CONTENTS. 



Notes of a Naturalist on the West Coast of Sbitzbergen, Alfred Heneaqe < 

 M.A., F.Z.S., 821. 



Ornithological Notes from Lowestoft, Suffolk, Henry Stevenson, F.L.S., 332, 



Ornithological Notes from Natal, Majors E. A. Butler ami //. II'. Feilden, and 

 Capt. S. G. Reid, 335. 



The Incubation of Serpents, Arthur S trailing, G.M.Z.S., 845. 



OCCASIONAL NOTES. 



Mammalia. — Variety of the Mole, Oliver V. Aplin, 851. Bottle-nosed Dolphin 

 in the Colne, Henry Lover, ]-\L.S., 351. 



Birds. — Common Buzzard in the Lake District, ./. Backhouse, Jim., 352v 

 Variety of the Vvheatear, Robert Service, 352. Suipe perching, ./. Back 

 house, Jun., 852. Kestrel breeding on the Ground, /<'. M. Christy, 

 Curious Nosting-place of a Great Tit; Pintail breediug in Westmoreland| 

 J. BaclJiouse, Jun., 353. 



Fi9hks. — Phyeis Clermoides (GuntJier) off the Manx (nasi, /'. M. c. Ken 



353. Unusual abundance of Dog-fish on the < f Scotland, ./. .7. 



llarvie Brown, F.R.S.E., F Z.S., 8$ I . 



The late Professor Balfour, 355. 



The late Professor Leith Adams, 356. 



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