CONTENTS. 



On the Habits of the Long-tailed Field Mouse, G. T. Rope (with Plate), 201. 

 The Finwhale Fishery of 188(3 on tlie Lapland Coast, Alfred Heneaffe Cocks, 



M.A., F.Z.S., 207. 

 On the Structure and Life-History of Sponges, iJ.' ww Lendenfeld, Ph.D., F.L.S., 



223. ,, ■'/ 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

 Death of Mr. Jphn Gatcombe, 238. 

 Mammal[a. — Hedgehog attacking a Hare, Rev. Muiniy A. Mutliew, il.A., F.L.S., 



233. A Pied Hare, J. Whitaker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 283. The supposed 



Serotine in the Newcastle Museum, T. Southwell, F.Z.S., 284. -Reported 



Occurrence of Vespertilio raurinus in Dorsetshire, C. W. Dale, F.LS-, 234. 



Change of Habits in the Brown Rat, E. W. H. Blaq//, 'iSi. 

 B[KDS. — Nesting of the Stock Dove in East Lothian, G. Paw, 235. Plumage 



of the Tufted Duck, J. Whitaker, 235. Blackcap in Co. Waterford in 



January, J. N. White, 236;. Wood Pigeons casting up Pellets, E.W: H. 



Blagg, '230. A new Egg-drill, Herbert Langtoh, 236. 

 Reptilks. — Varieties of the Viper, E. P. Larken, 237. 

 Crustacea. — Axius stirhynchus in Connvail, T/io;h«s C^or/us/t, 237. 

 Insects. — Practical Entomology at South Kensington, 237. Bees occupying a 



Bird's Nest, A. T. Buckland, 238. 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 

 Zoological, 238. Entomological, 239. 



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