CONTENTS. 



Notes on the Seal and Whale Fishery of 1887, Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., 121. 

 Ornithological Notes from the Norfolk Coast, Oliver V. Aplin, 131. 

 Ornithological Notes from Redcar, T. H. Nelson. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — Remains of Red-deer on the Duddon, T. N. Postlethwaite, 138. 

 The Badger in Breconshire, E. Cambridge Phillips, F.Z.S., 139. A tame 

 Badger, H. St. B. Goldsmith, 139. Courage and Sagacity of the Weasel, 

 Wm. Borrer, M.A., F.L.S., 110. Weasels killing Frogs, M. S. Pembrey, 140. 

 On the Assumption of the Ermine Dress in Stoats, Oliver V. Aplin, 141. 

 Hybrid Rats, G. E. H. Barrett Hamilton, 142. A Plague of Rats in 

 Mongolia, 142. 



Birds. — Sale of another Egg of the Great Auk, 143. Reported occurrence of 

 the Dusky Shearwater in Dorset, J. C Mansel-Pleydell, B.A., F.L.S., 143. 

 Disappearance of Birds from the Coast at High Tide, A. B. Faint, 143. 

 Ornithological Notes from Breconshire, E. Cambridge Phillips, I 45. Plovers 

 and Culls in Captivity, Rev. Hubert D. Astley, M.A., 145. Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker and Grey Shrike at Brighton, C. Brazenor, 147. Grey Shrike 

 in Cumberland, Edward Tandy, 147. The Note of the Hoopoe, Capt. E. F. 

 Becker, B.A., 147. Ray's Wagtail and Shore Lark in Confinement, J. H. 

 Gurncy, jun., F.Z.S., 147. Long-tailed Ducks and Velvet Scoters at 

 Hunstanton, Rev. Julian G. Tuck, M.A., 148. Food of the Hawfinch, 

 Oliver V. Aplin, 148. 



MOLLDBOA. — How does a Snail crawl ? Robert F. Scharjf', 149. 



Scientific Societies. — Linnean, 150. Zoological, 152. Entomological, 154. 



Notices oe New Books. — 'The Birds of Dorsetshire: a Contribution to the 

 Natural History of the County,' by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, B.A., F.L.S., 155. 



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