Fourth SBKIK8 1 DECEMBER 15th, 1916. No. 900. 



Vol. XX, No. 240. J 



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ZOOLOGIST 



ESTABLISHEO 1843. 



EDITED BY 



FRANK FINN, B.A., F.Z.S. 



LATE DBPUTT SUPERINTENDENT, INDIAN MUSEUM, CALCUTTA. 



CONTENTS. 



ARTICLES. page: 

 Ornithological Report for the Maltes'^ Islands (January — June, 1916). 



G. Dkspott, M.B.O.U 441 



Migration Notes from a Passenger Steamer. Hugh Whistler ... 453- 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

 Aves. 



Notes from Sussex. Robert Morris 459' 



Abnormalities in Mandarin and Muscovy Ducks. F. Finn ... ... 461 



Note on the Nesting of the Wren. E. P. Butterfield 462 



Distribution of the Linnet in Britain. E. P. Butterfield 463 



Food of the Ring-Dove. E. P. Butterfield ... ... 464 



Rooks and Railways. John R. B. Masefield ... ... ... ... 4G4 



Storks or Cranes at Gallipoli. F. C. R. Jourdain 464 



Longevity in a Magpie. (Miss) A. Preyss ... ... 465 



An Unusual Blackbird's Nest. Eric L. Kelting ... ... ... 46.5 



Status of the Stonechat in N.W. Yorkshire. Harry B. Booth ... 465 



Yellowhammer's Nest in Rick. S. G. Cummings ... 466 



Yellow Wagtail in Bedfordshire in November. J. Steele Elliott ... 467 



Pisces. 



Meaning of " Skull Slyce." J. H. Gurney 467 



Gastropoda. 



Behaviour of Cfeiion rwfter. H. N. Milligan 467 



Insecta. 



Wasps' Nest in a Gun. Robert Morris 46& 



Asteroldea. 

 Growth and Regeneration in /SoZasicrjjopposMs. H. N. Milligan ... 469 



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