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The Tufted-Duck (Fuligula cristatd) in the Nesting Season. — 



S. E. Brock . . . . . .265 



A List of the Diptera met with in Wester Ross, with Notes on 

 other Species known to occur in the neighbouring Areas 

 {continued). — Colonel/. W. Yerbury, R.A., F.Z.S. . 271 



Obituary— Ramsay Heatley Traquair, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. . 276 



Notes . . . . . - . . .276 



Great Grey Seal and Coal-fish Incident — Wm. Eagle Clarke, 

 F.R.S. E.; Jays in Dumfriesshire — Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., 

 F.R.S.E.j The Winter Quarters of the Yellow Wagtail— 

 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, M.B.O. U. ; Red-breasted Flycatcher 

 at the Pentland Skerries— John Bain; Reed-warbler in the 

 Orkneys — H. Laidlaw j Late stay of Swifts in Banffshire — 

 Jane Gowan; Common Guillemot and Barn Owl near 

 Glasgow— James Bartholomew j Quail nesting in Kirkcud- 

 brightshire — Hugh S. Gladstone, M.A., F.R.S.E.j Food of 

 the Common Partridge — William Evans, F.R.S.E.j The 

 Little Gull near Dunbar (Forth) — William Evans, F.R.S.E.j 

 Tunny stranded at Weisdale, Shetland— /<?/*« S. Tullochj 

 Tunny in the Firth of Forth — Leonora Jeffrey Rinloul, 

 H. M.B.O. U., and Evelyn V. Baxter, H.M.B.O.U.; Mono- 

 morium pharaonis, L., in Kincardineshire — Rev. James 

 Waterston, B.D., B.Sc. ; Mallophaga from the Ptarmigan— 

 William Evans, F.R.S.E.j Two rare Corals, and Polyzoa 

 from Rockall— James Ritchie, M.A., D.Sc. 



Book Notices . . . . . . 282 



Gleanings . . . . . . .283 



Index ........ 285 



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