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58 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY<br />

older. Sativa appears to be an almost ubiquitous weed of agricultural<br />

ground in <strong>Scotland</strong> but<br />

;<br />

of the distribution of vulgaris in<br />

the country so much less is known that any information will be<br />

welcome. JAMES W. H. TRAIL.<br />

CURRENT LITERATURE.<br />

The Titles and Purport of Papers and Notes relating to Scottish Natural History<br />

which have appeared during the Quarter October-December 1899.<br />

[The Editors desire assistance to enable them to make this Section as complete as<br />

possible. Contributions on the lines indicated will be most acceptable and<br />

will bear the initials of the Contributor. The Editors will have access to the<br />

sources of information undermentioned.]<br />

ZOOLOGY.<br />

ON THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS IN PERTHSHIRE.<br />

By Col.<br />

Campbell. Trans. Perthshire Soc. Nat. Science, vol. iii.<br />

part i.<br />

(1898-99), pp. 18-25.<br />

SOLITARY SNIPE IN KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. A. E. W. The<br />

Field, 2ist October 1899, p. 667. Young bird killed near Castle-<br />

Douglas.<br />

A WHITE CURLEW. By C. Boyd. The Field, 2 ist October 1899,<br />

p. 667, and 28th October 1899. p. 708. Specimen said to have<br />

occurred on the shore of Dornoch Firth.<br />

OPAH (LAMPRIS LUNA) OFF SCOTLAND. By F. W. Frohawk. The<br />

Field, 2ist October 1899, p. 668. Particulars given of a specimen<br />

caught off Rockall on 7th September last.<br />

LEPIDOPTERA IN MORAY. By Henry H. Brown. Entomologist,<br />

vol. xxxii. p. 279 (November 1899). Refers to Pyrameis atalanta,<br />

Lycsena phlreas, Manduca (Acherontia) atropos, Phlegethontius<br />

(Sphinx) convolvuli, and Macroglossa stellatarum.<br />

ANERASTIA LOTELLA, HE., AND CRAMBUS LATISTRIUS, Hw., ETC.,<br />

IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND. By A. A. Dalglish. Entomologist, vol.<br />

xxxii. p. 306 (December 1899).<br />

LlTHOCOLLETIS CONCOMITELLA, SP. N., AND ITS NEAREST ALLIES.<br />

By Eustace R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S. Ent. Mo. Mag. (2),<br />

vol. x.<br />

pp. 241-255 and 284-288 (October-December 1899). Numerous<br />

references are given to Scottish localities.<br />

COLEOPTERA AT BOATOF GARTEN, STRATHSPEY, INVERNESS-SHIRE.<br />

By Professor T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc., F.R.S.E. Ent. Mo. Mag.<br />

(2), vol. x. pp. 267-268 (November 1899).<br />

QUEDIUS TRISTIS, GRAY., IN SCOTLAND. By William Evans.<br />

Ent. Record, vol. xi. p. 338 (December 1899). Refers to note by

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