284 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



The last-issued No. of the Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society (Edin- 

 burgh), viz., No. 4 of vol. xviii., dated October 1912, contains several papers of 

 interest to Scottish naturalists. The following have an intimate bearing on the 

 Scottish fauna : " Some Northern Hydroid Zoophytes obtained by Hull 

 Trawlers," by James Ritchie (pp. 219-230); "On Docophorus dassana, Denny, 

 and Lipeurus staphylinoides, Denny,"' Ly James Waterston (pp. 248-250) ; and 

 "Note on Mallophaga from the Little Auk or Rotchie (Alle alle), with list of 

 species taken on birds and mammals in the Forth Area," by William Evans 

 (pp. 265-276). We regret that pressure upon our space prevents a more detailed 

 notice of these communications. 



In the November number of British Birds the following occurrences of rare 

 species are recorded : — On 5th May a male Lesser Grey Shrike QLanius minor') 

 was shot near St Leonards, Sussex, and a female of the same species two 

 days later (p. 184); a male Grey-headed Wagtail {Motacilla thunbergi) was 

 obtained near Rye on 28th April, and two male Western Black-eared Wheatears 

 {Saxicola hispanica) were shot near Winchelsea on 1 6th and 19th May; a White- 

 spotted Bluethroat {Cyanecula cyanecuhi) was found dead in a house at St Leonards 

 on 22nd September (p. 187) ; and on 16th September a Band's Sandpiper (Tringa 

 bairdii) was obtained at Rye Harbour — being the fourth British example. 



In the Irish Naturalist for November we note (pp. 209-214) an interesting 

 article, entitled " Discovery of the Tree-pipit on the Tuskar Rock, Co. 

 Wexford," from the pen of Prof. C. J. Patten. The bird is new to the Irish list, 

 and two examples were obtained on migration at different dates in September. 

 The paper is illustrated by a photographic plate, which shows some of the diffe r - 

 ences between the Tree-pipit and the Meadow-pipit. 



Messrs J. R. le B. Tomlin and W. E. Sharp continue, on pp. 249-253 of the 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (November 191 2), their paper entitled " Notes on 

 the British Species of Zongitarsus, Latr. (a genus of Coleoptera)." Dark 

 examples of L. ballotce, Marsh., are noted as occurring at Forres. 



Prof. T. Hudson Beare, in the November number of the Entomologist's Monthly 

 Magazine (pp. 255-257), records the occurrence of a new British Beetle at Nethy 

 Bridge. The species in question is Thanasimus rufipes, Brahm, of which five 

 examples were obtained from fir tops between 15th July and 6th August. A 

 specimen was also taken a year previously, but not recognised at the time. 



The same author records (/.c, p. 263) the capture of a series of Lathrobium 

 dilulnm, Er., in the same locality in July and August. This Beetle was introduced 

 as British three years ago, on the evidence of specimens taken at Dalwhinnie. 



Under the title " Odonata in Perthshire," Kenneth J. Morton publishes a note 

 in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (November 1 91 2, pp. 264-265) on some 

 Dragon-flies obtained in July at Rannoch and Glen Lochay. The species collected 

 were sEschna Ji/ncea, /E. dcrulea, Somatochlora a/rtica, Cordulegaster a/ini/lali/s, 

 Libellula (jitadrimaculata, Pyrrhosoma nymplu/la, and Enallagma cyathigernm. 



