CONTENTS. 



On the present condition of the existing Herds of British Wild White Cattle 401 

 Ornithological Notes from Norfolk and Suffolk, T. E. Gunn, F.L S AV, ' 

 On the-Goldeneyes and Ptarmigan of Iceland, Rev. H.H. Slater, B.A.'f.Z.S., 422. 



KO,TES AND QUERIES. 

 Mammalia. -Parasitic Disease in the Hare, 424. Squirrels at a distance from 

 Trees, J. E Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.8., 424. Young of the Hedgehoa 

 F. Hay ward Parrott, 424. Distribution of the Bank Vole, Fre'lerick Bond 



nn'^-?,' "^,"^^; ^''"■'' ^""^ '" "Wexford/ Gerald E. H. Barrett- Hamilton, 42.=)' 

 1 he Musk Rat and the Unio, Prof. Austin 0. Apr/ar, 425. Rats preyed unon 

 by Owls, 426. i r j i' 



Birds —Breeding of the Tufted Duck in Aberdeenshire, William Borrer MA 

 FLS. 427 Food of the Mistletoe Thrush, William E. Beckwith, 427* 

 hwifts lanng in Martins' Nests, G. E. Lodc,e, 428. Late stav of the Swift, 



'^ 1?'"; ' '"W '^"'""'' '^■^^- ^"""^ •'^ *'^'' '^^^'t ^"'^st of Scotland, Arthur 

 H. iMacphersm 4^8. Lesser Redpoll nestingin Middlesex, Joseph Vine 488 

 Late nestnig of the Greenfinch, A. G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z S 429 Missel 

 Thrush feeding on Pieris raps, W. Harcourt Bath, 429. Nid'ification of the 

 Noddy and Sooty Terns in the West Indies, H. W. Marsdea, 429 Manx 

 Shearwater ni Staffordshire, E. W. H. Blagg, 430. Manx Shearwater in 

 tieretordshire, IF. Blake, 430. Sooty Shearwater at Flamborouah R P 

 Harper, 430. Note on the Tree Pipit, Oliver V. Aplin, 430. Mal./Tufted 

 Duck r.Uiiinng the Breeding-plumage, J. Whitaker, F.L.S, F.Z S 431 

 Song of Ohaflfinch in Autumn, W. Harcourt Bath, 431. Tro.'lodvtes n'lr' 

 vulus a Migrant, J. E. Harting, 431. Report on the Migrat?on of Birds 

 T. Sonthwell, F.Z.S., 432. Tawny Pipit near Brighton, R. W. Chase, 432* 

 Long-tailed Duck ni Cumberland, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A 432 

 Purple Heron in Lancashire, J. Pickin, 432. Crossbills in Kent' 432* 

 Open Nests of the Tawny Owl and Stock Dove, G. E. Lodqe, 432 (isprev 

 captured in the Bristol Channel, FFm. Shakespeare, 433. Pectoral Sandpiner 

 in Norfolk, R. W. Chase, 433. Gull-billed Tern in Belfast Louoh. Lhert 

 0. Cunningham, 433. , ' o 



Crustacea— Crustacea from the Channel Islands, Edward J mero 7? r <? 

 F.Z.S., 433. ■ * ' '^•' 



HoLoTHDRioiDEA.— The Trepang Fishery, J. G. Swan, 434. 



Scientific Societies. — Entomological, 436. 



Notices of New Books.— ' The Mammoth and the Flood : an attempt to con- 

 front the theory of Uniformity with the facts of recent Geolotrv ' bv Henr,r ■ 

 H. Howorth. M.P., F.S.A., &c., 438. "' "-^ '^'^"'3' 



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