CONTENTS. 



A Brief Sketch of the Toothed Whales (Odontoceti), Professor Mcintosh, M.D., 



LL.D., F.B.S., 81. 

 An Observational Diary on the Domestic Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk (Accijnter 



nisus), Edmund t-elous, 104, 

 Notes and Queries : — 



Mammalia. — Variety of the Badger, Alfred Newstead. 111. Grey Seal (Hali- 



choerus gryjnis) in the Dee : a Correction, T. A. Coward, 111. 

 AvES. — Man Mobbed by a Eing-Ouzel [Tiirdns torquatus), 111 ; Are House- 

 Martins Decreasing ? 112, E. P. Butterfield. Distribution of the Linnet, 

 O. V. Aplin, 112. Hen-Harrier {Circus cyane^is), Alfred Neivstead, Ho. 

 Domestic Habits of the Sparrow-Haw''i, F. C. B. Jourdain, 113. The 

 Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus), 113; Decrease of the Corn-Crake, Wry- 

 neck, and Nuthatch, 114 ; 0. V. Aplin. Decrease of Corn-Crake and 

 Wryneck, John B. B. Masefield, 116. " Decrease of the Corn-Crake an'l 

 Wryneck," Gordon Dalgliesh, ll7. Immature Glaucous Gull (Larus 

 glaucus), Alfred Newstead, 117. 

 MoLLUSCA. — A Large Squid on the Northumberland Coast, E. Leonard Gill, 117. 

 Obituary. — Eoland Maurice Dixon, B.A., James Dixon, 118. 

 Notices of New Books, 119-110. 



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