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GLEANINGS. 



A paper entitled "On a Collection of Mammals from the Inner 

 Hebrides," by G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton and Martin A. C. Hinton, 

 appears in part iii. of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 

 1913 (pp. 821-839, Plate Ixxxiv., September 1913). The paper 

 is based on collections made by R. W. Sheppard, who worked through 

 the various islands from Bute to Coll. Two new species, Sorex grantii 

 and Evotomys alstoni, and one new subspecies, Microtus agreslis 

 macgillivraii, are described, and a large number of detailed measure- 

 ments given of all the species and subspecies dealt with. The coloured 

 plate depicts in an excellent manner Sorex grantii and S. araneus 

 castaneus. 



A paper by Mary G. S. Best and Maud D. Haviland, entitled " Notes 

 on the Breeding-Habits of the Common Eider as observed in the Outer 

 Hebrides," appears in the September number of British Birds (pp. 

 101-104). In the same number a note on the "Green Sandpiper 

 in Perthshire" (p. 120) is published by Clifford Borrer. An example was 

 seen on the north shore of Loch Rannoch on 5th August. This 

 is an interesting record of the species, of which we have reports 

 each autumn in other parts of the Tay area. 



Talbot Clifton, in a note published in the Field of 13th September 

 (p. 620), mentions having shot a Brent Goose on the seashore of North 

 Uist on 28th August, an unusually early date. 



James Waterston, in the September number of the Entomologists 

 Monthly Magazine (p. 214), mentions the occurrence of Pyrameis 

 atalanta at Ollaberry in Shetland in June. Pyrameis cardui and Aglais 

 ( Vanessa) urtica are also mentioned as having been seen in previous 

 years, the former at Ollaberry and the latter 10 miles north of Lerwick. 

 [Lepidoptera.] 



In the Entomologist for September, James N. Sloon records (p. 268) 

 the capture of a specimen of Geometra vernaria at Blairmore, Argyllshire. 

 No date is given. In the same number, C. N. Hughes mentions (p. 269) 

 the occurrence of Selidosema ericetaria (plumaria) in several localities 

 at the west end of Loch Shiel in Argyllshire, while on pp. 269-270 is a 

 note by Roland G. Benton recording the capture of Cry modes exulis, 

 var. assimilis, at Braemar in July. [Lepidoptera.] 



In the Shooting Supplement of The Field, published 16th August, 

 Percy H. Grimshaw publishes an article on "The Heather Beetle : New 

 Facts and a suggested Remedy." This paper gives an account of the 

 early stages of this destructive insect, founded on observations made in 

 Ayrshire. The beetle was found to breed among the patches of 

 sphagnum moss surrounding the "frosted" areas of heather, and the 



