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sandayensis westr^e, subsp. n., from Westray, North Orkney, and 

 Microtus agrestis exsul, subsp. n., from North Uist, are described 

 in this paper. 



Birds observed during Winter of 1906-7. Trans. a?id 

 Proc. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Set., vol. iv. pt. vi. (1907) pp. 202-203. 

 A list given (no author's name) of twenty species, with localities 

 and dates. 



On some Bird Remains from the Beach of Ayre, Orkney. 

 By N. F. Ticehurst, F.R.C.S. Brit. Birds, March 1908, pp. 309- 

 311. The remains found consisted of those of the Gannet, 

 Cormorant, Shag, Great Northern Diver, Whooper, Gull sp.. 

 Shearwater sp., and the Great Auk (lower half of a tibia). 



Half a Day on Tentsmuir. By Wm. Whyte. Trans, and 

 Proc. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Sci.^ vol. vi. pt. iv. (1907) pp. 200- 

 202. Notes on bird-life. 



Glossy Ibis in Aberdeenshire. George Sim. Zoologist, 1908, 

 p. 113. An immature bird shot at "harvest time" in 1907, at 

 Watermill, Fraserburgh. 



Land-rail in Scotland in Winter. "P. C." The Field, 

 February 22, 1908, p. 320. Specimen picked up dead, but quite 

 fresh, near Edinburgh, in February. 



White-Ringed Plover. J. Whitaker. Zoologist, 1907, p. 387. 

 One added to Mr. Whitaker's collection was shot at Westray, 

 Orkney. 



On the Age of the Reptile Faunas contained in the 

 Magnesian Conglomerate at Bristol and in the Elgin 

 Sandstone. By Friedrich Baron Huene, D.Sc. GeoL Mag., 

 March 1908, pp. 99-100. 



Large Fish caught in 1907. Zoologist, January 1908, pp. 

 39-40. A Salmon weighing 61 J lb. caught in the Tay below 

 Perth, one w^eighing 50 lb. from the Awe at Taynuilt, and one 

 weighing 47 lb. caught in the Earn, are mentioned. 



Deliphrum crenatum, Gray., in Dumbartonshire. George 

 W. Chaster, January 1908, p. 16. Four specimens (determined by 

 Mr. Champion) obtained near Helensburgh. 



Phorid^ in Dumbartonshire ; with Description of a New 

 Species. By J. R. Malloch. Etit. Mo. Mag., January 1908, pp. 

 11-13. Thirty-three species recorded, including P. pubericornis, 

 which is described as new to science. 



A Revision of some Carboniferous Corals. By R. G. 

 Carruthers. Geol. Mag., January, February 1908, pp. 20-31, and 

 63-74, plates iv. and v. Zaphrentis omaliusi recorded from 

 Greenfoot Quarry, near Glenboig, Lanarkshire, and var. densa of 

 the same species from Crosshousc. 



