CONTENT S. 



The proposed Establishment of an English Biological Station, 161. 



The Asiatic Elephant in Freedom and Captivity, 166. 



Notes on the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire, W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., and 



W. Denison Roebuck, 171. 

 Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire in the Autumn and Winter of 1883, 



John Cordeaux, 184. 

 Remarks on the Fundamental Distribution of Colour in a living Echeneis, Leon 



Vaillant, 186. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Proposed Supplement to Thompson's ' Natural History of Ireland,' 187. The 

 Ornithological Congress at Vienna, 188. British Animals at the British 

 Museum, 188. 



Mammalia.— Polecat in Devonshire, IF. S. M. D' Urban, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 189. 

 Nest of the Harvest Mouse, E. Charles Moor, 190. 



Birds. — Migratory Birds on the Yorkshire Moors, Isaac Harding, 192. Great 

 Grey Shrike in Suffolk, E. C. Moor, 191. Early nesting of the Common 

 Heron, J. Young, F.Z.S., 1^1. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker near Stock- 

 bridge, John H. Wilbnore, 192. Red-throated Pipit at Brighton, J. H. 

 Gurney,jun., F.Z.S., 19'2. Notes on the Ornithology of Northamptonshire, 

 Rt. Hon. Lord Lil/ord, F.L.S., J 92. Uncommon Birds in Hertfordshire, 

 J. Littleboij, 194. Grey Wagtail nesting in East Devon, J. R. Earle, 195. 

 Abnormal Eggs of Blackbird, J. H. Buxton, 195. Notes from N.W. York- 

 shire, J. E. Tinkler, 196. 



Fishes. — Greater Forkbeard in Devon, W. S. M. D'Urban, 196. 



Archaeology. — Origin of the name " Oystercatcher," Prof. A. Newton, M.A., 

 F.R.S., 196. " The Sea-blue Bird of March," Montague Brown, 197. 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Linneaii Society of London, 197. Zoological Society of London, 199. 



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