CONTENTS. 



Bird Notes from Brembana Valley, Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi, 1. 



The Nestinof Hubits of Moor-hens (Gallinula chloropus), Oliver G. Pihe, 17. 



Lowestoft Fish-Wharf, Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., 21. 



A Plague of Snakes, Gerald heighton, M.B., 25. 



Notes and Queries : — 



Mammalia. — Lesser Sorqual Whale, Arthur Patterson, 28. 



AvES. — Habits of the Eing-Ouzel, E. P. Butterfield, 28. Occurrence of the 

 Willow-Tit in Sussex, W. Bushin Butterfield, 29. House-Martins in 

 November, Henry T. Mennell, 30. Hybrid Crow and White Wagtail in 

 Merioneth, J. Bachhouse, 30. Nesting of Long-eared Owl, Charles F. 

 Archibald, 31. " The Mode of Progression of the Phalacrocoracidce under 

 Water," /. P. Johnson, 31. Early Jack-Snipe. {Gallinago gallimda), H. S. 

 Davenport, 31. Baird's Sandpiper in Sussex, Michael John Nicoll, 31. 

 Insecta. — Vanessa polychloros in December, C. S. Buxton, 32. 

 Bibliography. — The Birds of Yorkshire, 32. 

 Notices of New Books, 34-38. 

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