CONTENTS. 



Remarks on British Bats, The Editor (with a Plate), 161. 



A Synopsis of the Snakes of South Africa, G. A. Boulenger, 171. 



Notes' on the Seal and Whale Fishery of 1886, Thomas Southtvell, F.Z.S., 18S. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — Ciiange of Habits in the Brown Rat, J. E. Hartinrj, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 189. Marten Cat in Breconshire, E. Cambridge Phillips, F.Z.S., WO. 

 Common Rorqual at Skegness, T. Southwell, F.Z.8., lUO. The West Indian 

 Seal, Henry A. Ward, 191. 



BiBDS. — Supposed occurrence of Emberiza melanocephala in Scotlau '' , liev. H. .i. 

 Macpherson, M.^.,193. Albino Birds in County WicUlow, A. Ellison, 183. 

 Wood Pigeons casting up Pellets, T. J. Mann, 193. Blackbird laying in 

 Thrush's ,Nest, F. R. Fitzfjerald, 194. The Ptarmigan iu South- West 

 Scotland, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 194. Woodcock and Pheasant laying in 

 the same Nest, F. H. Birley. 194. House Martins nesting in October, 

 ■ F. R. Fitzgerald, 194. Tlie Green-backed Porphyrio, J. H. Gurney, F.L.S., 

 195. White-eyed Pochard and Bewick's Swan in Norfolk; The Sheldrake 

 or "Bar-goose" on the Esse.K Coast, Rev. M. C H. Bird, M.A., 195. 

 Harlequin Duck on the Northumbrian Coast, Robert W. Chase, Rev. Julian 

 Tuck, M.A., 196. Paired Varieties of the Jackdaw, Rev. O. P. Cambridge, 

 M.A., 196. Black Redstart in Co. Waterford, Rev. Williani W.Flemynrf, 

 M.A., 196. 



Fishes. — Cyclopterus lumpus at Scilly, Thomas Cornish, 19('). 



Inskcts. — Scarcity of the Black- veined White, 197. 



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