No. XLII. APRIL 1881. 



THE 



SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A QUARTERLY 



sprite fff Itstnral Jistorj. y^cX) 



Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., F.L.S. 



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CONTENTS. 

 Zoology— 



The Mammalia of Scotland, — Editor, 49 



Phronima sedentaria and its Beroe, — Rev. G. GORDON, LL.D., . . 56 



Story of a Dog, — W. Japp, 59 



The Capercaillie in Scotland, — J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R. S.E., 



F.Z.S., .60 



Effects of the Winter of 1880-81, — Editor, 61 



The Woodlark, — G. SlM, 61 



Occurrence of Vertigo pusilla in Scotland, — R. Rimmer, F.L.S. , . 61 



Phytology— 



The Life and Labours of a Scottish Naturalist, George Don of Forfar, 



— John Knox, 62 



The Gaelic Names of Plants (continued), — J. Cameron, ... 70 



Notices of New Books, 82 



Inseeta Seotica— 



The Coleoptera of Scotland (continued),—!). Sharp, M.B., . . 88 



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