CONTENT S. 



Ornithological Notes from Norfolk, J. H. Gurneij, jun., F.Z.S., 81. 

 Wolves nurturing Children in their Dens, 87. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Memoir of the late Mr. G. R. jWaterhouse, 99. The use of the word "feral," 

 Prof. A. Newton, MA., F.R.S., 100. Definition of the term " British" as 

 as applied to the Marine Fauna and Flora, 102. Antiquity of the name 

 "Lobster" for the Stoat, J. H. Game)/, F.Z.H., 102. 



Mammalia. — Equine Mules in Paris, J. Joiner Weir, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 102. 

 The Extinction of the Bison, 103. Hybrid between Goat and Sheep, 

 J. Jenner Weir, 104. Squirrels robbing Birds' Xests, Allan, Ellison, 105. 

 Bank Vole in Suffolk, G. T. Rope, 105. 



Bikds. — Linnet nesting in October, C. Brnzcnor, 105. Parrot Crossbill in 

 Devonshire, W. 8. M. D'Urban, F.L.S., 105. The Distribution of the Jay 

 in Ireland, Allan Ellison, 106. Starlings in Ireland, G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton, 106. The Great Black Woodpecker iu Berkshire, Capt. Savile 

 G. Reid, R.E., 107. Food of the House Sparrow, Joseph Vine, 107. 

 Addition to the Avifauna of the Faeroe Islands, Col. H. W. Feilden, 108. 

 Cuckoo in India, E. L. Mitford, 108. The occurrence of Serinus canicollis 

 near Brighton, R. W. Chase, 108. Little Bustard in Co. Mayo, Robert F. 

 Scharff, Ph.D., 108. Varieties of the Brambling, J. H. Gnnici/,jun., 108. 

 Correction of an Error, J. Jenner Weir, 108. 



Fishes. — Flounder coloured on both Ventral and Dorsal Surfaces, Thomas 

 Cornish, 108. 



Proteacheata. — A forgotten Species of Peripatus, Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, 109. 



Scientific Societies. — Linne.m, 109. Zoological, 111. Entomological, 112. 



Notices of New Books. — -The Birds of Wiltshire; comprising all the Periodical 

 and Occasional Visitants, as well as those which are Indigenous to the 

 County,' by the Rev. Alfred Charles Smith, M.A., Rector of Yatesbury, 114. 

 * The Journal of Morphology,' edited by C. O. Whitman, with the co- 

 operation of E. P. Allis, Jun., 120. 



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