CONTENTS 



PAOB 



On the Occurrence of Evcrsmann's Warbler {Pht/lloscopvs 

 horeaUs (Blasius)) at Fair Isle : an Addition to the British 

 Fixnua—frm. Ear/Ie Clarke, F.ILS.E., F.L.S. ... 1 



Some Autumn Bird Notes from the Outer Hebrides — The 



Duchess of Bedford ....... 3 



Bird Notes from the Isle of May for the Year 1908 — Erel//n 



V. Baxter ......... o 



The Deal-Fish or Vaagmaer, IVachi/jitenis arctkus (Briinn.), on 



the Coast of East Lothian — William Evans, FJl.S.E. . 20 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland (contd.) — Robert Godfrey, M.A. 22 



Revision of the Hydrachnid^e in Johnston's " Acarides of 



Berwickshire" — JVilUam Williamson . . . . 26 



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. . . . . . . 30 



Plants of the Faroe Isles not occurring in Great Britain, and 

 others not occurring in Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, or 

 the Outer Hebrides — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. . . . 36 



Alien Plants — James Eraser . . . . . . . 40 



Thrincia nudicaulis, Britt., in Perthshire — William Barclay . 45 



Zoological Notes ........ 47 



The Late Mr. James Tomison, Lightkeeper ; Pipistrelle Bat in Orkney 

 — 31. Spence ; Destructive Habits of the Bank A^ole — Rohert Service, 

 M.B.O.U. ; Brambling in West Sutherland — /. T. Henderson; 

 Hawfinch in East Lotliian — Rev. H. N. Bonar, F.Z.S. ; Little • 

 Bunting and otlier Birds at Sule Skerry — Wm. Eagle Clarke, 

 F.Fl.S.E., F.L.S. ; Red-breasted Flycatcher and otlier Birds at the 

 Butt of Lewis — Rohert Clyne ; Black Redstart in the Tay Area — 

 Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter ; Coal Titmouse on 

 the Bass Rock — William Evoms, F.R.S.E. ; Gad wall in Fifeshire 



— JVilliam Berry, B.A., LL.B. ; Long-tailed Duck far Inland — 

 J. R. Felhara-Burii ; Golden-eyes in the Forth Area in Summer — 



JFilliajii Evans, F.R.S.E.; Note on the Drumming of the Snipe 

 — Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Black-headed Gulls molesting 

 Lapwings — John Pater son ; Note on the Moulting of the Great 

 Northern Divers — H. TV. Robinson; Bird Notes from Tiree — Peter 

 Amlerson ; Labrax lupus in the North Sea — Prof. D'Arcy JF. 

 Tho'nijison, C.B. ; Another Occurrence of the Oar-fish in Scotland — 

 H. JF. Robinson; Hydrachnids from Neighlvourhood of Kirkliston 



— Wm. Williamson. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . . 53 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain — W. H. Bceby, F.L.S. ; Nasturtium 

 palustre in Orkney — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S.; Crithmum mari- 

 timum in the Outer Hebrides — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. ; Limosella 

 aquatica in Dumbarton — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. ; Carex atrofusca 

 in Perthshire — Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. ; Physcomitrella patens in 

 Scotland — W. Edgar Evans ; Rosa spinossissima x mollis in Banff- 

 shire — William Barclay. 



Current Literature . . . . . . . . ^Q 



Book Notices ......... 59 



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