred. S. Beveridge, Lieut, ^rd Bn. 



The Royal Scots . . . . . .245 



The Food of Some Wild Birds James Ritchie, M.A., D.Sc, 



FR.S.E 255 



Insects and other Terrestrial Invertebrates from the Bass 



Rock William Evans, F.R.S.E. .... 259 



Notes : 



Pied Variety of the Shrew M. J. Marr, 266 ; Gadwall 

 (A. strepera) Nesting in Fife William Berry, M.B.O.U., 

 266 ; Black Tern near Glasgow Jatr.es Bartholomew, 266 ; 

 Bird Notes from the Montrose District R. W. Thomas 

 Ewart, 267 ; Curlew-Sandpiper in Kirkcudbrightshire 

 Hugh Gladstone, 267 ; Caithness Slugs W. Denison Roe- 

 buck, ib"] ; Faceted Hairworm, Parachordodes violaceus 

 (Baird), in Ayrshire John Ritchie, jun., Beith, 267; 

 Dragon-Flies in Ayrshire T. Thornton Mackeith, 268 ; 

 Painted Lady Butterfly and Poplar Hawk Moth in Banff- 

 shire J . Goivan, 268. 



Book Notice : 



Field Book of Insects ..... 268 



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