No. 32— (Third Series, No. ID 
APRIL, 1891. 
THE 
A OUARTEfll^Y 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL SCIENCE: 
Edited ba^ W. EAGLE CLARKE, F.L.S. 
MEMFiEK OF lirK KRITISH ( )RNT'I'HOLOOTSl-.s' UNION, .'VC. 
CONTENTS. 
Pagi 
Some Notes on the Scotch Species of the Molluscan Genus 
yerW^o — 'rhoDias Scott, F.L.S, . . . . . 49 
Notes on Birds in the Parishes of Methlick and Tarves, 
Aberdeenshire— ''rVo/v/c' Muirhad, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., dc. 54 
The Great Grey Shrike as a Scottish B\r6—R<v. H. A. 
Marphrsuu, M.A., M.B.O.U. ..... 60 
Some Notes on Birds recently observed in the Tay District 
-^-CoL IT. M. Drmnmond llau, M.B.O.U. . . . 67 
The Zoological Society and the Preservation of the Great 
Skua . . . . 70 
List of Rotifera found in the Dundee District— .7o/n/ Hood, 
F.R.M.S 71 
List of Plants seen in the Valley of Braemar and on 
Morrone — Pro/. C. C. Bahington, M.A., F.E.S. . . 81 
Record of Scottish Plants for 1890, additional to " Topo- 
graphical Botany." — Arthur B<nui<-'tf, F.L.S. ... 85 
New Discomycetes from Orkney — Wm. Phdlip-^, F.L.S. , 89 
Botanical Noles— Ctarid(fr< Dnicc, J\r.A., F.J..S. . . 91 
Zoological Notes 92 to 96 
Ey>sVr Herbert Maxictll, Bart. — Wm. Eayle Cl'( rke-—Archi/xdd Crdia 
-J. H. Gnrucii, F.L.S., .ic—WdUam Ertois. F.n.S.h\, <Lr.- 
H- liaeb aril— James Ltnmdeii., F.Z.iS., <ic.—E<v. G. (/ordon, 
LL.D. — Maclaine of LnchhuAe—J . ./. Dahjldsli. F.Z.S., <l.'r. — 
Gcorije l^ini — CathbcrL Ghri.'itt/ --Bev. H. A. MarpfK r.-nn, Af.A., 
li-c— Robert :Ser vice. 
Review— 96 
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