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“CONTENTS. 
Bird: life in Pomerania, Dr. Theodore Holland, of Stolp, 361. 
Origin of the American Varieties of the Dog, Prof. A. 8. Packard, 867. 4 3 
Remarks on the Common Viper, Vipera berus, and on its Subspecies, a seoanei, 
G. A. Boulenger, 373. * he 
Ornithological Notes from Devon and Cornwall, John Gatcombe, 875. a 
The one of the Counties of Kent, Surrey and Middlesex, T.D. A. Cocker 
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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The British Association, 384. 
Mammauia,—Habits of the Squirrel, Herbert Gow Stewart, 384. _ - 
Birps.—An Albino Nightjar, Herbert Langton, 386. Notes from Hunstanton, — 
Norfolk, Rev. Julian G. Tuck, M.A., 386. Ring Ouzels in Gardens, Capt. 
S. G. Reid, 386. Ring Ouzel feeding on Cherries, Rev. J. C. Atkinson, — 
M.A., 3887. Discovery of the Eggs of the Knot, Major H. W. Feilden, R.A., 
C.M. Z. S., 887. Gathering of Swallows and House Martins, Charles Dixon, 
388. Lesser Black-backed Gull breeding on the Yorkshire Coast, Rev. J. G. 
Tuck, 388. Black-chinned Bramblings, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A., 389. 
Fisuxes.—The Fish Gallery at the Natural History Museum, 389. 
Mottvsca.—Uncommon Varieties of Arion and Limax, Anthony Belt, 389. 
CrustacEa.—Pisa tetraodon at Penzance, Thomas Cornish, 390. 
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‘The Great Auk or Garefowl: its History, Archeology, and Remains,’ by | 
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‘ European Butterflies,’ by W. F. de Vismes Kane, M.A., M.R.IA., $94. 
Lord Malmesbury’s Reminiscences of Sport and Natural History, in ‘Memoirs: 
of an Ex-Minister,’ 397. 
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