CONTENTS 



PAGE 



The Grey Seals of Haskeir; and other Editorial Notes . . 33 



The Homing of the Salmon — W. L. Calderwood, F.R.S.E. . 37 



The History of Feathers, with special reference to the Mallard 



{^Illustrated) . . . . , .45 



Notes on Aphides from Sutherland, Part I. {Illustrated) — 



Dorothy J. Jackson, F.E.S. . . . . .51 



Notes : 



Fox playing with Collie — //. S. Gladstone, 36 ; Wild Cat in 

 Ross-shire, 36 ; Status of the Garden Warbler and of the 

 Blackcap in Peeblesshire — G. G. Black^vood, 43 ; Common 

 Bittern in Berwickshire — R. Johnston, 49 ; Greenland 

 Falcon in Forfarshire — G. G. Blackwood, 49 ; Hobby in 

 Forfarshire — D. G. Hu?iter, 49 ; Osprey in Forfarshire — 

 D. G. Hunter, 50 ; The Bittern — A Coincidence — Rt. Hon. 

 Sir Herbert Maxwell, 50 ; The Rarity of the Bean Goose 

 on the East Coast — W. Berry, 59 ; Increase and Decrease 

 of Birds in the Ross of Mull — W. Begg, 60. 



Book Notices. ....... 61 



Notes from the Scottish Zoological Park . . .63 



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