CONTENTS. 



The Greater Spotted Woodpecker in Confinement, Rev.H.A. Macpherson, B.A., 



473. 

 An Autumn Visit to Spitzbergen, Alfred Heneage Cocks, M.A., F.Z.S., 479. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



American Ornithologists' Union, 488. Game killed on the Railway, Rev. H. A. 

 Macpherson, 490. An Ornithologist's Sling, 490. 



Birds. — Variation in Nests of Common Birds: singular Nests taken in Kent, 

 A. G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 491. The Siskin in Ireland, R. J. Ussher, 

 493. Siskin in Co. Down, W. E. UEstramje Baffin, 494. Common Scoter 

 inland, Rt. Hon. Lord Lilford, F.L.S., 495. Rare Birds in Sussex, Thomas 

 Parkin, M.A., F.Z.S., 495. Rare Birds in Cornwall and Scilly, Thomas 

 Cornish, 495. Late nesting of the Nightjar, G. B. Corbin, 495. Shoveller 

 breeding in Suffolk, G. T. Rope, 496. The Plumage of the young Kestrel, 

 F. C. Aplin, 490. Notes from County Cork, C. Donovaiijim., 497. Early 

 appearance of Wigeou, G. B. Corbin, 498. Food of the Carrion Crow and 

 Magpie, Oliver V. Aplin, 499. Gulls in the Wutershcd of the Liffey, J. E. 

 Palmer, 499. White-tailed Eagle in South Lincolnshire, J. Cullingford, 501. 

 Notes on the Ornithology of Northamptonshire, Rt. Hon. Lord Lilford, 502. 

 Habits of the Little Grebe, W. Oxenden Hammond, 503. Hybrids among 

 Birds, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 503. Ring Ouzel in Suffolk, G. T. Rope, 504. 

 Partridges and Pheasants in the Scilly Isles, Thomas Cornish, 504. Osprey 

 in County Durham, J. Cullinaford, 504. Jack Snipe in Oxfordshire in 

 Summer, Oliver V. Ajdin, 505. 



Fishes. — Habits of the Pilchard, Thomas Cornish, 505. On the occurrence of 

 Paralepis coregonoides in Cornwall, Francis Day, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 506. 

 Long-nosed Ray in the Ouse, Fronds P. Pascoe, F.L.S., 507. On some 

 newly observed Habits of Ceratodes Forsteri, W. Macleay, 506. 



Mollusca. — Slugs in Co. Waterford, Win. Denison Roebuck, 507. 



scientific societies. 

 Linnean Society of London, 508. 



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