Deere Paulas oie sat 
“CONTENTS. 
The so-called Mus hibernicus, Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S. (with a , Plate), 
On the Methods adopted in New Zealand for the Destruction of Rabbits, Cole 
Phillips, 323. a ‘a 
Ornithological-Notes from Norfolk, J. H. Gurney, Jun., F.Z.S., 334. ae 
The Habits and Home of the Wandering Albatross, Diomedea eewaney i 
A. Reischek, F.L.S., 337. 
The Great Black Woodpecker in England, Rev. Clement Ley, 340.” 
The Solway Fish Hatchery, 344. — 
NOTES AND QUERIES. a 
Death of Mr. Frederick Bond, 347. Destruction of Game and so- celled Vermin, 348; = 
Brrps.—The Swannery at Abbotsbury, 348. Crossbill breeding-in Immature ~ 
Plumage, Richard Howse, 350. Food of the Shearwater, Rey. H. A. 
Macpherson, M.A.,-351. Sand Grouse in Nottinghamshire, J. Whitaker, “S 
OE TAS S080 ke Ucaviction under the Wild Birds’ Protection Act, 351. © 
Golden Oriole in Derbyshire, J. Whitaker, 352. Great Crested Grebe 
breeding in Scotland, Robert H. Read, 352. 
REPTILES. Addendum to the List of Reptiles found in Barbados, Col. H. We 
Feilden, 352. 
Fisuus.— Greater Flying-fish off the Cornish Coast, Matthias Dunn, 353. 
Moxxusca.-—Mollusca of Stourport and District, Joseph W. Williams, 853. 
_ SorentiFic Socretres.— Zoological, 354. Entomological, 355. 
- Notices or Nuw Boors.—‘ Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the ~ 
Collection of the British Museum (Natural History),’ by Oldfield Thomas; — 
‘Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the 
British Museum (Natural History),’ by G. A. Boulenger, 356. ‘A Catalogue 
of Canadian Birds; with Notes on the Distribution of the Species,’ “by 
Montague Chamberlain; ‘A Systematic Table of Canadian Birds,’ by Mon- g 
tague Chamberlain, 358. ‘Report on Bird Migration in the HSS PE ie 
Valley i in the Years 1884 and 1885,’ by W. W. Cooke, 360. 




















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