CONTENTS. 



XI 



of Galapagos Islands, 290 ; ob- 

 served in Shetland, 360 ; colour- 

 variation in, 383; garden lists of, 

 417, 474 ; unusual sites for nests of, 

 430 ; seen in Yukon District of 

 Canada, 430; West Indian, 444; 

 hours at which some commence to 

 sing, 472, 576 ; migration of, 245, 

 505 ; egg-producing powers of, 511, 

 574, 575 ; directive coloration in, 

 531 ; Briti h, Manual of, 532,— Dic- 

 tionary of Call-notes, 535, 578 

 Birds' tongues in pictures, 533 

 Birdsnesting in August, 430 

 Bittern, Common, in Darenth Wood, 



near Dartford, 86 

 Blackbird stealing eggs, 330 ; and 

 Nightingale, voices compared, 331 

 Bones, human, at Bromehill, 164 

 Books Noticed : — 



Red Deer, by the Kev. H. A. Mac- 

 pherson Cameron, of Lochiel, 

 Viscount Ebrington, and A. T. 

 Shand, 37 

 Oceanic Ichthyology, a Treatise 

 on the Deep Sea and Pelagic 

 Fishes of the World, by G. B. 

 Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, 40 

 Coloured Figures of the Eggs of 

 British Birds, with Descriptive 

 Notices, by H. Seebohm, edited 

 by Dr. K. Bowdler Sharpe, 41 

 By the Deep Sea, a popular Intro- 

 duction to the Wild Life of the 

 British Shores, by E. Step, 42 

 The Collector's Manual of British 

 Land and Freshwater Shells, by 

 L. E. Adams, 43 

 A Handbook to the Game-birds, by 



W. B. Ogilvie Grant, 90 

 Sixteenth Annual Report of the 

 United States Geological Survey. 

 The Dinosaurs of North America, 

 by Prof. O. C. Marsh, 92 

 The Fauna of British India, Cey- 

 lon and Burma, — Moths, by Sir 

 G. F. Hampson, Bart., 93 

 Zoologisches Adressbuch, published 



by R. Friedlander & Sohn, 94 

 Ethnology, by A. H. Keane, 171 

 The Present Evolution of Man, by 



G. Archdall Reid, 173 

 Journal of the Right Hon. Sir 



Joseph Banks, Bart., 175 

 A Sketch of the Natural History of 

 Australia, by Frederick G. Aflalo, 

 176 

 The Fishes of North and Middle 



America, — a Catalogue of the 

 Species of Fish-like Vertebrates 

 found in the waters of North 

 America, north of the Isthmus 

 of Panama, by D. S. Jordan and 

 B. W. Evermann, 178 



The Migration of Birds, — a Consi- 

 deration of Herr Giitke's Views, 

 by F. B. Whitlock, 179 



Report of Observations on Inju- 

 rious Insects and Common Farm 

 Pests during the year 1896, by 

 Eleanor A. Ormerod, 180 



Das Tierreich, Aves (Podargidae, 

 Caprimulgidse, und Macropte- 

 rygidae), by Ernst Hartert, 181 



Man and Woman, — a Study of Hu- 

 man Secondary Characters, by 

 Havelock Ellis, 237 



Society for the Protection of Birds, 

 — Educational Series, edited by 

 H. E. Dresser, 238 



A Handbook to the Order Lepido- 

 ptera, by W. F. Kirby, 239 



Problems of Nature, — Researches 

 and Discoveries of Gustav Jaeger, 

 edited and translated by Henry 

 G. Schlichter,278 



Pheasants, — their Natural History 

 and Practical Management, by 

 W. B. Tegetmeier, 279 



Papers presented to the World's 

 Congress on Ornithology, edited 

 by Mrs. E. Irene Rood, under the 

 direction of Dr. Elliot Coues, 280 



Wild Bird Protection and Nesting 

 Boxes, by John R, B. Masefield, 

 281 



Birds of our Islands, by F. A. Ful- 

 cher, 283 



The Fauna of British India, in- 

 cluding Ceylon and Burma, — 

 Hymenoptera, vol. i. by Lieut. - 

 Col. C. T. Bingham, 283 



Investigations into applied Nature, 

 by W. Wilson, Jun., 284 



The Migration of Birds, — an at- 

 tempt to reduce Avine Season- 

 flight to Law, by Charles Dixon, 

 371 



Cambridge Natural History, vol. ii. 

 — Worms, Rotifers, and Polyzoa, 

 373 



L'Annee Biologique, Premiere An- 

 nee, 1895, 376 



Traite de Zoologie, publie sous la 

 direction de Raphael Blanchard : 

 Fas. xi. Nemertiens, par Louis 



