CONTENTS. 



PAGE, 



A Glance at the Feathered Residents in, and Visitants to, the Grounds 

 of Terrick House; with a few Remarks from personal observation 

 upon their habits and peculiarities. 15y B. Stone, Esq 23 



Local Jottings. No. 11. Dorchester — Dorsetshire. By J. Garlano, 



Esq ! 29 



Kotes on the Dodo. By "Mus." 30 



Extracts from my Diary on the Nightjai", or Fern Owl. By Giookge R. 



TwiNN, Esq 32 



An Entomologist's Excursion to Ebbor Rocks. By Mr. IMichakl 



Westcott 31 



On Two iSTew British Marine Algae. By Beverley R. Morris, Esq., 



M. D 40 



Miscellaneous Notices. ...A Large Ermine. Occurrence of the Euro- 

 pean Crossbill at Craigston, Aberdocnshire. Ornithological Notes, 

 Occurrence of the Rednecked Phalarope in Aberdeenshire. Rare 

 Birds near Scarbro.' The Mallard. 'J'he Cormorant, Note on the 

 Autumnal Incubation of the Wood Pigeon. Capture of the Quail. 

 Departure of the Swift and Swallow. Late Nesting of the IMartin. 

 The Bernacle Goose at Redcar. Sclavonian Grebe at Redcar. Wood 

 Sandpiper breeding near Newcastle. The Purre at Naffcrton. 

 Curious circumstance. The Jack Snipe. Late stay of the Swallow. 

 The Little Auk near Whitby. Asplenium fontanum. Note on the 

 Caterpillar of the Goat Moth. Note on the development of Euphorbia. 

 On the Vitality of Seeds. Logilo vulgaris taken at Banff. Twaite 

 Shad. Occurrence of the Two-spotted Sucker in the Moray Frith. 42 



Proceedings of Societies. — Natural History Society of Glasgow 46 



The Querist 4G 



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