PREFACE 



The completion of the first year and volume of the Annals 

 of Scottish Natural History affords the Editors the 

 opportunity of expressing their thanks to their Contributors 

 and Subscribers for the kind reception and support which 

 have been accorded to the Magazine. It is their earnest 

 wish to make the Annals worthily represent the Zoology 

 and Botany of Scotland, and they confidently appeal to all 

 interested in these sciences to continue to aid their efforts 

 by the contribution of Papers and Notes ; and by bringing 

 the Magazine under the favourable notice of all Naturalists 

 who are not subscribers. They would remind their friends 

 that all profits will be employed in the direct interests of the 

 Annals. 



It is hoped that the attention of the Editors will be 

 called to any omissions that may from time to time be 

 detected in the section devoted to Current Literature. 



There has been some difficulty in obtaining short Botanical 

 notes during the year ; but it is believed that the mere 

 mention of the deficiency will bring about its remedy. 



