CONTENTS. 



The Wanderings of a Gigantic African Snail (with Plate), E. Ernest Green, 41. 



An Observational Diary on the Domestic Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk, Edmund 

 Selous, 46. 



Notes and Queuies; — 



Mammalia. — Status of Dormouse, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 69. 

 AvES. — Distribution of the Linnet in Britain, Fredk. J. Stubbs, 69. Migration 

 of Linnets, Robert Morris, E. P. Bidterfield, 71. Further Note on the 

 Willow-Wren, 8. E. BrocJc, 72. Variety of the Gannet (with illustration), 

 J. H. Gurney, 73. Decrease of the Corn-Crake and Wryneck, 74 ; Former 

 Nesting of Shoveler Duck in Warwickshire, 75 ; J. Steele-Elliott. 



Obituary. — James William Tutt, T. A. Chajnnan, 76. 



Notices of New Books, 77. 



Editorial Gleanings, 78-80. 



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