
ane Ane: 
CONTENTS. 
Mus Hibernicus, Thompson, restored to the British Fawia; 201. % 
On the Production of Colour in Birds’ Eggs, A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., , 206. 
A Cuckoo hatching its own Eggs, 214. ; 
Query—Does the Cuckoo incubate? Adolf Walter, 219. 
NOTES AND QUERIES. ad NOR) ees eae 
Prof. Weituann! s Essays on Heredity, 225. 
Mammatia. — Threatened Extinction of the Kangaroo, 4. F. Robin, 225 
Danubenton’s Bat not in Norfolk, J. ZH. Harting; F.L.S., F.Z.S., 226. 
Squirrel breeding in a Church-tower, Rev. Julian G. Fuck, M.A., 226, 
Birps,—Kite and Raven nesting in_South Wales, Capt. H. A. Swainson, 226. 
Sand Grouse in Germany, 227; in Middlesex, F. Bond, F.Z.S., 227 
in Surrey, Ernest Salmon, 227; in Glamorganshire, Digby S- W. Nicholl, 
 F.L.S., 228. The Firecrest‘in Cumberland. Rev. H. A: Macpherson, M.A., 
998, Blue- winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, Rev. Julian G. Tuck, 228. Cross: 
bill breeding in immature Plumage, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 229. Crossbills 
nesting in Suffolk and Norfolk, Philip Crowley, F.L.8., 229. Bee-eater in ~ 
Ireland, Edward Williams, 229. 'The Attitude of Grebes on Land, Rev. H. A. 
Macpherson, 230. Late stay of Bramblings in Suffolk, Rev. Julian G. Tuck, 
230. Audacity of Jackdaws, W. Owenden Hammond, 230. Jackdaws nesting 
in old Magpies’ Nests; Eggs of the Grey Wagtail, H. W.H. Blugg, 230, 281. 
Early nesting of the Little Grebe in Co. Dublin, J. J. Dowling, 231. 
Ornithological Notes from Lowestoft, Lieut.-Col. H. A. Butler, 231. Kestrel’s 
Nest on a “Wheat- stack, George E. Ladies 232. Strange Capture of a Golden 
Hagle, Thomas G. Henderson, 232. Weight of Woodcocks, F. P. Johnson, 238. — 
Woodcocks, G. Barrett-Hamilton, 233. Cirl Bunting im Glamorganshire, 
Digby S.W. Nicholl, 233. Golden Oriole in Kent, John T. Carrington, F.L. ro 
234. The Great Grey Shrike in Holderness, Peter Inchbald, F.L.S., Q34, 
Bittern in Devonshire, J. G. Hamling, 234. Kite in Suffolk, Rev. Julian G. 
Tuck, 234. . Little Gull in Cornwall, F. Stansell, 2384. 
Repritus.—Lizard swallowed and rejected alive by a Viper, G. A. ‘Boulenger, 
a F.Z.S., 234. 
“Moxusca.—Limnea involuta probably a Variety of L. peregra, J. W. Williams, ‘2 
235. Testacella haliotidea (var. scutulum) in Renfrewshire, M. Young, 236. 
Crustacra.—Athanas nitescens in Ireland, A. @. More, FL. 8, 236. 
Sorenrrric Socreties.— Linnean, 237. Zoological, 237. ‘Entomological, 939. 























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