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Argyleshire, beyond Ardkinglas or other new localities, or up Glendoch- 

 art and on Loch Awe side. 



Dumbartonshire. 



Any increase or extension in the east of Fife. 



Any occurrences in any new localities in any county. 



Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire. Any extension along Deeside. 



Inverness-shire, or beyond. 



Also notice of any new introduction in Scotland, England, or Ireland. 



Any marked increase or decrease at any locality. 



Any statistics of numbers killed at any locality in one day's shooting, or 

 in a season, stating number of guns. 



I would be glad also if I could by any means obtain a return of an approxi- 

 mate total killed throughout Scotland in 1880-81, say up to the end of Feb- 

 ruary or end of January 1881. 



Should any statistics be forthcoming, I would be obliged if they could be 

 forwarded before the 20th April. — J. A. Harvie-Brown, Dunipace House, 

 Larbert. 



Effects of the Winter of 1880-81. — Considering the unusual and long- 

 continued severity of the winter of 1880-81, it seems very desirable that 

 records should be made of its effects on animal and plant life, and I hope 

 my readers will send me these from their respective districts. — F. Buchanan 

 ^"hite. 



The Woodlark. — The song of the Woodlark {Alauda arbored) was heard 

 here on Christmas-day amid the rigours of a snowstorm. This is the first 

 time in this district we have heard the low sweet melodious voice of this 

 gifted songster. Being captured for preservation, it proved to be a female, 

 notwithstanding its great musical faculties. — G. SiM, Fyvie. 



Occurrence of Vertigo pusillain Scotland. — I found Vertigo pusilla last 

 August a few miles from Dumfries, under stones on a bank close to the river 

 Cluden, which for some distance forms the boundary between Dumfriesshire 

 and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. The spot is situated on the right or 

 Kirkcudbrightshire bank of the river. I believe no Scottish locality for this 

 species has hitherto been recorded. A more diligent and extended search 

 than I had at the time an opportunity of making would probably prove the 

 district to be rich in species of Vei'ligo. Among the stones alluded to, besides 

 V. pusilla, of which I obtained about a dozen, I found several specimens of 

 V. pygmcea and V. edentula, as well as a single specimen of V. S7ibstriata. 

 V. edenhda is abundant in that neighbourhood, in woods, especially on the 

 underside of the leaves of Luzula sylvatica. — R. Rimmer, 12 Westbourne 

 Crescent, Hyde Park, W., March 4, 1881. 



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