The Naturalist

Volume 23, Part 5, 2000

CONTENTS

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1 Editorial Alien species: our 'stewardship' role. Roger Downie

Full papers

3 Lomondside depicted and described 3. Early guide books for the scientific tourist. John Mitchell

7 The flora of the Coatbridge coup. P. Macpherson

9 Observations on Irish lady's-tresses orchid (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) on (VC 102) Richard Gulliver, Margaret Kiernen, Mavis Gulliver & Christopher Sydes

13 Natural regeneration of limes (Tilia spp.) in . Locally widespread and more numerous in 1999. R.K.S. Gray & N.R. Grist

17 The history, habitat and present status of holy grass (Hierochloe adorata) (L.) Beauv. at Blythswood, District, VC76. T. Norman Tait

21 A survey of the aquatic vegetation and benthic macroinvertebrates of the , with particular reference to the effects of seawater inputs. K.J. Murphy, C.R. Doughty & M. Kennedy; photos Norman Tait

29 Tracing the elusive Holopedium gibberum in the plankton of Loch Ness. Jonathan Gray

35 Allis shad, Alosa alosa (L.) in waters. G.N. Swinney, J.S. Blackadder & K.P. Bland

39 Notes on copepod parasites of phyllodocid polychaete worms in Scottish waters: including the first UK records of the Mediterranean copepod Phyllodicola petiti (Delamare - Deboutteville & Laubier, 1960). Myles O'Reilly

45 The copepod Hemicyclops aberdonensis (Poecilostomatoida: Clausidiidae) and its suspected host, the burrowing shrimp Calocaris macandreae in the of Clyde. Myles O'Reilly

48 Scottish insect records for 1998 and 1999. E.G. Hancock

Short Notes Compiled by A. McG. .

53 The hawkheed Hieracium lasiophyllum on , . Bernard Zonfrillo

53 Nuphar advena established at . P. Macpherson & J. Waddell

53 Abnormal water avens morphology – lead induced? P. Macpherson

54 Water Chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) in a growbag in Milngavie. M. H. Hansen 55 Casual record of Adonis ladybird (Adonia variegata) in . Susan Futter & Keith Futter

55 Xylocoris cursitans (Fallen) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) new to Scotland, from Roxburghshire Keith N.A. Alexander

56 The genus Aradus in Scotland and the confusion of corticalis (L.) with A. betulae (L.), Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Aradidae. E.G. Hancock

57 The stone loach in . C. J. Booth

57 Migrating river lampreys at the tidal weir, Glasgow. Myles O’Reilly

59 Large slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) from Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire. Bernard Zonfrillo

59 Ravens nesting alongside the Dumbarton Boulevard. John Mitchell

60 Urban magpies and crows. Norman R. Grist

61 Magpie behaviour in Kelvingrove Park. Brian S. Skillen

61 Great spotted woodpecker nest in Kelvingrove in 1999. Brian S. Skillen

62 Swans on the . Paul G. Carter

63 Further confirmation of the presence of Sika deer on Loch Lomondside. John Mitchell

Obituary

64 Roy Albert Crowson D.Sc., A.R.C.S., D.I.C. Ronald M. Dobson

65 Roy Crowson (1914-1999): a tribute, Bernard L. Cohen

66 Book Reviews (Compiled by Ruth M. Dobson)

Kibble's Palace by Eric W. Curtis (Edna Stewart); Fossils Illustrated: Plant Fossils by Christopher J. Cleal & Barry J. Thomas (Jim Dickson); Island Biogeography: ecology, evolution and conservation by Robert J. Whittaker (J.R. Downie); Ireland: a survey of Irish Natural History David Cabot (Brian S. Skillen); The Sun Islands: a Natural History of the Isles of Scilly by Patrick Coulcher (Jean M. Millar); The Biology of Lakes and Ponds by Christer Brönmark & Lars-Anders Hansson (Colin E. Adams); The Biology of Streams and Rivers by Paul S. Giller & Björn Malmquist (Ross Doughty); Urban Habitats by C. Philip Wheater (Bernard Zonfrillo); Woodland Habitats by Helen J. Read & Mark Frater (John Mitchell); Marine Nature Conservation Review Sector 12: Sealochs in the Clyde Sea Area: area summaries by F.A. Dipper & R. Beaver (Iain C. Wilkie); R.S.P.C.A. Guide to Garden Wildlife by Val Porter (Joyce Alexander); Top Wildlife Spots: the best 200 places to see wildlife in the UK by Geoffrey Young (Kirsty Kennedy); Field Flora of the by Clive Stace (Keith Watson); Insects of Britain and by Bob Gibbons (Ronald M. Dobson); British Dixidae (meniscus midges) and Thaumaleidae (trickle midges): with ecological notes by R.H.L. Disney (E.G. Hancock); Provisional Atlas of the Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Britain by P.F.G. Twinn & P.T. Harding (E.G. Hancock); Collins Bird Guide by Killian Mullerney et al. (Bernard Zonfrillo); Eagles by Rebecca L. Gambo (Norman R. Grist); Puffins by Kenny Taylor (Margaret M.H. Lyth); Bat Workers Manual by A.J. Mitchell Jones and A.P. McLeish (Ian C. McCallum); The variety of life by Colin Tudge (Ronald M. Dobson).

74 Errata and Corrections

76 Proceedings, 1999

76 Officers & Council, Session LXIX, 1999

IBC Advice to contributors: Acknowledgements: List of Plates

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