CONTENTS. 



On the Bank Vole, Arvicola rjlareolus (Schreber), The Editor (with a Plate), 361. 

 Swallows and Swifts in Captivity, 372. 



Ornithological Notes from Devon and Cornwall, The late John Oatcbmhe, 375. 

 The British Marsh Tit, Leonhard Stejneger, 379. 



NOTES A.ND QUERIES. 



Mammalia. — Hornless Stags, L. Beckmaun, 381. The Roe-deer in Cumberland, 

 Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A., 382. The Grampus or iCiller on the Coast 

 of Norway, J. E. Halting, F.I..S., F.Z.8., 383. ■ ' 



Birds. — Ornithological Notes from Hunstanton, Norfolk, Rev. Julian G. TUck, 

 M.A., 384. The NightiTigale in Scotland, 384. The Tufted Duck on the 

 Solway, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 385. Roller and other Birds in the Isle of 

 Wight, Oliver V. Aplin, 38(i. Disparity in Size and Colour of Eggs of the 

 same Sjiecies, Allan Ellinon, 387. Lesser and Black Terns ni-ar Gloucester, 

 H. W. Marsdeii, 387. White-winged Tern in Cornwall and Scilly, J. H. 

 Gurney,jun., F.Z 8., 387. Esquimau.^ Curlew at Scilly, Thomas Cornish, 



388. Manx Shearwater in Gloucester, H. W. Marsden. 388. Cormorants 

 roosting ou a Church, J. G. Hamling, 388. The Folk-lore of Ceylon Birds, 



389. The Misdeeds of the House Sparrow, 390. Ospiey in Hertfordshire, 

 Jolin E. Littleboy, 390. Snow Bunting breeding in Confinement, J. E. 

 HartiiKj, 391. Swifts appropriating Martin's Nests, Hugh G. Barclay, 391 . 

 Wryneck nesting in iioles in the Ground, Oliver V. Aplin, 391. 



RisPTiLKS. --Mode in which Vipers are killed by the Hedgehog, The Editor,. S'.)'l. 



Batrachia.— Enemies of the Toad, G. T. Rope, 392. 



Fishes. — Thresher Shark at Portland, W. Hnrrnurt Bath, 39:). Ray's Bream 

 at Scilly, Thomas Cornish, 393. 



Scientific Societies. — Entomological, 393. 



Notices of New Books. — 'Ocean Birds,' by J. F. Green; with a Preface by 

 A. G. Guillemard, and a Treatise on Skinning Birds by F. H. Guillemard, 

 M.D., 395. ' Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn 

 of 1880,' by a Committee of the British Association, 397. 



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