CONTENTS. 



An Autumn Visit to Spitzbergen, Alfred Heneage Cocks, M.A., F.Z.S., 393. 



On a rare African Plover, The Editor, 409. 



Ornithological Notes from Devon and Cornwall, John Gatcombe, 419. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

 The Age of an Eagle, 422. Zoology of the Channel Islands, 423. 

 Birds.— Grey Crow nesting in Warwickshire, Robert W. Chase, 423. Wren's 



Eggs in a Swallow's Nest, A. G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 423. Wigeon in 



Notts in August, J. Whitaker, F.Z.S., 424. Leach "s Petrel picked up in 



Birmingham, Robert W. Chase, 424. Variety of the Coal Titmouse, Capt. 



E. F. Becker, R.A., 424. White and Pied Varieties of Birds, Rev. H. A. 



Mdcpherson, 424. Notes on the Ornithology of Northamptonshire, Right, 



Hon. Lord Lilford, 425. Late nesting of the Nightjar, H. T. Soppitt, 429. 



Late nesting oi the Nightjar, J. H. Gurney, Jan., F.Z.S., 429. Note of the 



Long-eared Owl, Rev. W. W. Wlemyng, 430. 

 Fishes. — Occurrence of the Tunny in the Exe, W. S. M. D' Urban, F.L.S., 430. 



Migrations of the Pilchard, Thomas Cornish, 431. Large Fishes on the 



Devonshire Coast, W. S. M. D' Urban, 431 

 Arch.eology.— Ferret : origin of the Name, 432. The Dodo, Capt. H. W. 



Had field, 432. Wild Geese formerly breeding in the English Fens, E. T. 



Booth, 432. 



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