CONTENTS. 



The Sleep of the Dormouse {Myoxus glis), 281. 



Ornithological Notes from Oxfordshire in 1886, Oliver V. Aplin and A. H. 



Macpherson, 283. 

 The Pearl Fisheries of Australia, G. W. Griffin, 289. 

 To purify Water iu an Aquarium, 292. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — The Cost of Rabbit Destruction in Australia, 293. On the Bats 

 found in Merionethshire, G. H. Caton Haigh, 293. 



Birds. — Chff-birds at Dover, Lieut.-Gen. H. W. Feilden, 294. Ornithological 

 Notes from Mayo and Shoo, Robert Warren, 296. Ornithological Notes 

 from Breconshire, E. Cambridge Phillips, F.Z.S , 298. Unusual nesting- 

 site for the Wryneck, A. G. Butler, F.Z.S. , 299. Hawfinch in Yorkshire, 

 Riley Fortmie, 299. The Song of the Chaffinch, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 

 M./4.,-29i). Black Tern near Gloucester, H. W. Marsden, 299. Mimicry 

 of the Corn Bunting, Rsv. H. A. Macpherson, 300. Spring Moult of the 

 Wheatear, 0. V. Aplin, 300. Notes from Oxfordshire, G. W. Harcourt, 

 301. Grouse Disease, Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., 302. Hybrid Green- 

 finch and Linnet, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 303. Redstart laying spotted 

 Eggs, E. IV. H. Blagg, 303. Hawfinch nesting in Kent, Henry Lamb, 303. 

 Girl Bunting breeding near Godalming, Rev. H. Benson, M.A., 303. Curious 

 site for Chiffcbaff's Nest, E. W. H. Blagg, 304. Long-eared Owl laying in 

 Rook's ]^est, Riley Fortune, 304. The Missel Thrush occasionally a Bird 

 of Prey, A. G. Butler, 304. Nesting of the Common Sandpiper, H. W. 

 Marsden, 305. Note on the Ring Ouzel, Arthur F. Buxton, 305. . A new 

 Egg-drill, Herbert Langton, 305. A singular Bird's Nest. 306. Unusual 

 site for a Flycatcher's Nest, Darell Stephens, 306. Nightingale singing in 

 July, Henry Lamb, 306. 



Reptiles. —Coloration of the Viper, Rev. H, A. Macpherson, 306. Mode iu 

 which Vipers are killed by the Hedgehog, 306. Slow-worm attacked by a 

 Missel Thrush, C. W. Dale, F.L.S., 307. 



Fishes. — Tunny at I'enzance, Thomas Cornish, 307. A Man killed by a Sword- 

 fish, W. A. Wilcox, 307. Crenilabrus exoletus at Penzance, T. Cornish, 308. 



Cephalopoda. — Octopus at Penzance, T. Cornish, 309. 



MoLLuscA. — Secretion of a violet-coloured fluid by certain of the Limnseidae, 

 W. E. Gollinge, 309. Rate of Progress by Snails, 309. 



Crustacea. — Livid Swimming Crab at Penzauce, Thomas Cornish, 309. 



Insects. — VViisp attacking a Tarantula, J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S. , 310. 



Scientific Societies. — Zoological, 310. Entomological, 312. 



Notices of New Books. — 'Die Waldschnepfe,' vou Dr. Julius Hoffmann, 313. 

 ' A Year with the Birds,' by an Oxford Tutor, 316. ' A Bibliography of the 

 Books relating to Fancy Pigeons,' by T. B. Coombe Williams, 319. 



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