CONTENTS 



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Editorial _ . . _ . . . . .265 



The Birds of Renfrewshire \concluded). — /oh?i Robertsoti and 



T. Thornton Mackeith . . . . .268 



Diptera Scotica, VI. : The Western Isles (continued). — Feny H. 



Griinshaw, T'.R.S.E.y F.E.S. . . . ^ . 276 



Notes . . . . . . . 282 



Grey Seals at Skerryvore — Robert Wilso7ij Sea-birds and Oil 

 — Lady Magdalen Erskine, Sim Baigrie, Leonora Jeffrey 

 Rintoul, and Evelyji V. Baxter ; Coloration of Mouth of 

 Young Hawfinches — William Evatisj Pied Flycatcher at 

 Stonehaven — A. MacDonaldj Pied Flycatcher in Dumfries- 

 shire — Hugh S. Gladstone J Crested Tit in Nairnshire — 

 G. G. Blackwood; Spring Moult of Common and Black- 

 headed Gulls — Leonora Jeffrey Rijttoul and Evelyn V. 

 Baxter ; The Spring Moult of the Black-headed Gull — 

 William Evans; Eurycnemus elegans (Mg.) in Scotland — 

 William Evans; Mutilla europaea .at Ballater — James 

 J. F. X. King ; Curious association between a rare British 

 Polyzoon (Triticella pedicellata) and the Hydroid, 

 Dicoryne conferta — James Ritchie. 



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