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SCIENTIFIC JOUKNALS. 



ZOOLOGIST (1885).— (P. 69) Night Heron in Scotland, and (p. 72) 

 Rossia Macrosoma in Argyleshire (both from Loch Creran), by J. M. 

 Campbell ; (p. 97-100) Habits of the Limpet (observed at Granton Marine 

 Station), by J. R. Davis; (p. 114) Marsh Harrier in Dumbartonshire, 

 by James Lumsden ; (p. 190) The Glaucous Gull in Skye. by H. A. 

 Macpherson ; (p. 386) Ringouzels in Gardens (abundant in Strathnaver, 

 Sutherland), by S. G. Reid ; (pp. 408-414) On some Variations in Helix 

 arbustorum Linn., by B. B. Woodward, is a paper on the chief variations 

 detected in a collection from Brora in Sutherland ; (p. 434) Pied Flycatcher 

 and Might Heron in Clackmannanshire (near Alloa), by W. Erskine ; 

 (pp. 492-496) Sixth Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring 

 and Autumn of 1884, relates to several lighthouse observations, &c, from 

 Scotland, as well as from England. It confirms earlier reports on the same 

 subject. 1886 {January).— American Golden Plover and Richard's 

 Pipit in Scotland (in Perthshire), by J. Guille Millais. {February) Glau- 

 cous Gull in Skye, by H. A. Macpherson. {March) Ivory Gull and 

 Little Auk in Caithness, by W. Read ; Pine Marten in Scotland, a 

 specimen shot in the Black Mount Forest, exhibited by Mr. James Lumsden. 



JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, 1885. -(January) Clausilia rugosa 

 monstr. dextrorsum 'in Stirlingshire, at Slamannan ; Variation in 

 Lehmannia arboreum, by Wm. Denison Roebuck, records this slug from 

 Berwick (81), Sutherland East (107), and Caithness (109), April and July 

 (pp. 319-336), Census of the Anthenticated Eistribution of British 

 Land and Freshwater Mollusca, by John W. Taylor and W. Denison 

 Roebuck, enumerates the counties and vice-counties for which these authors 

 have " authenticated records, that is, such as are verified by specimens which 

 have passed under our own examination. This process secures uniformity of 

 value in the results." They conclude with the words : " It will be seen on 

 perusal of the above census that the principal places to be regarded as among 

 the uninvestigated and dark corners of the kingdom are Scotland and Ireland, 

 Mid-Wales and the eastern and south-western counties of England, specimens 

 from any of which districts will be of unusual value and importance." The 

 decision to rely solely on specimens examined by the authors themselves, to 

 the extent of omitting all mention of such careful work as that recorded in 

 Mr. H. Coates' report in our January number, is to be regretted, as such 

 records might be easily indicated without risk of confusion with those 

 authenticated by the authors. We cordially commend to our readers in Scot- 

 land to aid the authors of the census by sending specimens from Scotland for 

 their examination. Marine Mollusca at Oban, by R. D. Darbishire. 

 October. In Proceedings of the Conchological Society are recorded Helix 

 Jiortensis and H. nemoralis from Maybole in Ayrshire, H. lamellafa from 



