CONTENTS. 



The Fin whale Fishery off the Lapland Coast, Alfred Heneage Cocks, M.A. 



F.Z.S., 201. 

 The Art of Training Pigeons in the East, 209. 

 Additions to the List of Somersetshire Birds, Rev. M. A. Alathew, M.A., 219. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — Wolves nurturing Children, Norman E. Traup, 221. Otters and 

 Polecats in Suffolk, Rev. H. T. Frere, M.A., 221. The Whiskered Bat in 

 Cheshire, T. A. Coward, 222. Hesperomvs versus Mus, T. 1). A. Cockerell, 

 223. 



Birds.— The late Mr. J. P. Wilmot's Egg Collection, Prof. A. Newton, M.A., 

 F.R S., 223. Moult of the Facial Feathers in the Rook, C. R. Gawen, B.A., 

 F.L.8., 224. Nightingale in London, J. C. Priestley, 225. Tame Ducks 

 preying on Trout, E. L. Mitford, 225. Birds at the Galloper Light-vessel, 

 J. H. Gurnet/, jun., F.Z.S., 225. Firecrest and Grey-headed Wagtail at 

 Brighton, F. H. Barclay, 225. Bee-eater in Co. Cork, Robert F. Scharf, 

 Ph.D., 226. Hoopoe and Turtle Dove in Co. Waterford, R. J. Ussher, 226. 

 Starling mimicking other birds' notes ; Magpies attacking a weakly Donkey, 

 E. W. H. Blagg, 226. Ornithological Notes from Dorsetshire, J. C. Mansel- 

 Plcydell, B.A., F.L.S., 227. Reported Occurrence of the Lesser White- 

 fronted Goose in Somersetshire, W. Gyngell, 227. Lesser White-fronted 

 Goose in Somersetshire, Cecil Smith, F.Z.S., 22S. White Wagtail in 

 Norfolk, G. Smith, 229. Pied Flycatcher at Harrogate, Riley Fortune, 229. 

 Pied Flycatcher in Glamorganshire, Digby S. W. Nicholl, 229. Hawfinch 

 near Harrogate, Riley Fortune, 230. Bulwer's Petrel, 230. The Birds'- 

 Nest Islands of the Mergui Archipelago, Alfred Carpenter, U.N., 231. On 

 the re-appearance of Pallas's Sand Grouse in the British Islands, J. E. 

 Hurting, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 233. Pallas's Sand Grouse in Holderness, R. P. 

 Harper, 234. Pallas's Sand Grouse near Norwich, E. J. Eldred, 235. 

 Redshank breeding near Harrogate, Riley Fortune, 235. 



Rei-i'ilks. — On the Geographical Distribution of Reptiles, Col. H. IV. Feilden, 

 ^37. 



Mollusca. — Mollusca of Ireland, 230. 



[Scientific Societies. — Linnean, 237. Zoological, 238. Entomological, 240. 



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