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Is Legislative Protection required for Wild Birds' Eggs ? — Rev. E. 



P. Knubley, M.A., M.B.O.U. 213 



The Feather-Billed Rook : Is it a recently developed Variation or 



hitherto overlooked — Robert Service . . . . .218 



The Short-eared Owl {Asio accipitrinus, Pallas) and the Kestrel 



(Falco tinnunculus, Linnaeus) in the Vole Plague Districts — 



Peter Adair . . . . . . . . .219 



New Scottish Fossil Reptiles . . . . . .232 



A New Fossil Fish frcyn Dura Den — R. H. Traquair, M.D., F.R.S. 233 

 Additions to the Authenticated Comital Census of the Land and 



Freshwater Mollusca of Scotland — Win. Denison Roebuck, 



Entomologising in Ayrshire — George W. Ord . . . . 238 



On certain New or Rare Rotifers from Forfarshire — W. T. Caiman 240 

 Pistillody of the Stamens in the " Champion " Potato — James W. H. 



Trail, M.A., M.D., F.L.S 245 



Contributions towards a Flora of Caithness. No. II. — Arthur 



Bennett, F.L.S. ......... 247 



Notes on "English Botany, Supplement" — G. Claridge Druce, 



List of the Hieracia of Perthshire — F. Buchanan White, M.D., 



F.L.S., F.E.S. ......... 260 



New Scottish Galls— James W. H. Trail, M.A., M.D., F.L.S. . 264 

 Zoological Notes . . . . . . . . .266 



Daubenton's Bat in Banffshire — W. Eagle Clarke ; Water Shrew in Argyll- 

 shire — C. Campbell ; Habits of the Mountain Hare — W. Evans, 

 F.R.S.E. ; Black Rat in Orkney— T. E. Buckley, B.A., F.Z.S. ; The 

 Occurrence of the Hooded Seal in Orkney — T. S. Peace ; Whin Chat 

 in Barra — Dr. J. MacRury ; The Wood Wren in West Ross — L. W. 

 Hinxman, B.A., and W. Eagle Clarke; Great Gray Shrike in the 

 Stewartry of Kirkcudbright — A. Skirving ; Kingfisher in Barra — Dr. J. 

 MacRury ; Nesting of the Stock Dove in Banffshire — L. W. Hinxman, 

 B.A. ; Turtle Dove near Wick — L. Dunbar; Turtle Dove in Suther- 

 land — T. E. Buckley, B.A., F.Z.S.; Occurrence of the Ruff in 

 Tiree — Eds. ; Ruddy Sheld Ducks in the Moray Firth — /. Brown ; 

 Wild Swans in Tiree — /. A. Harvie-Brown ; The Introduction of Dace 

 into Linlithgow Loch, and of Grayling into Cobbinshaw Loch — 

 IV. Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Supposed Cannibalism in the Slow- worm — 

 /. MacNaughl Campbell, F. Z. S. ; Strangalia armata in Kirkcudbright- 

 shire— IV. D. R. Douglas, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S. ; Larentia flavi- 

 cinctata as a Garden Insect — F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., 

 F.E.S. ; Argissa (Syrrhoe) hamatipes in the Firth of Forth — T. Scott, 

 F.L.S. ; Modiodicola insignis in the Firth of Forth — T. Scott, F.L.S. ; 

 Ilyocryptus sordidus in Lochend Loch, Edinburgh — T. Scott, F.L.S. 

 Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .273 



Rediscovery of Sagina alpina in Scotland — /. C. Druce ; Strobilomyces 

 strobilaceus in Perthshire — M. Buchanan White ; First Records of 

 Scottish Flowering Plants — William A. Clarke; Hieracia new to 

 Scotland — F. J. Hanbury ; " Grevillea " ; British Fungus Flora — George 

 Massee. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . . .276 



Reviews . . . . . . . . . . .280 



A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides — /. A. Harvie-Brown 



and T. E. Buckley; British Birds: Key List — Lieut. -Colonel L. 



Howard Irby. 



The Museum of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science . . 282 



Index • 283 



Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. 



