CONTENT S. 



On Trinomial Nomenclature, Joel Asaph Allen, 97. 



Zoological Notes from Gibraltar, Capt. E. F. Becker, R.A., 100. 



On the Treatment of Snakes in Captivity, Arthur Stradling, C.M.Z.S., 103. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The Fauna of Highara, Kent, 114. Yorkshire Lepidoptera, 115. 



Mammalia. — Food of the Hedgehog, C. Young, 115. Otters and the Floods, 

 C. Candler, 115. Hairy-armed Bat in Co. Fermanagh, R. M. Barrinijton, 

 M.A., 116. 



Binds. — The Meaning of English Bird Names, Lord Clifton, 116. Dipper 

 singing during severe Frost, R. J. Ussher, 118. Siskins breeding in Con- 

 finement, C. Young, 119. The Birds of Lancashire, F. S. Mitchell, 119, 

 Rare Birds at Harwich, F. Kerry, 119. Bonaparte's Gull at St. Leonards- 

 on-Sea, Cecil Smith, F.Z.S., 120. Sooty Shearwater at Bridlington, Rev; 

 Hugh A. Macpherson, 121. Honey Buzzard caught at Sou, Hugh Turner, 

 122. Birds of the Banbury District, 122. Hobby in the Co. Tipperarjj 



B. J. Ussher, 122. The Note of the Manx Shearwater, The Editor, 123. 

 Interbreeding of Blackbird and Thrush, Robert Miller Christ;/, 12:5. Hobby 

 breeding in South Lincolnshire, J. Cullinyfvrd, 123. Singular Accident to 

 a Robin, Frederick Long, 123. Varieties of the Wheatear and Siskin, J. II. 

 Gumey,jun., F.Z.S., 12 1. Building Sites of House Martin, R. J. Usshea 

 124. Wildfowl at Poole, C. A. Marriott, 124. Late breeding of Swallows, 

 and Martins in Kirkcudbrightshire, Robt rt S< rvice, 124. Great Grey Shrikej 

 in Suffolk, J.E. Taylor, 125. Great Grey Shrike near Cockermoutli, Qeorgi 

 Mawson, 125. Curious Site for Sparrow's Nests, J. Tenner TIY/Y, E.L.S., 125. 

 Ornithological Notes from the Isle of Wight, Capt. 11. W. Hadjield, 126. 

 Wren building in deserted Nest of Martin, Sir H. T. J. Brydges, Ba>t., 126. 

 Occurrence of the American Kestrel in Yorkshire, J. Backhouse, jun., 126. 

 The Mealy Redpoll in Norway, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 127. Nocturnal, 

 Movements of the Coot, Lt.-Col. Hon. II. < 'atnphell, 1 27. Late stay of Swift 

 in South Wales, H. Rogers, 127. Hybrid between Greenfinch and Linnet, 

 Tie. 11. A. Mucjiherson, 127. Gnat Snipe in Nottinghamshire, ,/. Whitaker, 

 F.L.S., 127. Migration of the Jay, 0. V.Aplin, 128. Assumption of Male 

 Plumage by a Female Wild Duck, J. H. Qurney,jun., 128. Moorhen in a 

 Rabbit's Earth, Darell Steplima, F.L.S., 12*. Uncommon Birds near York, 



C. D. Wolstenholme, 128. Grey Phalarope in North Oxon, 0. V. Aplin, 128. 

 Waxwing in S. Lincolnshire, J. CuUingford, 129. Eider Duck in Nottingham- 

 shire, J. Whitaker, 128. Missel Thrush and Chaffinch nesting in proximity, 

 R. J. Ussher, 12H. 



Reptiles. — Smooth Snake in Surrey, Henry X. Ridley, 129. 



Bateachians. — Habits of the Edible Frog; The Natterjack Toad at Carlisle, 



Rev. II. A. Macpherson, 129, 130. 

 Fjshes. — The Salmon Disease, 130. 

 Archaeology. — Fishing with Trained Cormorants, temp. Charles I., J. E. 



Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.8., 181. A Whale in the Thames in 1658, 181. 



Sperm Whales on the Kentish Coast in 1702, 181. Former occurrence of 



the Great Bustard in Yorkshire, 132. 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Linuean, 132. Zoological, 183. 



NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



'Cassell's Natural History,' edited by Prof. Martin Doncan, F.R.S., 134. 



' Snakes : Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life,' by Catherine C. Hoplev, 142. 



Wi.m, New* an it Co., Bri liters, 64, Hauoii Garden, I. 



