CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



The Gait of Birds. By 0. S. Round, Esq 101 



On Unity of System 104 



The Natural History of Sunninghill. Chapter I. By 0. S. Bound, Esq. 106 



Entomology: — 



List of Lcpidoptera occurring in the County of Suffolk. By the 



Rev. J. Greene, The Rev. H. H. Crewe, and C. R. Bree, Esq. 108 

 Are the Notodontidse Douhle-brooded? By the Rev. J. Greene.. . Ill 



Ceropacha flavicornis. Larvae of iEgeria Bembiciformis. Larvae of 



Sphinx ligustri 113 



Camptogramma fluviata 114 



Lasiocampa quercus var. callunoa. Half-broodedness v. Double- 



broodedness. M. Guenee's change of names of the Geometrse. 115 



Miscellaneous Notices. — Occurrence of the Parrot Crossbill. The 

 Golden Plover. Oil- Gland of Birds. Occurrence of the Fulmar 

 Petrel. Birds shot in the Dumfries district. The Little Grebe. 

 The Cry of the Rook. An Eagle Shot. A totally New Idea 116 



Proceedings op Societies. — Thirsk Natural History Society 120 



The Retrospect. — The best mode of Setting Lepidopterous Insects.. 120 



Harlequin Duck 124 



The Querist. — Feeding Snakes. Bird-nesting in the Pens of 



Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Melolontha vulgaris 124 



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ENTOMOLOGY. 



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