CONTENT S. 



The Meaning of English Bird-names, //. T. Wharton, MA., F.Z.S., 441. 

 On the Treatment of Snakes in Captivity, Arthur Stradling, C.M.Z.S., 448. 

 Ornithological Notes from Devon and Cornwall, John Gat, t&6. 



Ornithological Notes fronkN&tal, Majors E. A. Butler and H. IV. Feilden, and 

 Capt. S. G. Beld, \W. 



OCCASIONAL NOTES. 



Bums.- South-African Eagle Owl in Ireland, Richard J. Ussher, 460: The 

 Black-winged or Japanned Peafowl, Cecil Smith, V.Z.S.. l(i\.'. Osprey neai 

 Worthing, Sextus Vernon (link, 4n8. Common Crane in Lincolnshire. 

 A. Thomson, 468. Pomatorhine Skua i ., //. XieliolI$, 40:!. The 



Gadwall in Radnorshire, E, Cambridge. .PhiUips, 463. Greater Shearwatei 

 in Lincolnshire, A. Thojnson, 4(U. Osprey in Leicestershire, Thoma 

 Macaulay, 464. 



Reptiles. — Natterjack at Udeburgh, //. A. Macpherson, 4' liter Degeerii 



C. Koch, a Species new to Britain, Henry Crowther, 465. 



Death of Prof. Reinhardt, 465. Death of Dr Crisp, fc66. 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIKIIK-s. 



Linnean Society of London, 100. Zoological if London, 467. 



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A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 



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