No. XXVIII.-New Series. 



APRIL, 1890. 



THE 



tottmh Hattiralist 



A OUARTERLY 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL SCIENCE, 



Edited by Professor JAMES W. H. TRAIL, A.M., M.D., F.L.S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Report of Delegate from E. S. U. N. S. to the British Association in 



1889 — R. Brown, F.E., R.N., . . . . .241 

 The Work of the British Association in 1S89 in Relation to Local Scientific 



Societies in Scotland — Prof. Trail, . . . . .252 



Lichia Vadigo Risso, taken near Skye (extracted), .... 262 



Deiopeia pulchella, taken near Aberdeen in 1840 — W. Evans, . . 262 



Records of Scottish Plants for 1889— Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. , . 263 



Primula scotica, ........ 274 



Report for 1889 on the Fungi of the East of Scotland— Prof. Trail, . 275 

 Obituary — 



Prof- William R. M'Nab, M.D., F.L.S., . . .283 



Reviews, . . . . . . . 284 



Periodical, . . . . . . . . 287 



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