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Obituary — George Sim, A.L.S. With Portrait . .129 



The Weight and Length of Otters — //. IF. RoUnson . . 134 



Notes on the Seasonal Change in the Plumage of the Great 

 Northern Diver (Coh/mhus glacialis), Plate III. — F. W. 

 Smalley, M.B.O.U. ' 139 



The Aquatic Coleoptera of the Solway District {continued) — 



Frank Balfour-Broiune, M.A. (Oxon.), F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. . 145 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland {continued) — Robert Godfrey^ 



BLA .153 



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

 ing Plants and Ferns found at a Thousand Metres and 

 upwards on the Mountains of the British Isles, with 

 authentic References and Critical Notes {continued) — 

 Frederic N. Williams, F.L.S. . . . , . .164 



New and Rare Mosses from the West of Scotland — James 



Stirton, iM.D., F.L.S. .168 



Saxifraga ccespitosa, L., as a Scottish Species — Arthur Bennett, 



F.L.S. 174 



Some Remarks on Euphrasicc and Rhinanthus — Rev. E. S. 



Marshall, M.A., F.L.S. 176 



Additions and Corrections to the Topographical Botany of 

 Scotland {continued) — Prof. James IF. H. Trail, A.M., 

 M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. . 178 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . . .180 



Bird Migration : a new Scottish Enquirj^ ; Hawfinch in Fife — JVm. 

 Berry, B.A., LL.B. ; Nesting of the Hawfinch in East Lothian — 

 William Evans, F. R. S. E. ; Braniblings in Solway — Robert Service, 

 M.B.O.U. ; Golden Oriole in Renfrewshire — W.Morton; Blackbird 

 and Thrush laying together — James Waterston, B . Sc. , B.I).; 

 Yellow-browed "Warbler in Dumfriesshire in Spring — George Stout ; 

 Early Appearance of the Swift — licv. William Scrle, M.A., 

 M.B.O.U. ; Hoopoe in Skye ; Little Bittern in Orkney; Solway 

 "Gray Geese" — ito&cr« Service, M.B.O.U; Marked Pintail— 

 Ftohert Service; M.B.O.U. ; Nesting of the Gadwall in Scotland — 

 Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul 3.n(\. Evelyn V. Baxter; Long-tailed Ducks 

 in Orkney in Summer — H. W. Robinson; Little Crake in Ayrshire 

 — James Aird ; Green Sandpiper in Solway — Robert Service, 

 M.B.O. U ; Great Crested Grebe at Duddingston Locli, Edinburgh 

 —Rev. William Serle, M.A., M.B.O.U. ; The Red-necked Grebe in 

 Orkney — H. W. Robinson ; Munida bamffia in the Firth of Forth 

 — William ' Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Nemotelus uliginosus in Forth — 

 ^ William Evans, F.R.S.E. 



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



The Floras of the Faroes and Iceland compared with that of Scotland 

 —C. H. Ostenfeld. 



Current Literature . . . . . .. .187 



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



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