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Records of Scottish Plants for 1892, additional to "Topographical 

 Botany" Ed. 2, 1883 — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 



The Occurrence of Pylaiella varia, Kjellman, in Scotland — E. M. 

 Holmes, F.L.S. Plate III.. 



On Scottish Desmidiese — J0J171 Roy, LL.D. .... 



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Report on the Great Skua {Stercorarius catarrhactes) in Shetland 



during the Nesting Season of 1 892 — Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. 65 



Bird Notes from North Ronaldshay — Allan Briggs . . . 67 



The Cra7nbi of Scotland — William Reid, F.E.S. .... 80 



Notes on Copepoda from the Firth of Forth : Longipedia coronata, 

 Claus ; and a Preliminary Description of an apparently New 

 Genus and Species — Thomas Scott, F.L.S., and Andrew 

 Scott. Plate II. . . . . . . . . 89 



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Zoological Notes ......... 



Water Shrew in the Isle of Kerrera — W. Borrer, M.A.\ Variations in the Field 

 Vole — R. Service ; The Wild Cat in Caithness — John Gunn ; Common 

 Dolphin dredged off Mull— W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. ; The Ring Ouzel 

 in winter in Perthshire — Lieut. -Col. H. M. Drummond Hay ; Wheatear 

 in the Forth District in January — Charles Campbell ; Bluethroat in 

 Moray — H. Brinsley Brooke ; Bohemian Waxwing in Scotland ; Sparrow 

 and Mouse — William Loudon ; Lapland Bunting in Shetland — J. A. 

 Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E. , F. Z.S. ; Jackdaw in Tiree — Peter Anderson ; 

 Magpie in Orkney — A. Noel Skelton ; Tufted Duck and Wigeon in 

 Selkirkshire during the Breeding Season — W. Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Pintail 

 Ducks in the Forth District — /. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; 

 Gray Plover in Barra — Dr. J. MacRury ; Variety of Golden Plover in 

 Barra — Dr. J. MacRury ; Knot in Barra — Dr. J. MacRury ; Ruff in 

 Benbecula — Dr. J. MacRury ; Curlew Sandpiper in Orkney — A. Noel 

 Skelton ; The Curlew Sandpiper in summer plumage in the Firth of 

 Forth — W. Evans, F. R. S. £. ; Protection of the Osprey ; Occurrence 

 of the Ivory Gull in Shetland — W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. ; Black 

 Guillemot in black or breeding plumage in winter — Dr. J. MacRury ; 

 The Palmated Newt in West Ross-shire — L. W. Hinxman, B.A., and 

 W. Eagle Clarke ; The Palmated Newt in Mid-Perth — W. Evans, 

 F.R.S.E. ; Coleoptera at Loch Awe in June 1892 — Arthur F. Chitty, 

 F.E.S. ; The Food of the Sagitta : Additional Note— T. Scott, F.L.S. ; 

 Damage by the Water Vole in Berwickshire — /. Stuart, M.D.; Niptus 

 hololeucus in Caithness — Percy Hall Grimshaw. 



Botanical Notes and News 121 



Orobanche cruenta — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. ; Alchemilla alpina and A. 

 conjuncta — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. ; Plants of Glen A'an, Banffshire — 

 G. Claridge Druce, M.A., F.L.S. ; Notes on some Scottish Plants — 

 G. Claridge Druce, M.A., F.L.S. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . . .123 



Reviews . . . . . . . - . . .128 



On the Fossil Fish Remains of the Coal Measures of the British Islands — 

 James W. Davis, F.G.S., F.L.S., etc. ; A Fauna of Lakeland. 

 Erratum. 



Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. 



