CONTENTS 



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An Overlooked Occurrence of the Black Lark in Great Britain 



William Eagle Clarke, LL.D., F.R.S.E., etc. . . 49 



The Economic Status of Wild Birds Walter E. Collinge, 



D.Sc, F.L.S., etc. . . . . . .51 



Observations on Some Habits of the Coot Henry Boase . 59 



The British Lice (Anophira) and their Hosts {concluded from 

 page 17) Compiled by Percy H. Grimshaw, F.R.S.E., 

 F.E.S. ....... 65 



Notes : 



Hawfinches and Goldfinches near Musselburgh Crossley Sykes, 

 50 ; Tipula vittata, Mg., in the Forth Area William Evans, 



68 ; Occurrence of the Red-necked Grebe in Moray Area 

 Annie C. Jackson, 69 ; Red-necked Grebe in Largo Bay 

 Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter, 69 ; Per- 

 secution of Rooks by Carrion Crows at Beith John Craig, 



69 ; Bittern in the Island of Lewis D. Mackenzie, 70 ; 

 Little Gull in the Tay Area Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora 



Jeffrey Rintoul, 70 ; Milax sowerbyi in Main Argyllshire 

 W. Denison Roebuck, 70 ; Diptera from Lewis, Outer 

 Hebrides C. G. Lamb, 71 j Atomaria procerula, Er. 

 (longicornis, Th.), in Renfrewshire A. Fergussoti, 71; 

 Ptilinus pectinicornis, L., at Musselburgh A. E. J. 

 Carter, 72. 



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