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Notes on the Birds of Stobo and Neighbourhood (pp. 546- 



58), by John Thomson. 



Both the last-mentioned papers contain various notes of interest. 



Additions to the Lepidopterous Fauna of the District, 

 with notes of the capture of some of the rarer species 

 (pp. 559-61), by George Bolam. The captures recorded in this were chiefly 

 from the English side of the Border. 



Notes on the Season of 1886 The Migration of Birds, 

 Meteorology, and Natural History (pp. 562-75), and A Summer 

 Ramble in the Woods round Chirnside, with Notices of Our 

 Summer Migrants, &c. (pp. 576-79). both by Dr. C. Stuait, well 

 deserve perusal because of the record of observations on the habits of mammals 

 and birds made by the writer. An excellent index to the volume completes 

 the last part of it. 



Transaction of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science. 

 The Perthshire Society has altered the form of its publications as well as the 

 name, the Transactions, of which " Part I." has recently been published, form- 

 ing a neat octavo, in place of the small quarto of the " Proceedings " of the 

 former series. But, though altered in form and in name, there is no alteration 

 in the nature of the contents, which are, as in former years, of much interest 

 and value. Col. Drummond-Hay contributes a paper (pp. 1-15) of Notes 



on some Rare Perthshire Birds lately placed in the 



Museum. These include details of the occurrence of the species in Perth- 

 shire, and observations upon their habits in foreign countries, as well as in 

 Scotland. The birds discussed are the Hawfinch, Hose-coloured Pastor, Buddy 

 Sheldrake, and Great-crested Grebe. Mnium riparium Mitt, in Scot- 

 land, by R. H. Meldrum, records the discovery of this moss in Milton Den, 

 Aberdalgie. Mr. Meldrum calls attention to the need of some competent 

 bryologist publishing a reliable list of Scottish mosses in the Scottish Naturalist 

 or elsewhere. Our pages will be very willingly opened for this purpose. 



Some Localities for Perthshire Plants, by R. H. Meldrum 



(pp. 18-24), enumerates a considerable number of new localities, not a few of 

 them from the immediate neighbourhood of Perth, despite the assiduity with 

 which that region had been already worked. Origin of the Inter- 

 bedded and Intrusive Volcanic Rocks of Kinnoull Hill, by 

 H. Coates (pp. 24-30). The Flora of the Woody Island, by Wm. 

 Barclay (pp. 30-44), is a list of 315 Phanerogams and 5 Vascular Cryptogams, 

 found wild or naturalised on an area not exceeding eight acres in extent, 

 situated in the Tay a little way above Perth. The list is preceded by notes on 

 several of the species. 



The "Proceedings," which conclude this part, relate to the session 1S86-S7. 

 The address of the President (Dr. Buchanan White) reports the successful re- 

 sults of several days spent among the hills around Killin, during which many 

 rare alpine plants were gathered. At the various meedngs numerous donations 

 lo the Society's Museum were intimated, and the following papers were read, 

 in addition to those whose titles are quoted above : The Fossil Spores 

 of the Coal Formation, by R. Kidston; The Anatomy of a 

 Bird, by James Stewart ; Remarks on Perthshire Willows, by 



