CONTENTS. 



A Visit to Fernando do Noronha, H. N. Ridley, M.A., F.L.S., 41. 



Pearls and Pearl Fisheries, M. Weber, 50. 



Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire, John Cordeaux, 59. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The word "feral," Rev. Henry H. Slater, B.A., F.Z.S., 63. 



Mammalia. — Wolves in France, 64. The derivation of the name " Badger," 

 Henry T. Wharton, M.A., F.Z.S., 64. . The Badger in Buckinghamshire, 

 F. Hayward Parrott, 64. Antiquity of the name "Lobster" for the Stoat, 

 J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S., 65. Squirrel eating Smal} Birds, G. T. Phillips, 65. 

 Bank Vole in Leicestershire, Montagu Browne, F.Z.S., 65. 



Birds. — Long-tailed Duck and Common Skua in Dorset, J. C. Mansell Pleydell, 

 F.L.8., 66. The Long-tailed Duck, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A., 66. 

 Hobby taking Insects on the Wing, W. Wilfrid Cordeaux, 67. The 

 Whimbrel in Somersetshire, H. St. B. Goldsmith, 67. Jay in Co. Wexford, 

 G.E.H. Barrett-Hamilton, 67. Autumn Migration of Birds in Co. Water- 

 ford, R. J. Ussher, 67. Varieties of Common Wild Duck, J. Whitaker, 

 F.L.S., F.Z S., 68. Swifts laying in Martins' Nests, F. W. Price, 68. 



Moluusca. — A new List of British Mollusks, 69. 



Protracheata. — Peripatus in New South Wales, A. Sidney Olliff, 69. 



Scientific Societies. — Zoological, 70. Entomological, 72. 



Notices of New Books. — ' The Forest of Essex ; its History, Laws, Adminis- 

 tration, and Ancient Customs,' by W. R. Fisher, 72. 



■ The Solomon Islands and their Natives '; * The Solomon Islands : their Geology, 

 General Features, and suitability for Colonisation,' by H. B. Guppy, M.B., 

 F.G.S., 77. 



4 A Manual of Zoology for the Use of Students, with a General Introduction on 

 the Principles of Zoology,' by H. A. Nicholson, M.D., 79. 



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