CONTENT S. 



The Whiskered Bat, Vespertilio mystacinus, The Editor (with a Plate), 161. 

 The Art of Training Pigeons in the East, 167. 



Additions to the List of Somersetshire Birds, Cecil Smith, F.Z.S., 174. 

 Our Common Dragonflies, W. E. Baily, 177. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — The Elk in Galicia, 182. A new Beaver Colony in Saxony, 182. 

 Fox and Hare in unwonted proximity, J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, B.A., F.L.S., 

 182. Otters and Polecats in Suffolk, G. T. Rope, 183. Seasonal Change 

 of Colour in the Stoat, J. Sutton, 183. Variety of the Mole, E. P. Larken, 



184. Bank Vole in Shropshire, J. E. Kelsall, 184. 



Birds. — Magpies attacking a weakly Donkey, Rt. Hon. Lord Lilford, F.L.S., 184. 

 Grey Shrike in Cumberland, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A., 185. The 

 Nutcracker in Kent; Albino Sky Lark and Starling, Digby S. W. Nicholl, 



185. Probable occurrence of the Chough in Suffolk, John Cordeaux, 185. 

 Wildfowl at Riugwood, Hants, G. B. Corbin, 185. Herring Gull hatching 

 a Fowl's Egg and feeding on Mice, J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, 186. Food of the 

 Hawfinch, T. Southwell, F.Z.S., A. B. Earn, 187. Garganey in Co. 

 Carlow, J. J. Bowling, 187. The Kite in Glamorganshire, Digby S. W. 

 Nicholl, 188. Gulls on the Thames at Kingston, F. V. Theobald, 188. 

 Crossbills, Bramblings, and Black Redstart, in the South of Ireland, R. J. 

 Ussher, 189. Cirl Bunting in Breconshire-, ?E- Cambridge Phillips, 189. 

 Number of Eggs laid by the Cuckoo, Digby S. W. Nicholl, J89. A Morning 

 at the Flight-nets, T. N. Postlethwaite, 190. Notes from Western Australia, 

 Thomas Carter, 191. 



Scientific Societies. — Linnean, 194. Zoological, 195. Entomological, 196. 

 Notices oe New Books. — ''The Geographical Distribution of the family Chara- 



driidae ; or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies,' by Henrv 



Seebohm, 197. 



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