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CURRENT LITERATURE. 



The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural 

 History -which have appeared during the Quarter — July-September 1909. 



[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make this Section as complete as 

 possible. Contributions on the lines indicated will be most acceptable, and 

 will bear the initials of the Contributor. The Editors will have access to the 

 sources of information undermentioned.] 



ZOOLOGY. 



The Origin of Highland Cattle. R. L. The Fields July 

 3, 1909, p. 45. Criticising a paper by Prof. James Wilson in the 

 Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. 



Antlers of Scottish Red Deer. J. G. Millais. The Fields 

 July 10, 1909, p. 93. A letter to the Editor, claiming that a 

 specimen found in the river Halladale is superior to one found at 

 Kintail, and said to be " the largest known red deer's horn from 

 Scotland." 



Antlers of Scottish Red Deer. Further letters on this 

 subject are printed in The Fields July 17, 1909, p. 144, from Henry 

 Laver, "A, R.," and William Ross, and on July 24, p. 194, from 

 Wm. Stirling. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher in Fifeshire. W. S. The Fields 

 July 10, 1909, p. 94. A pair reported to have been seen from 

 June 20 to 24. Letter by " Hy. S." in issue of July 17 stating the 

 birds to be Spotted Flycatchers. 



Our Present Knowledge of the Fauna of the Forth 

 Area. William Evans, F.F.A., F.R.S.E. Froc. Roy. Phys. Soc. 

 Edi?i., vol. xvii. pp. 1-64 d. This paper forms the Presidential 

 Address for the Session 1 906-1 907, and gives a useful summary 

 of the species recorded for the area in all groups. The total 

 recorded in pri' t or in the author's MS. lists is 6865. 



On New and Rare Crustacea from Scottish Waters. 

 Thomas Scott, LL.D., F.L.S. A7i?i. and Mag. Nat. Hist., July 

 1909, pp. 31-36, pts. ii. and iii. Four species recorded, of which 

 two (an Amphipod and a Copepod) are described as new to 

 science. 



Some Notes on the Lepidoptera of the " Dale Collec- 

 tion " of British Insects, now in the Oxford University 

 Museum. James J. Walker, M.A., R.N., F.L.S. Ejit. Mo. Afag. 

 August 1909, pp. 1 75-181. Several Scottish records are given. 



List of Lepidoptera captured recently in Ross-shire 

 (concluded). Dorothy J. Jackson. Ent. Record, July 15 and 



