CONTENTS. 



SESSION CXT. 



PAGK 



Opening Address, by Eop.EP.T Ettiertdok, .Tun., Esq., . . . 1 



The History of the Chough {Frfqilm gmcuhis) in Scotland, by J. 



Hamilton BrriTANAx, Esq., ...... 94 



On the Birds of Glcnurquhart, Inverness-shire, by A. Craig, Jun., E.sq., . 101 



On the Fructifieation of E%ispheno2)teris tenclla (Brongn.) and Sitheiioptcriis 



microcarpa (Lesq.), by Kobeut Kidston, Esq. [Plate I,], . . 129 



Notes on the Natural History of :Madagascar, by Rev. W. Deans Cowan, . 133 



On the Gnawing of Water and Gas Pipes by Rats and Mice, by A. 



Galletly, E.sq., . . . . . , . .150 



The Nesting of the Eider Duck, by Professor Duns, .... 155 



Zoology of Mid- Lochaber, by Professor Duns, . . . .156 



Hysgeii", off Canna, and its Bird Life ; with notice of the Ijreeding of the 

 Pintail {Anas acuta, L.) there in 1878 and 1881, by John A. 

 Harvie-Brown, Esq., F.Z.S., etc., ..... 169 



On some Fossil Myriapods from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of Forfarshire, 



by B. N. Peach, Esq., A.R.S.M., etc. [Plate II.], . . . 177 



Additional Notes on the Algre of the Firth of Forth, by G. W. Traill, Esq., 188 



An Addition to the Fish Fauna of the Oil Shales of Edinburghshire, by John 



Gibson, Esq., . . . . . . . .190 



A Preliminary List of Scottish ]\ryriapoda, by T. D. Gibson Carmichael, Esq., 193 



Note on the Occurrence of the Tree Sparrow in Argyllshire, and its 



Distribution in Scotland, by John James Dalglelsh, Esq., M.B.O.U., 196 



Exhibition of Nests and Eggs of Shoveller Duck {Spatula chj2)cata) and 

 Scaup Duck {Fulkjula marila) from Fifeshire, and Nest and Eggs of the 

 Goosander {Merguft merganser) from Sutherlandshire, by Arthur C, 

 Stark, Esq., ........ ^O-i 



On some recent Contributions to our Knowledge of the Morphology and 



Physiology of the Cell, by Patrick Geppes, Esq., F.R.S.E. [Plate III.], 204 



Notes of an Entomological Excursion to the Now Forest, Hampshire, in 



July 1880, by William Evans, Esq., . . . . .214 



On Specimens of "Tailless" Trout from Loch Enoch, in Kirkcudbrightshire, 



byDrPv. H. TiiAQUAiR, F.R.S., 221 



On the Occurrence of Pallas's Grey Shrike in Scotland, by Henry Seebohm, 



Esq., F.Z.S., etc., ....... 223 



