CONTENTS 



PACE 



Notes on the Disappearance of the Short-Tailed Field Vole {Ann- 

 cola agrestis), and on some of the Effects of the Visitation — 

 — Peter Adair . . . . . . . 1 9 3 



On some Remarkable Specimens of Rana temftoraria from Scotland 



— G. A. Boule?iger, F.Z.S. ...... 202 



Scorpcena dactyloptera, Delaroche, in Scottish Waters — George 



Sim, A.L.S. ......... 204 



On the Discovery of Cephalaspis in the Caithness Flags — Dr. R. 



H. Traquair, F.R.S. . . . . . . . .206 



Marsh Titmouse in Strathspey — Wm. Evans, F.R.S. E. . . 207 



A List of the Hemiptera Heteroptera and Homoptera occurring in 



Perthshire — T. M. M'Gregor 213 



Some New Scotch Localities for Arachnids — Geo. H. Carpenter, B.Sc. 222 



Contribution towards a Flora of East Sutherland — Arthur Bennett, 



F.L.S. . . . . . . . . . .225 



On Scottish Desmidieae — John Roy, LL.D. . . . . .237 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . . . .246 



The Quail in the Edinburgh District — Wm. Evans, F.R.S.E.; Quails in 

 Barra — Dr. Joh?i MacRury ; The Swordfish in the Firth of Forth — 

 /. Mac A r aught Campbell, F.Z.S. ; Bonito and Fox Shark in the Solway 

 Firth — R. Service; Note on a Parti -coloured Plaice — W. Anderson 

 Smith ; Psodos coracina ( = P. trepidaria) at a low elevation — Wm. 

 Evans, F. R. S. E. ; Rare Beetles in Inverness - shire — Wm. Evans, 

 F.R.S.E. ; Lepidepecreum carinatum in the Firth of Forth — Thomas 

 Scott, F.L.S. ; Metopa nasuta from the Moray Firth — Thomas Scott, 

 F.L.S. ; Cumacea from the Moray Firth — Thomas Scott, F.L.S. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .250 



First Records of Scottish Plants ; Rosa resinoides in Mid-Perth — G. C. 

 Druce, M.A., F.L.S.; Juniperus intermedia in Scotland — Arthur 

 Bennett, F.L.S.; Algae Britannicae rariores exsiccatae ; Monstrosity 

 (flower on fruit) in Hydrocotyle vulgaris — A. Macdonald ; Rare 

 Fungi — John Stevenson; Parka decipiens — R. Kidsto?i, F.R.S.E. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . . .254 



Reviews . . . . . . . . . .257 



Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands — 

 Charles St. John; Annals of the Andersonian Naturalists' Society — 

 Edited by Robert Turner; Dr. Johnston's Letters — Collected and 

 arranged by his daughter, Mrs. Harwell- Carter. Edited by James 

 Hardy, LL.D. ; The Glasgow Catalogue of Native and Established 

 Plants — Peter Ewing ; Naturalists' Map of Scotland — /. A. Harvie- 

 Brown and /. G. Bartholomew. 



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