CONTENTS. 



An Autumn Visit to Spitzbergen, Alfred Heneage Cocks, M.A., F.Z.S., 433. 

 Wayside Notes during a West Country Drive, Cecil Smith, F.Z.S., 448. 

 The Migration of Birds as observed at Lighthouses in 1882, 457. 

 On some so-called Fish-eating Birds at the International Fisheries Exhibition, 

 E. Cambridge Phillips, F.L.S., 462. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — The Beaver in Norway, 465. Note on the Water Vole, J. H. 

 Gurney, F.Z.S., 465. Capture of a Dolphin off Plymouth, J. Galcombe, 466. 



Bibds. — Notes on the Ornithology of North Northamptonshire, Right Hon. Lord 

 Lilford, 466. Note on ^Egialitis nigris, Harting, W. Jesse, F.L.S., 468. 

 Migration of Wagtails, H. A. Evans, 469. Waders on the South Coast, 

 Robert H. Mitford, 469. Tufted Duck and Common Tern in Oxfordshire, 

 Oliver V. Aplin, 470. The last Great Auk, The Editor, 470. Prehensile 

 Feet of the Crow, Edward A. Fitch, F.L.S., 470. Attachment of Magpie 

 to Nesting Site, Capt. E. F. Becher, R.A., 471. Osprey in Lincolnshire, 

 J. Cullingford, 471. An Albino Blackbird, Oliver V. Aplin, 471. 



Fishes. — Sharks on the Coasts of Devon and Cornwall, John Gatcombe, 471. 

 Heavy Perch, G. B. Corbin, 471. Large " Sea-purse" or Egg-case of the 

 Ray, J. Gatcombe, 472. 



Mollusca — Oyster Culture in America, 472. 



Zoophytes. — Large Jelly-6sh, Rev. F. A. Walker, M.A., 472. 



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