CONTENTS 



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Notes on the Primitive Breeds of Sheep in Scotland — 



H. J. Elwes, FR.S. . . . i 



Some New Scottish and British Birds. On the Occurrence of 

 the Pine Bunting, Thrush Nightingale, and Baird's Sand- 

 piper in Scotland— - JF///. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. ; 

 On • the Occurrence of the Woodchat Shrike in Forth 

 Area — Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul, H.M.B.O.U., and Evelyn 

 V. Baxter, H.M.B.O.U.; Serin finch (Serinus serin us) in 

 Midlothian— Oliver H. Wild .... 8- 



On the Occurrence of Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys) — a 

 Dragon-fly new to the Scottish List — in the Forth Area — 



William Evans, F.R.S.E. . . . . .12- 



Notes . , . . . .15: 



Jackdaw nesting in SquirreFs Drey — S. E. Brock j Richard's 

 Pipit and Lapland Bunting at Fair Isle — Her Grace the 

 Duchess of Bedford j Greater Wheatear at Barra in Novem- 

 ber — Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford ; Montagu's Harrier 

 in Roxburghshire — Major P. L. Waldron; Honey-Buzzard 

 in Wigtownshire — Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., 

 F.R.S.j Grey Phalarope in Ayrshire — Gib. Graham; The 

 Wood - Sandpiper in South-east Fife (Forth) — William 

 Evans, F.R.S.E.; Blue Shark in Forth — Evely?i V. Baxter, 

 H.M.B.O.U.j Tychus niger, Payk., in East Lothian — 

 William Evans, F.R.S.E.; Linlithgowshire Heteroptera — 

 S. E. Brock; Recurrence of the rare Crab, Paromola 

 cuvieri, in Scottish Waters — fames Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc; 

 Notes on Hydraearina — William Williamson. 



Gleanings . . . . . . .19^ 



Book Notices . . . . . . .22 



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