CONTENTS. 



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NESTING OF THE EAGLE OWL AT CROTDON 1 



THE WILD REINDEER OF NORWAY 12 



BRITISH BATS 33 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POISONOUS SNAKES. -COBRA, PUFF-ADDER, 



AND CERASTES 49 



TARIETIES OF THE TIGER AND LEOPARD 54 



EFFECTS OF VALERIAN ON TIGERS 60 



HABITS OF THE CHEETAH 64 



CURIOUS SPECIMEN OF A DRIED CAT 70 



RAVENS NESTING IN CONFINEMENT 73 



ON THE FORM AND STRUCTURE OF DINORNIS GIGANTEUS . . 78 



BRITISH SHREW-MICE 84 



ON THE HABITS OF THE WATER-SHREW 87 



THE OARED-SHREW 92 



WATER-SHREWS KILLING YOUNG FISH 94 



BRITISH ARVICOL^E, OR VOLES 96 



THE WATER-VOLE AND FISH 102 



GNAWED CARIBOO HORNS .103 



THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT 104 



