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brel, Eedshank, Turnstone, and Oystercatcher ; the Knot and 

 Sanderling occur only as stragglers, whilst the Grey Plover, 

 Green Sandpiper, and Little Stint have only been detected in 

 one or two instances. 



The list of Laridce includes the Glaucous, Iceland, Ivory, 

 Little and Sabine's Gull, a specimen of the latter having occurred 

 in full summer dress — a stage which has been procured in the 

 British Islands only in two or three instances. The Snowy 

 Owl, Iceland and Greenland Falcon, Parrot Crossbill, American 

 Bittern, Bose Pastor, and Waxwing stand on the list ; but the 

 evidence as to White's Thrush and the Lapp Bunting is unsatis- 

 factory. The Black Bedstart, however, has certainly reached 

 these northern shores, for a specimen was sent to Mr. Harvie 

 Brown from the Pentland Skerries. 



Taking into consideration the limited extent to which the 

 coast of Caithness is influenced by external migration, the 

 authors, as well as their able correspondents Messrs. Peach and 

 Beid, deserve to be congratulated on the number of rare species 

 accredited to the county. 



Mr. Harvie Brown's researches into the Mammals of Scot- 

 land are so well known that detailed reference is unnecessary. 

 While the diminishing numbers of Wild Cat and Marten are 

 much to be regretted, it is gratifying to find that six species of 

 Cetacea are included in the work, considering how little attention 

 has been paid to this order by British naturalists. Perhaps the 

 » most important mammalian records refer to the Greenland Seal, 

 two examples of which are recorded on satisfactory evidence. 



Beptiles and Amphibians (including the Palmate Newt) 

 naturally occupy a very small portion of the volume ; but 

 greater weight attaches to a List of Fishes frequenting the 

 Moray Firth. This comprises 141 species out of a British list 

 of 225 ; but the American Brook Trout, Salmo fontinalis, should 

 have been omitted, for the Duke of Sutherland's attempt to 

 naturalise the species seems to have proved a failure. Amongst 

 the rarer fishes, the Torpedo, Bergylt, Sword-fish, Hair-tail, Opal, 

 and Deal-fish stand pre-eminent. 



Of the few misprints which have escaped notice, the sub- 

 stitution of the Black-eared Chat for the Black-throated Wheatear 

 deserves correction. The index is one of the best we have seen, 

 and the illustrations are well chosen and well engraved. 



