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papers and of the notes in the " Proceedings " bear on the Natural History of 

 Scotland, and to these we restrict ourselves in this brief notice. For con- 

 venience we arrange in the " Transactions " under the heads of Zoology and 

 Botany, these being in turn sub-divided. The numbers (i) and (2) after the title 

 of each paper indicates in which part each paper is to be found. 



Zoology.— The Cadzow Herd of White Cattle, by R. Turner (1). 

 On the Occurrence in North Ayrshire of the Water-shrew 

 and Otter, by D. A. Boyd. (1). The Jay, Starling", and King-fisher 

 in Ayrshire, by David Landsborough, (1). Notes on the Turn- 

 stone [Strepsilas interpres L.), by William Craibe Angus, (1). On Par- 

 thenogenesis in the Hymenoptera ; and On the Occurrence 

 on Ben Lawers of Arenetra pilosella, Gr., a genus of 

 Ichneumonidse new to the British Fauna, both by P. Cameron, 

 F.E.S., (1). Jotting's from my Note-book, by David Robertson, 

 F.L.S., (1 and 2), includes (in 1), — The Pike {E-sox Lucius L.) ; Hyas 

 araneus L. ; Stenorhynchus longirostris Fabr. ; Isocardia 

 cor L. ; On the local distribution of Pennatula phosphorea 

 L. ; Virgularia mirabilis Lam., and Pavonaria quadran- 

 gularis Ball ; On some differences between the Marine 

 Faunas of the Firth of Clyde and Firth of Forth ; and (in 2) 

 Loch Fyne Herring". 



Isocardia cor L. in the West of Scotland, (2). Notes 

 on the Land and Fresh- water Mollusca of Iona, (i), both 

 by Alexander Somerville, B. Sc., F. L.S. 



Notice of thirteen Cumacea from the Firth of Clyde, by 

 David Robertson, F.L.S., (2). On a Monstrosity of the Common 

 Earthworm {Lumbr ; >custerrestrw L.), by R. Broom, B. Sc.,(i). Notes 

 on the Foraminifera of the Faroe Channel and Wyville 

 Thomson Ridge, with a Description of a new species of 

 Hyperammina, by Fred. G. Pearcey, (1). Dredging off Portin- 

 cross, Ayrshire, by Alex. Somerville, B. Sc., (1). 



Phytology.— A Contribution to the Topographical Botany 

 of the West of Scotland, by Feter Ewing, (1). Notes on some 

 of the Rarer Plants occurring in the Valley of the Gar- 

 nock, by J. Smith, (1), Botanical Notes from Wigtonshire 

 and Kirkcudbrightshire, by James M'Andrew, (1). Notes on 

 the Flora of the Island of Barra, (0, and Notes on the Flora 



of Barra and South Uist, (2), both by Alexander Somerville, B. Sc., 



F.L.S. Notes on the Flora of the Outer Hebrides, by Arthur 

 Bennett, F.L.S., (2). Revision of the Scotch Perisporiacese, 

 by Professor James W. H. Trail, (2). Remarks on Temperature, 

 Vegetation, &c, in the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasg-ow, 

 1888, by Robert Butter, (2). The Dispersion of Seeds and 

 Spores, by Rev. A. S. Wilson, M.A., B. Sc., (2). 



An interesting feature is a copious tabulated list of Mollusca, Flowering 

 Plants and Cryptogams observed during the Society's excursions in 18S7. 



Among the more interesting of the objects relating to the Scotch flora and 

 fauna noticed in the Proceedings as exhibited at the Meetings, from May 



