CONTENT S. 



Facts in the Life-History of the Pollack, Gadus pi)llacliias, Matthias Dunn, 241. 



Notes on the Ornithology of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood, Ri(/ht Hon. 

 Lord Lilford, F.L.S., U9. 



Notes on the Fauna of Iceland, Uno von Troll, D.D., 254. 



On the Shedding of the Claws in the Ptarmigan an i allied Birds, Leonhard, 

 ■Stejneger, 258. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — Northern Limit of the Range of the Noctule in Great Britain, 

 J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S-, 200. Food of the Greater Horse-shoe Bat, 

 Rev. H. A. Mappherson, M.A., 9(5:>. Small Rorqual at Plymouth, F. H. 

 Balkwlll, 262. r 



^mus. — A Puffin in London, Ritfht Hon. Lord Lilford, 20;^. Puffin on the 

 Thames in July, Riley Fortune, 203. The Missel Thrush occasionally a 

 Bird of Prey, E. A. Sanford, 203. Kestrel and Slow-worm, J. C. Mansel- 

 Pleijdell, F.L.S., 263. Nesting of the Marsh Warbler in Gloucesterehire, 

 H. W: Marsden, 264. Unusual Nesting-site for the Tree Sparrow, A. G. 

 Butler, F.L.S., 265. Hawfinch nesting in Surrey, David J.Rice, 265.. 

 The " Grouse Disease," Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, F..2'.5., 265. Hybrid -Green- 

 finches, J. H. Gurney, jun., F.Z.S ,266. Plover's Nests with five Eggs, 

 J. Whitaker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., 267. Jackdaw taking possession of Magpie s 

 Nest, E. W. H. Blagy, 267. Thrush's Nest without- the usual Lining, 

 J. Whitaker, 268. Habits of Rooks, C. R. Gaweh, 268. .Young Pippers taking 

 to the Water, A. H. Backland, 209. Swallow in Somersetsliire in December, 

 E. R. Clutterbuck, 269. Cream-coloured Courser iu Cardiganshire, A. Hootan, 

 209. Food of the Spotted Flycatcher, W.E. Beckwith, 269. Norfolk Plover 

 nesting in Nottinghamshire, J. Whitaker, 269. Autumnal Migration of Birds 

 at Teesmouth, T. H. Nelson, 270. Food of the Smevi,Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 

 271. The Ancestry of Birds, 271. 



Rkptiles. — Colour and Size of Adders, G. E. Lodge, 271. 

 Fishes. — Lumpsucker on the Welsli Coast, G. H. Caton Haigh,^l'i. 

 Insects. — Bees occupying Birds' Nests, Riley Fortune, 273. 

 SciEKtiFic Societies. — Linnean, 273. Zoological, 275. Entomological, 277. 

 Notices of New Books. — • A Nomenclature of Colours for Naturalists, and Com- 

 pendium of UsefurKnowledgefoF Ornithologists,' by Robert Ridgway, 278. 



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