CONTENTS. 



■ PAGE 



Bird Notes by the Way, a V. Aplin, F.L.S i 



Notes on the Nesting Habits of the Oyster-Catcher (Hamiatopus Ostralegus), 



F. B. Whitlock 9 



British Birds at Wiesbaden (Germany), Graham IV. Kerr ... ... ... 13 



Obituary : — 



The late Henry Seebohm, F.L.S., F.Z.S., J. Whi taker, F.Z.S. ... 16 



Observations and Queries : — 



Notes on the Eggs of the Cuckoo (C. canorus), H. W. Marsden... ... 17 



Little Auks Inland, 0. V. Aplin, F.L.S. , and the Editor... ... ... 19 



Birds at a Northamptonshire Reservoir, 0. V. Aplin, F.L.S. ... ... 19 



Notes and News ...20 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Mr. J. H. Gumey's paper "On the Effect of Westerly Winds on the'Flight of Gulls {Larida) 

 and other Birds," which was intended to appear in this Number, will appear next month. 



The Book Reviews are also held over until then. 



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A CONCISE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



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ESTAB. 1868. 'Telegrams — '"Thorpe, Naturalist, Croydon." 



CHARLES THORPE, Naturalist (late of the Crystal Palace^ 



College Buildings, George Street, CROYDON. 



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Extract from Daily Telegraph on Sporteries Exhibition. 1894. — "Great praise is 

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