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being to conduct a common Scottish natural history 
magazine. Naturally the committee would control the 
financial arrangements, but it may be suggested that a 
small capitation grant of some 6d. a member, paid into the 
funds of the Union, added to subscriptions to the magazine 
and possible donations, would go far in securing the publica- 
tion of the magazine, which in return would be available to 
members of affiliated societies at a reduced price. 
Should this general proposal meet with support among 
the naturalists of Scotland there might be arranged, during 
the session of the British Association in Edinburgh in 
September of this year, a conference of Scottish naturalists 
at which the project of a Union could be discussed. In the 
meantime the Editors of The Scottish Naturalist would 
welcome support and suggestions. 
Readers will be interested to learn that a first step 
towards a union of interests has been taken, for by arrange- 
ment with the Zoological Society of Scotland, notes from 
the Zoological Park at Corstorphine, a first instalment of 
which appeared in last issue, will form a standing contribu- 
tion to each number of The Scottish Naturalist—a means of 
ensuring a permanent record of interesting occurrences at 
the Park, which it is hoped will appeal alike to Fellows of 
the Zoological Society and to naturalists in general. 
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That Scotland still affords a wide field for intensive 
systematic study is indicated by an important contribution 
by Mr F. W. Edwards of the British Museum, a first instal- 
ment of which appears in this issue. An examination of a 
limited group of Diptera collected in Arran and about 
Loch Etive has discovered some thirty-eight forms hitherto 
unrecorded from the British Isles, including ten species and 
three varieties new to science, in addition to many new 
records for the areas investigated. 
