Contents vii 



Reappearance of the Smooth Snake in Berkshire. By C. E 



Blundell, Wellington College 

 Our Common Wild Birds . How to know Them. By W 



Gyngell ....... 



Our Present Knowledge of British Insects. By Claude Morley 



F.E.S 



A Naturalist's Notes from China. Illustrated. By J. C. Kershaw 



F.E.S. 



The Mourne Mountains and their Beetle Fauna. By John W 



Ellis, M.B., F.E.S 



Flowers and Inflorescences. By Miss E. M. WOOD 

 Archeology: St. Michael's Church, Garway — III. By Rev. P. J 



Oliver Minos, Ph.D., M.R.A.S. (Lond.) 

 British Field Zoology. Chapter III. Illustrated. By II. E 



Forrest ....... 



Record of Species Observed ..... 



The Field Naturalist's Library. Illustrated 



Field Clubs and Societies ..... 



Correspondence ...... 



Answers to Correspondents ..... 



Young Naturalist's Quarterly Competition . 



Notices ....... 



NO. 8. NOVEMBER 1903. 



Editorials (Frontispiece) ..... 

 The Wild Horse. By Professor Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. . 

 Our Coast Museums and their Zoological Treasures. By F. G 



Aflalo, F.R.G.S. ..... 



Reptile Studies : X. Digestion in Serpents. XI. The Limbs of 



Lizards. By GERALD LEIGHTON, M.D., F.R.S.E. 

 Compiling County Faunas. Insects. By Claude Morley 



F.E.S 



Our Common Wild Birds. By W. GYNGELL 



Nervous Mechanisms of Plants. By Miss E. M. Wood . 



The Hoopoe. By J. L. Bevir, M.A. 



Why I am a Field Naturalist. By W. Percival Westell 



M.B.O.U. . • 



Folk-Lore— II. The Will-o'-the Wisp. By Charles Mosley 

 Archeology : Kilpeck Parish Church, Herefordshire. By Rev 



P. J. Oliver Minos, Ph.D., M.R.A.S. (Lond.). 



