3STo. XLI. 



JANUARY 1881. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A QUARTERLY 



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Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D.J.LS. 





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Trail, M.A 



CONTENTS. 

 Zoology— 



On the Occurrence of the White-beaked Dolphin on the East Coast of 

 Scotland, — J. M. Campbell. 



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

 cluded), — Colonel Drummond Hay, C.M.Z. S., 



Occurrence of Rare Birds, — Geo. Sim (Aberdeen), 



Lesser Whitethroat in Fyvie, — G. Sim (Fyvie), 



A Curious Bird, — T. J. Harry Moncreiffe, 



Blatta germanica in Glasgow, — Professor J. W. H 

 M.D., F.L.S., . . . . . 



A New British Trichopteron, — J. J. King, . 



Notes, 



Phytology— 



Scottish Galls,— Professor J. W. H. Trail, M.A, M.D., F.L.S., 

 The Gaelic Names of Plants {continued), — John Cameron, . 



Mycologia Scotica, — Rey. J. STEVENSON, 



Preliminary List of the Fungi of Perthshire {concluded), — Editor, 

 Remarks on Polypodium flexile and its relation to P. alpestre, — F 

 Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 



Insecta Scotica— 



The Coleoptera of Scotland {continued), — D. Sharp, M. B 



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John Smith & Sox, Glasgow; Lewis Smith, Aberdeen; John Christie, Perth 

 \V. Kidd, Dundee; G. Walker, Montrose; J. Cook & Son, St Andrews; 

 J. & J. H. Rutherfurd, Kelso ; R. S. Shearer, Stirling ; 

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