CONTENTS. 



Experiments with Salmonoids and Turbines, Prof. Mcintosh, M.D., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., 241. 



The Development of the Snipe (with Ilhistration), F. J. Stubbs, 265. 



New AnneHds, Rev. Hilderic Friend, F.L.S., dc, 273. 



Notes and Queiiiks: — 



Mammalia. — The Lesser Shrew {Sorex minutus) in Yorkshire, George Bolam, 276. 

 AvES. — Nidification of the "Whitethroat (Sylvia cinerea), Walter Greaves, 276. 

 The Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella ncevia), A. P. Saint, 111. Yellow 

 Wagtail (Motacilla raii), W. H. Parkin, 278. Alpine Swift in the New 

 Forest, B. S. Mitford, 278. Marsh-Harrier in Kent, Collingwood Ingram, 

 279. A Pelican Fifty-two Years of Age, J. H. Uurney, 279. 



Editorial Gtleanings, 279-280. 



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