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The Scottish Naturalist 



No. 41.] 1915 [May 



EDITORIAL. 



We desire to call the attention of our readers to the appeal 

 which is printed on a separate slip and inserted in each copy 

 of our present number. Surely no words of ours are necessary 

 to arouse the practical sympathy of those Scottish Naturalists 

 who, for various reasons, are unable to take an active part 

 in the great struggle now being waged on the soil of 

 Flanders. It is our duty to help and comfort our heroes at 

 the front in every possible way, and we trust that all who 

 peruse these lines will feel it a privilege to take a practical 

 share in the endowment of one or more " Scottish Naturalists " 

 beds. 



Our ornithological readers will be interested in " A Note 

 on Loxia pytyopsittacus^ Bork.," from the pen of Claud B. 

 Ticehurst.^ The author at the outset expresses surprise that 

 the " Parrot Crossbill," the bird in question, is not included 

 in the recently published B.O.U. List of British Birds, either 

 as a good species or subspecies. He draws attention to 

 Selby's Ross-shire specimen, which still exists in the Royal 

 Scottish Museum, and which was used by Selby for the 

 figure in his work, and the later editions of " Bewick." 

 Pennant, Fleming, Macgillivray, Dresser, and Hartert are 



1 The Ibis, April 191 5, pp. 355-357. 

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