152 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Gold-Diggings of Crawford-Lindsay,” in which he embodies the 
results of his own enquiries concerning the modern history of 
gold-finding in the Crawford-Lindsay hill district, which extends 
into Dumfriesshire, though the most important part of it, with its 
former capital and castle, is in Lanarkshire. Professor Traill’s 
communication on “Scottish Galls,” dealing as it does with the 
attacks of insects on plants, possesses as much interest for the 
zoologist as for the botanist. 
We see by an “ Occasional Note” that Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown, 
of Dunipace House, Larbert, N.B., is engaged in collecting 
statistics on the increase and spread of the Capercaillie in Scot- 
land since its restoration at Taymouth in 1836, and that anyone 
who is interested in the subject and willing to impart any informa- 
lion may receive, on application to Mr. Harvie Brown, a printed 
form showing in a series of questions the points upon which he 
specially desires information. Perhaps some of our readers may 
be able to assist him. 
The Midland Naturalist: the Journal of the Associated Natural 
History, Philosophical and Archeological Societies and Field 
Clubs of the Midland Counties. Edited by E. W. BavGER 
and W. J. Harrison, F.G.S. London: Hardwicke & Bogue. 
Birmingham: Cornish Brothers. 
We have received the first three numbers of a new journal 
bearing the above title, and which is intended to become the 
medium for publishing the Transactions of some sixteen or seven- 
teen different Natural History Societies in the Midland Counties. 
The step is no doubt a judicious one, and will extend the usefulness 
of local Societies by affording facilities for inter-communication 
through an authorized and regularly published Magazine, which 
shall record the work done by each Society, announce forthcoming 
meetings, assist the exchange of specimens, and by providing 
opportunities for personal intercourse amongst the members at 
meetings to be held from time to time in various places of interest, 
promote and encourage the study of Natural History. We wish 
the new journal all success. 
