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No. 6. MAY 1903. 



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Editorials (Frontispiece) . . . . . -97 



The Language of Birds. By E. Kay Robinson . . .100 



The Spring Awakening of the Sea. By F. G. Aflalo, F.R.G.S., 



F.Z.S. ........ 107 



Reptile Studies: VII. Immunity. VIII. Is the Mongoose 



Immune to Snake-Bite? By GERALD LEIGHTON, M.D. . in 

 The White Cattle of Chartley, Staffordshire. Illustrated. By 



John R. B. Masefield, M.A. . . . . .118 



Newts in Spring. Illustrated. By Rev. Gregory C. Bateman 124 

 Notes on the Nests and Eggs of Birds. By Rev. M. C. H. Bird 128 

 The Great Black Woodpecker {Picits martius). By Reginald 



Haines, M.A., M.B.OU. . . . . .138 



Rambles on the Lincolnshire Wold. Illustrated. By. A. E 



Johnson . . . . . . . .141 



Ichneumons. By Claude Morley, F.E.S., etc. . . .148 



A Naturalist's Ramble in South China. Illustrated. By J. C 



Kershaw, F.E.S. . . . . . -151 



Symbiosis. By E. M. WOOD. . . . . .156 



Lists of Summer Migrants. By W. Percival Westell, 



M.B.O.U. 160 



Archaeology: St. Michael's Church, Garway, Herefordshire — II 



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

 British Field Zoology. Chapter II. By various Writers . 

 Record of Species Observed . 

 The Field Naturalist's Library 



Field Clubs and Societies 



Correspondence. Illustrated 



Answers to Correspondents . 



Young Naturalist's Quarterly Competition 



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No. 7. AUGUST 1903. 



Editorials (Frontispiece) . . . . . . 193 



The Place of "Nature Study" in Education. By R. Hedger 



Wallace . . . . . . .196 



Notes on the Nests and Eggs of Birds. By Rev. M. C. H. Bird . 201 

 Reptile Studies : IX. British Lizards. Illustrated. By Gerald 



Leighton, M.D., F.R.S.E. . .- . . .208 



Colour in Fishes. By F. G. Aflalo, F.R.G.S. . . .212 



