CURRENT LITERATURE 123 



scarce. A form of Polygala serpyllacea with very large leaves 

 occurred in the lower part of the glen, near the level of the lake. — 

 G. Claridge Druce. 



Notes on some Scottish Plants : 



Ranunculus petiolaris, Marshall, in Easterness. — The above 

 plant I gathered as a curious form of R. Flammula on the stony 

 margin of Loch Morlich in Glen More, in August 1888. I have 

 sent a specimen to the Rev. E. S. Marshall, who thinks it is to be 

 referred to the above plant. 



Hieraeium Sehmidtii, Tausch, forma, in Elgin. — Mr. Hanbury 

 has thus named a curious hawkweed, gathered by the Findhorn in 

 August 1888. 



Hieraeium tridentatum, Fries, in Easterness. — This hawkweed 

 was gathered by the Spey side, near Boat of Garten, in 1888, but 

 was omitted from my lists of Easterness plants which have been 

 published heretofore. 



All the foregoing are, I believe, new county records. — G. 

 Claridge Druce. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 tory which have appeared during the Quarter — January-March 1893. 



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. 



Alpine Hare in the South of Scotland. D. A. M. The 

 Field, 7th January 1893, p. 15 ; 21st January 1893, P« I02 - — 

 Particulars of introduction about 1847, and its subsequent spread. 



The Occurrence of Risso's Dolphin {Grampus griseus) in 

 the Shetland Seas. By Professor Sir William Turner, F.R.S. Pr 

 Roy. Phys. Soc. Fdin.,x\. part ii. (1891-92), pp. 192-197. — Four 

 females and two males captured off Hillswick in September 1S89. 



Occurrence of the Carrion Crow in the Island of Coll. 

 L H. Irby. Zoologist (3), xvii. p. 73 (February 1893). — A single 

 bird on the 6th of December 1892. 



Nesting of Woodcock. J. J. Armistead. The Field, 25th Feb- 

 ruary 1893, p. 296. — Nesting in Dumfriesshire, where they are 

 increa>in,u r - Mr. Armistead considers that it is too late to shoot 



these birds in February. 



Variety oi W cock. J. Whitaker. Zoologist (3), xvii. p. 109 



(March 1893). —Shot at Invar, in Scotland, in November la 



