CONTENTS 



PAOS 



Whaling in Scotland for 1907— A*. C. Hahhvne, F.S.A.{ScoL) . 65 



The Birds of Fair Isle. — III. Eeport on Observations made 



during the Year 1907— //'m. Eagle Clarke, FJl.S.E., F.L.S. 72 



The Bar -tailed Godwit as a Solway Bird — Rohert Service, 



M.B.O.U 85 



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The Preservation of British Birds : An Appeal . . ^7 



A Contribution to the Insect Fauna of the Isle of May — 



Pernj H. Grimshaw, f.E.S. . . . . . . 88 



The False-Scorpions of Scotland — Rohert Godfreij, Ll.A. . 90 



Alien Plants. Plate III. — James Eraser . . . . 101 



Plants of Sutherland and Caithness {cordmued) — (1. Claridtjr 



Druce, M.A., F.L.S. . . . . . . . 1(>6 



On the Flora of Shethmd—JFilliam H. Ikehy, F.L.S. . - . 110 



Zoological Notes . . . . . . . .117 



Varieties of the IsloXe — Ilohert Service, M.B.O.U.; Large Otter — 

 J. A. Harvic-Broicii, F.U.S.E., F.Z.S. ; Bird Notes from Tiree — 

 Peter A'lulerson ; Pied Flycatclier nesting in Kirkcudbrightshire — 

 Eohert Service, M.B.O.U. ; AVaxwing in Banffshire — JoJin Yates; 

 Gadwall in the West of Scotland; Pintails in Argyllshire — 

 Chas. H. Alston; Smew in Dumfriesshire — Hugh S. Glculstone, 

 M.A., F.Z.S. ; The Eider Duck in Sohvay Waters — Rohert Service, 

 M.B.O. U. ; Siberian Chitf-ChafF and Wood Warbler in the Orkneys 



— Wrtx. Eagle Clarke, F.lt.S.E., F.L.S.; Glossy Ibis in Ayrshire 



— John Bohertsoii ; Bittern in East Lothian — JVilliaon Erans, 

 F.R.S.E. ; Capercaillie in Dee — /. A. Harvie - Brown, F.B.S.E., 

 F.Z.S. ; Land -rail at Edinburgh in "Winter — P. M. Campbell ; 

 Red-necked Phalaro]>e in the Sohvay Area — Rohert Service, 

 M.B.O.U. ; Leach's Petrel in Aberdeenshire — A. Landshorough 

 Thomson; The Saury or Skipper in the Sol way — Rohert Service, 

 M.B.O.U. ; Aleochara spadicea in Scotland (Tweed Area) — William 

 Evans, F.R.S.E. ; Bethylus cephalotes in Scotland (Forth Area) — 



Williatn Evans, F.R.S.E. 



Botanical Notes and News . . . . . . . 121 



Obituary Notices — Kev. John Fergusson, M.A., LL. D. : Thomas 

 Barker, M.A. Notes on Plants from Scotland — G. Claridge Druce, 

 M.A., F.L.S.; Critical Study of Ranunculus aquatilis, var. y ; 

 The Prehistoric Flora of Scotland ; Calamagrostis hX.riao^di'— Arthur 

 Bennett, F.L.S. 



Current Literature . . . . . .124 



Book Notices . . . . .127 



A Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales--//. E. Forrest ; The ^Motlis of 

 the British Isles. Series I. — Richard Soidh, F.E.S. ; Wild Bees, 

 Wasps, and Ants, and other Stinging Insects — Edward Scmnders, 

 F.R.S. ^' 



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