CONTENTS. 



On the Growth of Autlers in the Red-deer, as observed in Confinement, 



Samuel Carter, 321. 

 Report on the Grouse Disease, E. Klein, M.D., F.R.S., 327. 

 On the Breeding Habits of the Siskin, as observed in the Co. Wicklow, 



Allan Ellison, 338. 

 On the Nesting of the Tufted Duck in Kirkcudbrightshire, Robert Service, 342. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

 To purify Water in an Aquarium, T. Cornish, 344. 



Mammalia.— A Herd of Red-deer from a single Hind, 344. Cat attacked by a 

 Swallow, 345. White Sto&t in Aagast, J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Mb. 

 Hedgehog eating Swedes, F. Bond, F.L.S., 345. A Badger in Birmingham, 

 W. Harcourt Bath, 346. The Bats of Merionethshire, J. E. Kelsall, 346. 

 Birds— Unusual Site for a Flycatcher's Nest, G.E.Lodge, 346. Curious 

 Capture of a Snipe, J. W. Whitaker, F.L S., F.Z.S., 346. Pied Puffin and 

 Razorbill at St. Kilda, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A., 347. Open Nests of 

 the StarUng, Stock Dove, and Tawny Owl, J. H. Gurney.jun., F.Z.S., 347. 

 Attempt to keep the Sand Martin iu Confinement, A. G. Butler, F.Z.S., 347. 

 The Song of the Chaffinch. H. Goss, F.L.S., W. Harcourt Bath, 348. 

 Swifts nesting in Martins' Nests, F. Bond, 348. Plover's Nest with Five 

 E«gs G. B. Corbin, 349. Fork-tailed Petrel breeding off Co. Kerry, R. J. 

 Ussher, 349. Honey Buzzard in Dorset, G. B. Corbin, 350. Addition to 

 the Avifauna of the Fseroe Islands, Lieut.-Col H. W.'Feilden, 351. The 

 Green Woodpecker an Egg-sucker, G. B. Corbin, 351. Dark Variety of 

 Montagu's Harrier in Hants, G. B. Corbin, 352. Egg-drills, 352. Notes 

 from Western Australia, T. Carter, 352. 

 Reptiles. —Coloration of the Viper, J. E. Harting, 353. 



Pishes. " Beclier" or " Braise" iu Cornwall, Thomas Cornish, 353. 



MoLLDSCA.— Middlesex MoUusca, -S. C. Cockerell, 354. 

 Cephalopoda.— Hawaiian mode of fishing for Octopus, 354. 

 IssECTS.— Cr.uieflies preyed upon by Gulls and Terns, C Brazenor, 3oo. 

 Retirement of Mr. A. G. More, 355. 



Scientific Societies.— Entomological, 357. , , • rr. 



Notices of New Books.—- Rough Notes on the Birds observed during Tsventy 

 Years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Islands,' by E. T. Booth, 



L'art XV. and las t, 358. 



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