CONTENTS. 



No. 5. FEBRUARY 1903. 



Editorials (Frontispiece) ...... 



How the Animals Die. By William J. Long 



Animal Colouring in Winter. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., 



F.R.S., Prosector to the Zoological Society of London 

 The Angler's Winter. By F. G. AFLALO, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. 

 Notes on the Weasel Tribe {Mustclidce). Illustrated. By J. L. 



Bevir, MA. ....... 



The Woodland in March. By W. Percival Westell, 



M.B.O.U. 



Fossorial Hymenoptera. By Oswald H. Latter 



Scientist versus Collector. By Claude Morley, F.E.S., etc. 



Rutland Birds : Are they Increasing or Decreasing ? By 



Reginald Haines, M.A., M.B.O.U. . 

 The Study of Microfungi. By Dr. C. Theodore Green, F.L.S. 

 On the Claims of the Green - Backed Gallinule {Porphyria 



smaragdonotus') to Inclusion in the List of British Birds. By 



Rev. M. C. 11. Bird, M.A., M.B.O.U. 

 Elatine kydropiperva Denbighshire. By E. M. Wood 

 Archaeology : St. Michael's Church, Garvvay, Herefordshire. By 



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



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British Field Zoology. Chapter I. By var 

 Record of Species Observed . 

 I tie Field Naturalist's Library 

 Field Clubs and Societies 

 Correspondence. Illustrated 

 Answers to Correspondents . 

 Young Naturalist's Quarterly Competition 

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