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A WATCHER'S NOTEBOOK . . . . .150 



YOUNG CUCKOOS . . . . . .154 



THE STORM-PETREL . . . . .156 



"LOCALITY" IN BIRDS ..... 158 



ACTING ON THE DEFENSIVE . . . .161 



THE AVOCET ...... 163 



THE WAY OF WADERS . . . . .165 



SOME ODD SHOTS ...... 167 



A CORVINE IMMIGRATION . . . . .171 



THE VALUE OF BIRDS . . . . .172 



SHORT NOTES FROM THE DIARY 1878-1903 . . 176 



FISH NOTES 



GREY MULLET . . . . . .191 



BOAR-FISH ....... 193 



SWORD-FISH ...... 196 



LARGE MACKEREL . . . . . 197 



DISAPPEARING FISH. ..... 198 



YOUNG POLLACK ...... 199 



EAST COAST GOBIES ..... 200 



MULLER'S SCOPELUS . . . . .201 



FOUR-BEARDED ROCKLING ..... 205 



DOUBLE TURBOTS ...... 206 



PREGNANT BLENNY ...... 208 



WASHED OUT TO SEA ..... 208 



DEFORMED CODFISHES . . . . .211 



INTERESTING FINDS ..... 213 



MULLER'S TOP-KNOT . . . . .216 



ECKSTROM'S TOP-KNOT . . . . .217 



CALLED AS UMPIRE ..... 218 



THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS .... 219 



SOME SOLE^NOTES . . . . . .225 



THROWN UP BY THE SEA . . . , , 226 



