﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  The 
  Story 
  of 
  a 
  Pearl 
  (with 
  Plate), 
  Prof. 
  Mcintosh, 
  M.D., 
  LL.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  &c, 
  41. 
  

   Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Seal 
  and 
  Whale 
  Fishery 
  for 
  1903, 
  Thomas 
  Southwell, 
  F.Z.S., 
  57. 
  

   Ornithological 
  Notes 
  from 
  Mid-Wales, 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Salter, 
  66. 
  

  

  NOTICS 
  AND 
  QUKRIKS 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mammalia. 
  — 
  Hairless 
  Eat 
  (with 
  Illustration), 
  T. 
  Edward 
  Belcher, 
  72. 
  

  

  Avks. 
  — 
  Late 
  Breeding 
  of 
  the 
  Martin 
  [CheUdon 
  urbica), 
  W 
  . 
  Gyngell, 
  73. 
  Autvuni 
  

   Song 
  of 
  the 
  Cirl-Bunting 
  and 
  Dipper, 
  K. 
  A. 
  Swainson, 
  73. 
  A 
  Question 
  

   interest 
  in 
  the 
  Life 
  of 
  the 
  Cuckoo, 
  ./. 
  IF. 
  Payne, 
  74. 
  Little 
  Owl 
  (Ath 
  

   noctua) 
  and 
  Wawving 
  {Ampelis 
  g'arrulus) 
  in 
  Lincolnshire, 
  F. 
  L. 
  Blathwc 
  

   74. 
  Lanner 
  Falcon 
  in 
  Lancashire, 
  II. 
  II'. 
  Robinson, 
  7. 
  Great 
  Skua 
  {Stercc 
  

   rariu8 
  catarrhactea) 
  in 
  the 
  Irish 
  Sea, 
  C. 
  J. 
  Patten, 
  !~>. 
  Birds 
  of 
  Oxfordshi 
  

   or 
  Buckinghamshire 
  ? 
  0. 
  V. 
  A])lin, 
  75. 
  

  

  Bairachia. 
  — 
  Diseases 
  of 
  Salamanders, 
  11. 
  K. 
  Mussctt, 
  76. 
  

  

  Pisces. 
  — 
  The 
  Red 
  Snake-Fish 
  (Oepola 
  rubescens, 
  Linn.) 
  in 
  Dorset, 
  Frederic 
  

   Plckard-Cambridge, 
  B.A., 
  F.Z.S., 
  77. 
  

   Obituary. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  William 
  Francis, 
  78. 
  

   Noticks 
  of 
  New 
  Books, 
  79-80. 
  

  

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