CONTENTS 



PAOB 



Report on Scottish Ornithology for 1907 — John Paterson . 129 



Food of the Black-headed Gull— 7\ G. Laidlaw, M.B.O.U. . 139 

 Distribution of the Woodcock in the Central Districts of the 

 Forth Area in the Spring of 1908 — /. A. Harvie-Broini, 



F.llS.E., F.Z.S. .142 



An Ambicolored Turbot with Eyes ap[)roximately normal in 



Position — James Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc. . . . . 146 



The Oar-fish, or King of the Herrings, Begalecus glesne (Ascan.) 

 = Pi. Banksii (Cuv. and Val.), on the Coast of East 

 Lothian — William Evans, F.R.S.E. . . . . 150 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland {contd.) — Robert Godfrey, M.A. 155 

 Hydrachnids from the Island of Tiree — IVm. Williamson . 161 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain : being a List of the Flower- 

 insf Plants and Ferns found at a Thousand Metres and 

 upwards on the Mountains of the British Isles, with 

 authentic References and Critical Notes — Frederic N. 

 Williams, F.L.S. . . . . . . . .163 



Additions to the Flora of the Orkneys — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. 169 

 New and Rare Mosses — James Stirton, M.D., F.L.S. . . 171 

 Additions for 1907 to Census of Scottish Hepaticse — Symers 



M. Macvicar . . . . . . . .176 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . . .179 



The Birds of Dumfriesshire : A Contribution to the Fauna of the 

 Solway Area ; Prosecution under the Wild Birds Act ; Bird Notes 

 from Fife — Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter ; Increase 

 of Goldfinches in Central Scotland (Forth) and Siskins' Nesting — 

 J. A. Harvie - Brown., F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Occurrence of Wild 

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

 White Wagtail in Orkney — H. IF. Robinson ; Breeding of the Tree- 

 Pipit in the Glenshee District — J. BPL. Marshall, F.Z.S. ; An In- 

 vasion of Cuckoos — J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Turn- 

 stone in Scotland in June — /. B. Dohhie, F.Z.S. ; Snowy Owl in 

 South Uist— /. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ; The Scops - 

 Owl in Forth — Williavi Evans, F.R.S.E, ; Greenland Falcon at the 

 Flannan Islands — TVm. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S.; Osprey, 

 etc., in Shetland — J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. ;■ Bitterns 

 in East Lothian — Rev. H. N. Boiiar, F.Z.S. ; Gadwall in Aberdeen- 

 shire — Lewis N. G. Ramsay and^. Landshorough Thomson; Pin- 

 tails Increase in Shetland — J. A. Harvie-Broion, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S,; 

 Protection of the Woodcock in the S. W. of Scotland — Hugh S. 

 Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Black Tern on the Tweed — R. Preston 

 Donaldson ; Little Auk iu the Firth of Forth in March — William 

 Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Large Assemblage of Great Northern Divers and 

 a Moulting Bird — H, W. Rolnnson ; Four-bearded Rockling in the 

 Sound of Mull — D, MacdonaZd ; Quedius longicornis in Forth — 

 William Evans, F,R,S,E. ; Death's Head Moth in Kii^kcudbright- 

 shire — Robert Service, M.B,0,U. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . .186 



Sagina Reuteri ; A Simple Method of recording Local Distribution — 

 Prof. James W. H. Trail, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . .188 



Book Notices . . . . . . . . .190 



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