CONTENTS. 
Recent Advances in Zoology; with especial reference to the Origin of 
Vertebrata, Prof. F’. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., Sec.R.M.S., 281. 
The Fauna of the Seashore, Prof. H. N. Moseley, M.A., F.R.S., 298. “@ 
Edible Birds’ Nests, W. B. Pryer, 296. cad a 
The Mollusca of the Counties of Kent, Surrey and Middlesex, T. D. A. Cockerell, — 
298. atl 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Mammarta.—Dormouse in Hampshire, John A. Willmore, 304. 
Birps.—Pied Flycatcher and other Birds at Bolton, Hubert D. Astley, 304. — 
Ornithological Notes from Breconshire, EL. Cambridge Phillips, F.L.S.,- f 
F.Z.S., 305.‘ Humming” of the Snipe, J. Whitaker, F.L.S., F.Z.S8., 806. 
Curious Sites for Redbreasts' Nests, R. J. Ussher, 307. Sparrows and the © 
Crops, Herbert Gow Stewart, 307. Jackdaws breeding in a Magpie’s Nest, 
R. J. Ussher, 309. Hybrid Wild Geese, J. H. Gurney, jun., F.Z.8., 309. — 
Greater Shearwater on the Skye Coast, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A., 310, 
Swallows building in Caverns, R. J. Ussher, 310. Birds breeding in Ants’ 
Nests, Wm. Davison, 310. Curious Nest of the Song Thrush, G. 7. ~ 
Porritt, F.L.S., 311. on 
FisHEs.—Spinous Shark in Galway Bay, A. G. More, F.L.S., F.Z.S8., 311. — 
Rare Fishes off Aberdeen, Surgeon- ae Francis Day, C.L.E., 312. 
Dentex vulgaris in Mount’s Bay, Thomas Cornish, 312. 
ArcH#zoLocy.—Folk-lore anent the Weasel, J. EH. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.8., 318. g 
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