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CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter — October-December 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. 



Red Deer born in September. E. F. J. The Field, 22nd 

 October 1892, p. 613. — A newly born calf found on 26th September 

 1892, in the Island of Rum. 



Risso's Grampus in the Solway. R. Service. Zoologist (3), 

 xvi. pp. 404-405 (November 1892). — One taken in the Solway near 

 Annan, on the 24th of September 1892. 



Pheasants devouring Mice and Voles. "Kirkcudbright." The 

 Field, 1 2th November 1892, p. 759. — Pheasants are very fond of 

 voles, and when a vole's nest was discovered, the young pheasants 

 would fight greedily for its contents. 



Late Nesting of the Tawny Owl in Scotland. R. Service. 

 Zoologist (3), xvi. p. 424 (December 1892). — A nest with new-laid 

 eggs, at Crichope Linn, on the 19th of September 1892. 



Lapwings Carrying their Young. R. Service. Zoologist (3), 

 xvi. pp. 360-361 (October 1892). — An interesting fact observed in 

 South wick in May 1892. 



On the Recent Occurrence in the British Islands of the 

 Ruddy Sheldrake. F. Menteith Ogilvie, M.A., F.Z.S. Zoologist 

 (3), xvi. pp. 394-395 (November 1892). — A flock of five, one shot, 

 at Durness, Sutherland, on 20th June 1892. The other Scottish 

 records quoted have already appeared in The Annals. 



On the Food of Fishes. By W. Ramsay Smith, M.B., CM.. 

 B.Sc. Tenth A?in. Rep. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Being 

 for the year 1891. Part iii. (Scientific Investigations), Section B. 

 (Piological Investigations), pp. 211-231. 



Observations on the Reproduction, Maturity, and Sexual 

 Relations of the Food Fishes. By Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, 

 F.R.S.E. Op. at pp. 233-243, Plate VI. 



Contributions to the Life-Histories and Development of 

 Food and other Fishes. By Professor M'Intosh, M.D., LL.D., 

 F.R.S. Op. cit. pp. 273-322, Plates XIV.-XVII. 



Additions to the Fauna of 111 1: Forth. Part IV. l'.y 

 Thomas Scott, F.L.S. Op. at. pp. 244-272, Plates VII. -XIII. — 

 Records not only species of Copepoda and Amphipoda new to the 



