CONTENTS. 



On the Migratiou of the Cemmon Jay. John Cordeaux, 1. 



Field Notes in Norway in 1881, Rev. H. II. Sinter, F.Z.S., [. 



Natural History Notes from Aldeburgh, 11. A. Mapplterson, 14. 



On the Treatment of Snakes in Captivity, Arthur Stradling, C.M.Z.S., 18. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The Natural History Museum, South Kensington, -2-1. The British Association 

 24. Proposed Museum for Shrewsbury, 25. Russian Endowment a 

 Scientific Research, 25. 



Mammalia. — Food of the Hedgehog, II'. I Inn ft, 25. The Polecat in Devoni 

 W. S. M. UUrbdn-, F.L.8., 25. 



BntDs. — Ornithological Notes from N. Northamptonshire, Right lion. Lord LiTrifl 

 F.L.S., 26. Ornithological Notes from the Isle of Wight, dipt. IladJ^k 

 27. Ornithological Notes from Devon, W. S. M. U'Urban, F.L.S., 28. Tli 

 Note of the Manx Shearwater, Richard M. Barri/ngtoh, 28. Late StajB 

 the Swift in Autumn, C. Young, 30. Lesser Redpoll breeding near Oxfow 

 H. A. Macpherson, 30. Nightingale in Ireland, Richard J. I 

 Red-backed Shrike and Manx Shearwater in Nottinghamshire, J. Whi 

 F.Z.S., 81. Goshawk near Oxford. //. A. Macpl II. Great Sn 



Lincolnshire, J. CvUitigford, 31. Coot and .Moorhen laying in the 

 Nest, W.Hcuctt, 31. On the Missel Thrush and Chaffinch uestii 

 proximity, Hubert Miller Christ;/, 3 1 . Hobby breeding in Oxfordshire 

 a. A. Macpherson, 32. Montagu's Harrier in Ireland, R.J. Usshe 

 Great Crested Grebe breeding in Oxfordshire, Oliver V. Aplin 

 Albino Common Bunting, J. Cullingford, 33. The Black-winged P 

 J. H. Qurney, I'. I. Rustic Hunting near London, Right Hon 



Lilford, h\L.S., 88; Short-toed Lark near Cambridge, J. E. Hartim 

 F.L.S., F.Z.s., 33. The Blue-tailed 7. T. Wharton, 



F.Z.S., 33. The Tawny Pipit in rkin, M..I.. F.Z.S. , 34; 



Building Sites of the Bouse Martin, < '. Young, 34. Gyr Falcon in f? 

 T. J. Monk, 34. Food of the Bittern, H. A. Macpiierson, 35. Hone; 

 Buzzard in Lincolnshire, J. Cullingford, 85. Purchase of the Auduboi 

 Collection of Birds, 35. YarrelTs 'British Birds,' 35. •The Ibis' I 

 British Birds, 35. 



Fishes. — Swordfish on the Coast Ik, Major II. II'. Feildcn, II. A. 



Q.M.Z.8.,86. Fox Shark, or" Tim if Devon, W. 



D'Urlian, F.L.8., 36. Large Carp in Brill with both sid$ 



. coloured, IF. S. M. WTJrban, 36. 



Ceu8tacea. — Scyllarus arotus at Plymouth, John Gqtcombe, 



Arch.eology. — Ancient Camps in Epping Forest, 36. Remains of the Irish Ell 

 near Belfast, 37. The Royal Theriotrophium near the Tower of London, 37 

 Ossiferous Cave near Cappagh, Co. Waterford, 37. Shakespeare's Anima 

 Lore, 38. Dr. Johnson on the clow-worm. 88. The Great Auk fori 

 eaten in Lent, 38. 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIE'I I 



Linnean, 38. Zoological, 39, Fntomological, 10. 



NOTICES OP NEW BOOKS. 



'Siberia in Asia: a Visit to the Valley of the Yenesay in Ea6t Siberia: witl 



Descriptions of the Natural History, Migrations of Birds, &c.,' by IIenr' 



Seebohm, 41. 

 'The Fowler in Ireland; or, Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl aii' 



Beafowl, including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing them, 



by Sir 11. Payne Gallwey, Bart., 45. 

 'The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle; including Game and Wildfowl < 



Sporting and Match Rifles, and Revolvers,' hv J. II. Walsh (' Stoneheuge') 

 iitorof 'The Field,' 47. 

 ' A History of British Birds,' by the late William Yakuell ; 1th Edition, n 



to the end of the Picida by Prof. N I .R.S. ; continued hv Ho 1 



Saunders, F.L.S., Part XV.. 



West, Newman & Co.. I latum Gardi 



