CONTENTS 



PAOB 



AVhaling in JScotland for 1908 — 11. C. Haldane, F.S.A. (Scot.) . 65 



The Birds of Fair Isle. — IV. Keport on Observations made 



(luring the year 1908 — JFm. Eagle Clarke, F.llS.E., F.L.S. 69 



On the Occurrence of Briinnich's Guillemot in the Firth of 



Yovih—fVm. Eagle Clarice, F.B.S.E., F.L.S. . . . 76 



The Aquatic Coleoptera of the Solway District. Plate I. — 



Frank Balfoiir-Browne, M.A. (Oxon.), F.E.S.E., F.Z.S. . 76 



Coleoptera from Moles' Nests in the South-East of Scotland — 

 Prof. T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.B.S.E., F.E.S., and William 

 Evans, F.B.S.E 86 



On some Scottish Diptera — Stratiomyidse to Asilidte — A. E. J. 



Carter and Bev. James JVaterston, B.D., B.Sc. . . . 91 



On the British Plant Lists and their Discrepancies {continued) 



— G. Claridge Druce, 31. A., F.L.S. . . . . . 96 



On the Flora of Shetland— ^FiZ/mm H. Beehy, F.L.S. . . 103 



The High Alpine Flora of Britain : being a List of the Flower- 



ins: 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 X. Williams, F.L.S 108 



Zoological Notes . .. . . . . .114 



Pygmy Shrew 2000 Feet above Sea-level — Chas. H. Alston; The 

 OcciuTencc of Phylloscopus Borealis, not P. viridanus, at Sule 

 Skerry: a Correction— fr?/i. Eagle Clarke, F.B.S.E., F.L.S.; 

 Long -eared Owls near Lerwick, Shetland — John S. Tidloch ; 

 Isestiug of the Stock -Dove in Lanarkshire — Walter Stevmrt ; 

 Whooper in Yxi^'&XrsxQ.— William Berry, B.A., LL.B. ; Gad walls in 

 Fifeshire — Willmm Berry, B.A., LL.B. ; The Occnrrence of the 

 Gadwall in Orkney— IT. W. lloMnson ; Heronries in Forth — 

 William Evans, F.B.S.E.; Parasitic Habits of the Black-headed 

 Gull— 6^. G. Blacku-ood; The Black-headed Gull as a Persecutor of 

 the LapAving— >9. E. Brock ; Black-throated Diver in Fifeshire — 

 William Berry, B.A., LL.B.; Fork-tailed Petrels in Orkney— 

 //. W. Bohinson ; Bass in the North Sea in Winter— Wm. Eagle 

 Clarke, F.B.S.E., F.L.S. ; Ray's Sea- Bream in the Firth of Forth 

 — W. M. Ingles ; Note on. the Re-discovery of Apus cancriformis in 

 Britain— i^wnfc Balfour-Broione, M.A. {Oxon.), F.B.S.E., F.Z.S. ; 

 Notes on Lepidoptera in the N.E. Highlands— X'oro^/i?/ Jackson; 

 Hystrichopsylla talpffi in Forth and Tweed — William Evans, 

 F"B.S.E. ; Panisus Michaeliin Selkirkshire— fFwi. Williamson. 



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



The High Alpine Flora of Britain— i2<3f. Edward S. Marshall, 31. A., 

 F.L.S. ; Montia lamprosperma in Scotland — G. Claridge Druce, 

 M. A., F.L.S.; Solidago sp. — /. Claridge Druce ; Schwnus nigricans 

 in Haddingtonshire— William Evans, F.B.S.E. ; Goodyera repeus 

 in maddingtonshiYe— William Evcons, F.B.S.E. 



Current Literature . . . . . • • .123 



Book Notices 126 



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