CONTENTS 



Editorial . . . . . . -73 



Notes on some Scottish Birds observed in 1915. — William 



Eagle Clarke, M.B.O.U. . . . . -75 



A Note yon the Hibernation of FHes.— y. H. Ashiioorth, D.Sc. . 81 

 The Study of Diptera.— /'fm- H. Grimshaw, F.R.S.E., F.E.S. 85 

 Hydracarina from Strathearn. — William Williamson, F^.S.E. 89 



The Colour of Huitfeldtia rectipes Sig Thor. — William 



Williamson, F.R.S.E. . . . . .92 



Notes : 



Some Notes on the Eclipse Plumage of the Young Male 

 Goldeneye — Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul, 

 93; Swimming of young Lapwings — T. Thortitoii Mackeith, 

 94 ; Ivory Gull on the West Coast of Scotland — Leonard 

 Barnard, 95;; Ivory Gulls in Inverness-shire — William 

 Berry, 95 ; Little Gull at the mouth of the Don — George 

 Paterson, jq ; Land and Freshwater MoUusca of Jura 

 and neighbouring islands, 74 ; Slugs in the mountains of 

 Westerness — f-F. Denison Roebuck, 80; Hylastes cuni- 

 cularius, Er., in Peeblesshire— /fl7;^,?j- W. Munro , 92 ; Bem- 

 bidium quinquestriatum, Gyll., in the Edinburgh District, 

 93 ; Myelophilus minor (Hartig), in Forfarshire — James 

 W. Munro, 93 ; Dryocastes autographus, Ratz., near Hare- 

 law, Midlothian— yi3'/;/t'j' W. Munro, 95 ; Note on the 

 habits of Fhlceophthorus rhododactylus. Marsh, and 

 Hylastinus obscurus. Marsh — James W. Munro, 96; 

 Sinodendron cylindricum, L., in Peeblesshire — Jatnes W. 

 Munro, 96 ; Andrena cetii, Schr., in Forth and Argyll — 

 William Evans, 88 ; Plague of Flies in a Renfrewshire 

 house — T. Thornton Mackcith, 84. • 



Book Notice : The British Marine Annelids, Vol. III., Part I. 



(Text) and Part II. (Plates) . . . .80 



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