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species, being found chiefly in woods and glens. Some love wet 

 places on the moors, as H. revolvens, scorpioides, stramineum, 

 Jluitans, &c. In addition to the very common species, I may 

 mention rarer ones, as — H. brevirostre, sarmentositm, giganteum, 

 elodes (very rare, near Castle-Douglas), eugyrium, palustre, 

 filicinum, elegans, dejyressum, Jlagellare (a west of Scotland moss), 

 Swartzii, jnlifo'ritm, &c., the last eight species, except H. Jlagellare, 

 being found in the Holme Glen. Higher up the hills, on the 

 Milyea, such sub-alpine species as the following are found : — 

 Ancectangium compactum, CynodoHtiitmBruntoni, and Polycarjntm, 

 Dicranum Blyttii, Grirtimia patens, Zygodon lapjjonicum, the 

 curious and interesting moss CEdijwdnim Griffithianum, Tetra- 

 plodon mnioides, Oligotrichum hercynicum, and Racomitrium 

 lanuginosum,, covering acres of the tops of the hills with its 

 sombre, elastic, grey carpeting. The Glenkens is a district too 

 limited in extent to admit of any remarks as to the distribution 

 of species. Even when rare species occur they do so sparingly. 

 I may conclude hy stating that almost all the species collected 

 have either been confirmed or determined by the kindness of the 

 Rev. John Fergusson, Manse of Fern, Brechin, one of our ablest 

 British bryologists. 



Note. — 20</i February, 1884. — Since writing the above paper, I 

 have added a considerable number of mosses to the above-men- 

 tioned found in the Glenkens. The district, I find, is very rich 

 in the Sphagnacece, all the British species except one (S. Laidbergii) 

 and a great many varieties being found. Sphagnum Austini is in 

 great abundance in Moss Raploch. All the Polytrichums, except P. 

 iSexangulare ; all the Ulatce, except Ludioigii and calvescensocceer. 

 Among other mosses the following may be noted as interesting 

 additions : — Fooitinalis squarrosa, Cryphcea heteronialla, Barbula 

 papulosa, Grimviia funalis, G. Montava (a very rare Grinnnia), G. 

 subsquarrosa ; among the Hypnums are found H. crassinerviicm, 

 falcatu,m, ochraceuni, pumihmi, dimorpliivm, polymorphum, and 

 rivulare ; Neckera pumila, with var. Philipj)eana, Bartramia 

 pomiformis, var. crispa, on the Black Craig, Dicranella cervi- 

 culata, Seligeria recurvata, var. onorensis of Lencodon Scuiroides, 

 on trees at the Holme, Dicranum Scottianum, near Forrest, and 

 Bartramia Halleriana by the side of the river Ken — all have been 

 found since writing the above paper. 



Cuculus Canorus. — Mr A damson read a paper on this the 



