CONTENTS. 



No. I. FEBRUARY 1902. 



PAGE 



Editorial. With Full-Page Illustration by Frank Southgate . i 



Six Uncommon British Sea-Fisii. With Full-Page Illustration. — 



By F. G. Aflalo, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S 7 



Bird-Song in Winter. — By Charles A. Witchell . . . 14 



Reptile Studies : I. The Effect of Captivity on Character and Dis- 

 position. II. Hibernation. — By Gerald Leighton, M.D. . 17 

 A Note on the Breeding Season of the Dormouse. — By H. E. 



Forrest ........ 23 



Snails in Winter. — By Arthur E. Boycott . . .25 



The Vivarium in Winter. — By Rev. Gregory C. Bateman . 35 



Entomology in Winter. — By Claude Morley, F.E.S., &c. . 38 



A FiekVNaturalist's Diary for 1901. — By W. Percival Westell, 



M.B.O.U. ........ 41 



The Fauna of New Zealand. — By Apteryx . . . -44 



Winter on the Norfolk Broads.— By Rev. M. C. H. Bird, M.A., 



M.B.O.U. ........ 46 



Records of Observation : Notes on Shropshire Fauna. Reptilia. — 



By H. E. Forrest ...... 52 



Marsh Botany in Winter. — By William A. Dutt . . -55 



Telegonyin Dogs. — By J. Cossar Ewart, M.D., F.R.S., University 



of Edinburgh ....... 59 



The Court of Claims and the Coronation : Notes on Cinque Ports. 



—By Rev. P. J. Oliver Minos, Ph.D., M.R.A.S. (Lond.) . 65 

 The Field Naturalist's Library . . . . -69 



Field Clubs and Societies . . . . . • 1~ 



Questions and Answers . . . . . -75 



Correspondence . . . . . . -75 



Young Naturalist's Quarterly Competition . . . -76 



Notices ........ 77 



