CONTENTS. 



The Red-deer of Exmoor, 81. 



The Nightjar, Frank Norgate, 86. 



The Ornithology of Riding Mill ou Tyne and Neighbourhood, Rev. Henry [I. 



H. Slater, F.Z.S., 92. 

 American Ornithologists' Union : Bird Migration, 106. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Method of recording Observations, J. E. Palmer, 109. Supplement to the 

 Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire, 109. 



Mammama. — The Burmese Elephant at the Zoological Gardens, Balmannt 

 Squire, 110. Stoats acquiring the Ermine Dress in Mild Seasons, Olive> 

 V. Aplin, 112. Note on the Harvest Mouse, J. H. Giirney, F.Z.S., 112. 



Birds. — Rough-legged Buzzard in Shetland, T. Edmondston, 113. Waxwing 

 in Shetland, 1 1 3. Food of the Stone Curlew, Capt. E. F. Becker, R.A., 113 

 Wildfowl in North O.vfordshire, Oliver V. Aplin, 113. Grey Shrike nefti 

 Carlisle, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, B.A., 1 U. Variety of the Yellowhammer. 

 J. H. Gurney, juu., F.Z.S., 114. Little Gull at Rainhain, Kent, Walte, 

 Pren t is, ll'i. Snow Bunting in Somersetshire, Royer Ford, 116. Occur 

 rence of the Common Sandpiper in Winter, C. Donovan, juu., 115. Green 

 land Falcon in Co. Donegal, H. Becker, 115. Long-tailed Duck ii 

 Cumberland, Rev. H. A. Macpkerson, 115. 



Fishes — Turbot coloured on both Surfaces, Tkomas Curnish, 115. Spawning i 

 Fish, Matthias Dunn, 116. Greater Pipe-fish in IMount's Bay, TkomA 

 Cornish, 116. 



CnusTACEA. — Floating Crabs at Penzance, T. Cornisk, 116. 



Annelides. — Phosphorescence of Syllis, W. S. M. D'Urban, F.L.S., 117. 



ABCHf.oLOGy. — " The Sea-blue Bird Bird of March," Henry T. Wharton, M.i 

 F.L.S., 117. 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Linnean, 118. Zoological, 119. Entomological, 119. 



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