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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 — October-December 1907. 



[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. 



Some New European Insectivora and Carnivora. By 

 Gerrit S. Miller. Ajui, and Mag. Nat. Hist., November 1907, 

 pp. 389-398. — Putorius erminea ricinse, a new sub-species, is 

 described from specimens obtained in the islands of Islay and 

 Jura ; and Felis grampia, a new species of Wild Cat, from examples 

 obtained at Inverness. 



Black-tailed Godwit and Shoveller on the Beauly Firth. 

 Alick Ross, The Field., 23rd November 1907, p. 937. — A specimen 

 of each killed " during the past week." 



Nesting of the Lesser Tern (Sterna minuta) in the 

 Outer Hebrides. Percy F. Bunyard, Zoologist, October 1907, 

 pp. 386-387. — Two eggs found on i8th June on the island of 

 Kirkibost, N.W. side of North Uist. Note on same subject by 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, Zoologist, November 1907, p. 432. 



Lepidoptera in Glenshian, Inverness-shire, in July 1907. 

 James J. Joicey and A. Noakes, Ent. Mo. Mag., November 1907, 

 pp. 255-256. — Ninety-four species recorded. 



ToRTRix SEMiALBANA, Gn., IN ARGYLLSHIRE. T. A. Chapman, 

 E7it. Mo. Mag, November 1907, p. 258. — Refers to specimens 

 taken in July 1857 near Lochgoilhead. 



Occurrence of Gelechia streliciella, H.S., in the High- 

 lands. C. T. Cruttwell, Ent. Mo. Mag., October 1907, pp. 

 235-236. — Several specimens obtained at Aviemore. A further 

 note on these specimens is given by Eustace R. Bankes. 



Gelechia solutella, Z., ab. Cruttwelli, n. ab. By Eustace 

 R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S., Ent. Mo. Mag., November 1907, 244- 

 245. — One specimen taken by Canon Cruttwell at Aviemore. 



Coleophora marginatella, H.S. (?) in Scotland. Eustace 

 R. Bankes, Ent. Mo. Mag., November 1907, pp. 257-258. — One 

 from Braemar and three from Aviemore, all taken by Canon 

 Cruttwell. 



Micro- Lepidoptera in the Highlands. C. T. Cruttwell, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., November 1907, pp. 256-257. — A list of species 

 captured at Braemar and Aviemore. 



