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not in this last country there are some few mistakes : Moiitia lampro- 

 sperma is common in Iceland and the only species there of the 

 genus ; also Polystichum lonchitis is common in Iceland. As to the 

 Alectorolophus {Rhinanthiis) species Mr. Bennett gives R. grxn- 

 landicus^ R. pubescens, and R. fallax as occurring in the Faroes — but 

 of these three forms I have only A. grcenlandicus, which I record 

 also from Iceland (1901, p. 55); A. minor occurs also in both 

 countries. The comparison by Mr. Bennett of the altitudes of the 

 plants in the Faroes and in Scotland would have been much extended 

 if he had used my paper from 1901, in which many records of 

 altitude are given. Among the 1 7 species used for comparing the 

 altitudes more than half the number are rare plants in the Faroes : 

 five are found only in one or two places. It would have been much 

 better to have taken the common species of arctic (alpine) origin 

 for comparison. As to Saxifraga iiivalis Mr. Bennett quotes : 

 "Subalpine latitude, ix, lower regions, and exceptionally on the 

 mountain-plateaux," but this must be a misreading. I have (1908, 

 p. 901) "Alp. lat." {i.e. "alpinus, sensu latiore"), and that means 

 (see p. 896) "species found on the mountain plateaux, and also 

 exceptionally in the lower regions." — C. H. Ostenfeld, Copenhagen. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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

 History which have appeared during the Quarter— April-June 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. 



Wild Cats in Inverness-shire. A. R., The Fields May 15, 

 1909, p. 244. Refers to a specimen about six months old, trapped 

 at Struy, and a full-grown female trapped at Glendee. 



Antlers of Scottish Red Deer. A. R., The Field, ]\m.^ 19, 

 1909, p. 1075. Account (with photograph) of a horn 42^ inches 

 long from the Monar Forest, Ross-shire. 



Notes on the Birds of West Renfrewshire (Caldwell 

 District), 1908. T. Thornton Mackeith, The Zoologist, June 1908, 

 pp. 228-231. 



Notes from Millport Marine Biological Station. 

 Richard Elmhirst, F.L.S., The Zoologist, June 1909, pp. 201-203. 

 Deals with (i) the Whelk as Food of the Cod; and (2) Feeding 

 Habits of the Conger-Eel and some other Fish in captivity. 



