CONTENTS 



'AGE 



The New Nomenclature of British Birds . . .193 



On a Case of Hybridism between an Eider and a Wild Duck 



(Plate V.) — William Eagle Clarke . . .198 



The British Species of the Dipterous Genus Fannia, Rob. Dsv. 



{continued). — J. R. Malloch . . . .201 



Notes ........ 209 



Hedgehog in Argyll—/. A. Harvie-Brown, LL.D., F.R.S.E.j 

 Female Greenland Wheatear in Male Plumage— Her Grace 

 the Duchess of Bedford, H.M.B.O.U.j Lesser Whitethroat in 

 Dumfriesshire — George Stout; Hawfinch at Fidra, Firth of 

 Forth — G. Millar ; Quails nesting in Peeblesshire — T. G. 

 Laidlaw, M.B.O.U.j Pheasants in Shetland— Peter Jopp ; 

 Herons nesting in the Lewis — Donald Mac donald; Green 

 Sandpiper in Wigtownshire—/. G. Gordon; Broad-billed 

 Sandpiper in Fifeshire — William Berry, LL.B.j Cream- 

 coloured Whimbrel at Barra — Her Grace the Duchess of 

 Bedford, H.M.B.O.U.j kittle Tern on the Ayrshire Coast— 

 Melvin H. Rattray ; Immature Eared Grebe in Sol way — 

 Hugh Mackayj Fulmar Petrels nesting at Stronsay, 

 Orkney — T. Sinclair; Herons nesting in Orkney—//. W. 

 Robinson. 



Book Notice . . . . . . .214 



Gleanings . . . . . . .215 



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