KNOWLEDGE. 



Old-World Highland, An— 



By Grenville A. J. Cole 



Ornithological Notes, British— 



Albino Varieties of Mistle Thrush, Commorj Snipe. 



Woodcock, and Curlew — E. 'Williams ... 

 Avocet in Dublin Bay — E. Williams 

 Bittern, Little, in County Cork— John J. Wolfe ... 

 Bustard, Great, A Norfolk — Thomas Southwell ... 

 Bustard, Little, in Norfolk— E. A. Butler 

 Buzzard, Bough-legged, in Co. Down— R. Patter.^on 

 Capercailie and the Pheasant, on Hybrids between — 



W. Eagle Clarke ... 

 Crake, Baillon's, in Caithness— W. Arkwright 

 Crane in County Tipperary — W. Johnston 

 Crows. Carrion, capturing a Lark — John Cordcaux 

 Dipper, Common, at Hillington — Sir W. H. B. 



Ffolkes 



Dove, Ring-, nesting in Edinburgh — A. Craig 

 Duck, Ferruginous in West Meath — H. F. W. 

 Duck, Long-tailed, in Holderness — John Cordeaux 

 Duck, Long-tailed in Ireland — Robert Warren 

 Flycatcher, Pied, in Caithness— James Sulherland .. 

 Flycatcher, Pied, in Shetland— W. E. Clarke 

 Garefowl, The Orcadian home of the— Alfred 



Newton ... ... ... ^... 



Guillemot, Variety of the Common — J. Morley . . . 



Gull, Glaucous, in Isle of Man— P. Ralfe 



Gull, Iceland, in County Sligo in Summer — Robert 



Warren 

 Gull, Mediterranean Herring, A New British Gull- 

 Thomas Southwell ... 

 GuU.Sabine's, in Arran — John Paterson 

 Gulls, Lesser Black-baekcd, on the Ei< — W. S. M. 



irrirban .. 

 Harrier, Slarsh, in Dumfrieshire — R. Service 

 Harrier, Montagii's, breeding in Ireland (correrlio'i) 



John H. Teesdale ... 

 Hawfinch in Co. Dowu — R. Patterson 

 Hawfinch in Midlothian— W. E. Clarke ... 

 Hoopoe in Sussex — Emma L. Turner 

 .lackdaws having Domed Nests — W. Wells Bladen 

 •Jackdaw's Nest, Curious — S. L. Mosley ... 

 Miarants, Spring, Late Arrival of, near Exeter — 



W. S. M. D'Urban ... 

 Moorhen chasing Stoat — B.W.Martin ... 

 Nesting, Early, of Birds 

 Nesting, Early, of Starling, Long-tailed Tit and 



House Sparrow 

 Nesting Sites, Change of, of Common Tern and 



Ringed Plover — W. Serle 

 Ortolan in Shetland— W. E. Clarke 

 Partridge, The Memory of the — J. F. Green 

 Parus salicarius, " A hitherto overlooked British 



bird" — Ernst Hartert 

 Pastor, Rose-coloured, in West Ross-shire — J. A. 



Fowler 

 Peregrines and Herring Gulls — C. J. Wilson 

 Phalarope, Grey, in Co. Antrim — R. Patterson 

 Phalarope, Grey, near Kilkenny — G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton ... 

 Pintail, On the Nesting of the, in the Forth Area- 



W. Evans ... 

 Pipit, W^ater, in Carnarvonshire — G. H. CatoD 



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Pochard, Red-crested, in Westmoreland — H. A. 



Macpherson ... .„ 



Protection of Birds in Scotland — M. L. Lemon 



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Pufffntis atsimilis and P. olscurus 

 Q uail in Sussex — Edwin A. Pratt 

 Hedwing, Song of— C. A. Witchell 

 Robins and Honeysuckle — C. A. Witchell 

 RockaU, Notes on an Expedition to — R, Lloyd 



Praeger 

 .Sandpiper, Pectoral, in Kent. — N. F. Ticehurst 

 Sandpiper, Pectoral, in Norfolk— J. L. Newman .. 

 Sheerwater, The Great, at St. Kilda — Henry Ev ans 

 Shrike, Red-backed, in Caithness — James" Sutherland 

 Sparrows, House, and Pigeons — F. G. Aflalo 

 Squirrels and Birds — C. M. Battersby 

 .Swallow, Early Arrival of — E. Sillence 

 Swans, Bewick's, in Suffolk — J. F. Green 

 Thrush, Hybrid, found in Norway — R. Collett 

 Thrush. Mistle, swallowing Droppings of Young — 



Harry F. Witherby... 

 Thrush, Mistle, Variation in the Song of — C. A. 



Witchell ... 

 Thrush, White's, in Warwickshire — Fet«rSpicer ... 

 Tits, Marsh, and Honeysuckle— Mary L. Armitt ... 

 Wagtail, White, in County Mayo — Robert Warren 

 W'agtails, Migrating, at Peterhead— W. Serle 

 Warbler, Barred, in Lincolnshire — G. H. Caton 



Haigh 

 Warblers, Melodious, in South-East Devon — Murray 



R. Mathew ... 



Waxwings at Scarborough — J. Morley .. 

 Whinchat in Shetland— W. E. Ckrke 

 Wigeon Nesting in Yorkshire — W. J. Clarke 

 Wigeon, Unusually large Numbers of, in Belfast 



Lough — R. Lloyd Patterson ... 

 Woodchat in Susisei— G. W. Bradsliaw 



Oswald, Felix, B.A., B.Sc— 



The Affinities of Flowers 



Parker, Prof. T. Jeffrey- 

 Obituary Notice of 



Parr, W. Alfred— 



Letter on Evolution in Bird-Song ... 



Patents, Number of Applications for— 



Note on 



Paxton, L. — 



Letter on Is Weather affected by the Moon ? 

 Moon in Eclipse, .January 7th, 1898 



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Petroleum Industry, The— 



By George T. Holloway 



Pickering, Edward C. — 



Stars having large Proper Motion 

 Occultation of 26 Arietis observed Photo 



graphically 



A Variable Bright Hydrogen Line . . 

 A New Spectroscopic Binary 

 Photographic Spectrum of the Aurora 

 Xariable Stars of Short Period 



Planet DQ, The New— 



By A. C. D. Ckommelin 



Plants, Self-Irrigation in— 



By Rev. Alex. S. Wilson 



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