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CONTENTS, APRIL, 1908. PAGE 
Frontispiece: THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 
1. BIRDSNESTING—WITH A CAMERA - - - = = - - - - - - By Cyril Day 321 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
2. THE DRAUGHT OX—A SURVIVAL - - - - - - - By T. A. Gerald Strickland, F.E.S. 327 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
3. ZOO NOTES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By W. P. Dando, F.Z.S. 332 
Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. 
4. BLIND WORMS - - - - - - - - - - - - By the Rev. S. Cornish Watkins 337 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
5. UNCOMMON PETS - - - - - - - - By P. Wellington Farmborough, F.Z.S8., F.E.S., etc. 
V. THE AGOUTI - - - - - - - - - - = - - - - - - - 341 
Illustrated with Photographs. 
6. THE BORDERS OF INSTINCT AND REASON - - - - - - By C. J. Cornish, F.Z.S. 344 
7. ANIMAL ANECDOTES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 347 
Illustrated. 
8. THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - - - - - = = 2 > 5 Ss - = - 350 
9. THE GLUTTON: One of the scarcest Animals in Captivity - - - - - By W. P. Dando, F.Z.S. 351 
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