CONTENT S. 



The Badger, Meles Taxus, The Editor (with a Plate), 1. 

 The Garden Dormouse, Myoxus quercinus, Dr. F. Helm, 14. 

 The Autumnal Migration of Birds in Ireland, Allan Ellison, 18. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The use of the word " feral," H. T. Wharton, M.A., F.Z.8., 19. The word 

 " feral," Abel Chapman, 19. 



Mammalia. — Monke}^ opening Oysters, Alfred Carpenter, 19. Identity of the 

 European and American Moose, 20. Origin of the name " Lobster" applied 

 to the Stoat ; The early use of Ferrets, J. E. Harting, F.L.S., 'FiZiS., 20. 

 Weasels for New Zealand, 21 . Habits of the Mole, T. Southwell, F.Z.S.. SJ1. 

 Varieties of the Mole in Durham, James Sutton, 22. The Bank Vole in 

 Co. Durham, James Sutton, 23. Bank Vole in Yorkshire, R. P. Harper, 23. 

 Bank Vole in Nottinghamshire, W. Finch, jun., 23. Bank Vole in Sussex, 

 F. Head, 24. Bats in Middlesex, Percy Rendall, M.D., 24. 



Birds. — Cuckoo in India, 25. "Position of Swallows' Nests, Percy Rendall, 25. 

 Curious Site for a Swallow's Nest, J. G. Hamling, 25. The Treatment of. 

 Eider Ducks in Captivity, W. H. St. QuHitin, 26. Birds observed at Rye, 

 W. H. Newberry, 27. Sale of a Great Auk's Egg, 28. Notes from Western 

 Australia, Thomas Carter, 28. Peculiarities in Eggs of the House Sparrow, 

 Joseph P. Nunn, 30. Disparity in Size and Colour of Eggs of the same 

 Species, E. W. H. Blagg, 31. Long-tailed Duck and Common Skua in 

 Dorsetshire, J. C Mansel-Pleydell, F.L.S., 31. Long-tailed Duck in 

 Lincolnshire, G. H. Caton Haigh, 31. The Long-tailed Duck, Rev. H. A. 

 Macpherson, M.A., 31. Bewick's Swan, in Pembrokeshire, Rev. Murray A. 

 Mathew, M.A., F.L.S., 32. Reported occurrence of the Goshawk in Norfolk, 

 T. E. Gunn, F.L.S., 32. Jay in Co. Kildare, J. E. Palmer, 32. Wryneck 

 in Shetland, Charles A. Anderson, 32. Starling nesting in November, 

 F. Hayward Parrott, 33. Storm Petrel at Ipswich, E. W. Gunu, 33. 

 Grey Phalaiope in Lincolnshire, G. H. Caton Haigh, 33. 



Scientific Societies. — Linnean, 33. Zoological, 35. Entomological, 36. 



Notices of New Books. — 'A Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness, and 

 West Cromarty,' by J. A. Harvie Brown and T. E. Buckley, 38. 



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