CONTENTS. 



The South Kensington Site. (A Danger to the Future Growth and Efficiency of 

 the National Natural History Museum), 201. 



The Development of the Snipe, F. J. Stubbs, 205. 



The Birds of that Portion of the North-east Coast between Tynemouth and Seaton 

 Sluice, Northumberland (with Plate), J. M. Charlton, 213. 



Some Odd Notes on Yarmouth Fishes, ArtJmr H. Patterson, 219. 



Natural History Eecord Bureau (1910j : The Museum, Carlisle, D. Lash Thorpe d- 

 LinncBus E. Hoj^e, 226. 



Notes and Queries: — 



AvES. — On the Interbreeding of the Song-Thrush and Blackbird in Middlesex, 

 E. W. H. Blagg, 235. Hedge-Sparrow's Nest inside a Blackbird's Nest, 

 W. G. N. Aplin, 235. Pied Flycatcher in Warwickshire, Bernard Starley, 

 236. Pied Flycatcher in Northamptonshire, 0. V. Aplin, 236. The Mob- 

 bing of Cuckoos and Hawks, C. B. Moffat, 236. Osprey in Pienfrewshire, 

 Thomas Mallocli, 237. The Honey-Buzzard ; Decrease of Com-Crake, Nut- 

 hatch, and Wryneck; 0. V. Ap)lin, 237. Breeding of the Honey-Buzzard 

 in England, f1 C. li. Jourdain, 239. 

 Amphibia. — Palmate Newt in Shropshire, H. E. Forrest, 239. 



Obituary.— Eobert Service, C. T. R., 239. 



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