CONTENTS. 



Some Fish-Notes frc^m Great Yarmontli for 1911, Arthur H. Patterson, 441 



The Pharyngeal Teeth of Fishes (with Illustrations), Colonel C. E. Shepherd, 450. 



Some Observations on Vesija germanica, Marion Black- Haivkins, 457. 



New British Henleas, Hilder'ic Friend, F.L.S., F.R.M.S., 464. 



Notes and Queriks : — 



Mammalia. — Fidelity in the Dog, B. H. Ramsbotham, 469. 



AvES. — Late Swallows, J. Steele Elliott, 469. On the Increase and the Habits 



of Jackdaws in Islay, Harold liussell, 469. Grey Phalarope at Yarmouth, 



B. Dye, 470. Gulls hawking for Insects, T. Thornton Mackeith, F. Bi 



, Kirkman, 470. 



Notices of New Books, 471-472. 



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