206 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



T. J. Burrill, and the fungi of Greenland, enumerated by Professor 

 Rostrup, have been included. The authors have followed the 

 system of classification employed by Winter in " Die Pilze " in 

 Rabenhorst's " Kryptogamen-Flora." The book forms a handsome 

 Svo. volume of nearly 800 pages, with 41 plates of excellent figures. 

 There are so many species of fungi common to North America and 

 to Europe that this monograph will be found useful for frequent 

 reference by the mycologists of Scotland. 



" Notes on the Flora of Stirlingshire, with a short Geological 

 Sketch of the Ground," by Col. Stirling and Robert Kidston 

 (a paper read before the Stirling Nat. Hist, and Archaeol. 

 Society, and now published as a pamphlet), is an interesting con- 

 tribution to the flora of a county that till of late years was much 

 neglected. "The total number of species recorded for the county 

 is 712, to which must be added 43 varieties." The county has 

 been divided into four districts, well characterised physically ; and 

 the distribution of each species is given in tabular form. The 

 southern and central area is by much the richest in number of 

 species. The absence of a seaboard necessarily reduces the number 

 of native species considerably. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural His- 

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter — April to June 1892. 



[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make this Section as complete as 

 possible. Contributions on the lines indicated will be most acceptable and 

 will bear the initials of the Contributor. The Editors will have access to the 

 sources of information undermentioned. ] 



ZOOLOGY. 



Wild Cat in the West of Scotland. Wit Yellowby. The 



Zoologist (3), xvi. p. 190 (May 1892). — Female trapped in "Western 

 Highlands." 



Plague of Field Voles in the South of Scotland. The Zoologist 

 (3), xvi. (May 1892), pp. 163-173. — A reproduction of the Report 

 issued by the Board of Agriculture in March 1892. 



Thrush with White Wings. W. Digby-Owen. The Field, 

 4th June 1892, p. 838. — At Perth on the 29th of May 1892. 



Wild Geese of Scotland and the Isles. R. Scot Skirving. The 

 Field, 30th April 1892, p. 626. — The Gray Geese of East Lothian 

 are said to have been Bean Geese until 1870, and then the birds 

 shot were observed to be Pink -footed Geese, and now appear to 

 be all that species. Some notes are also given on other species. 



