CON TE N T S. 



The True 'Quagga (with illustration), Gra/tam i?eTOs7mw, ikf.5., 41. 



Observations on the Noetule, Charles Oldham, 51. 



The Grasshopper-Warbler {Locustella ncevia) in Nojttli Worcestershire, H. Eliot 

 Haward, 60. ■ . 



Distribution of the Sfonechat (Pratincola rubicola, in Yorkthire, E. P. Butter- 

 field, M. - 



NoTKs AND Queries:^ — 

 Mammalia. — The Building of a Dormouse's Nest, R. E. Forrest, 68. 

 AvEs.— Some Appearances of the Ring-Ouz' 1 at St. Leonards-on-Sea, iHic7iae? 

 John Nicoll, 69. Yellow Wagtuils wintering in the Isle of Man, C. H. B. 

 Grant, G9. Notes on the House-Martin and Sand-Martin, 69; Nesting of 

 the Jackdaw, 70 ; Nightjar hawking May-flies, 70 ; J. Steele-Elliott. Shag in 

 West Suffolk, Julian G. Tuck, 70. Little Egret in Yorkshire, Bobt. Newstead, 

 70. Bittern in Oxfordshire, W. H. Warner, 71. The Nesting H bits of 

 Moor-hens, ./, L. Boniiote, 71. Eed-necked Phnlarope in Lincolnshire, G. 

 ij. Caton Haig'i, 72. The N;imes of British Birds, A. H. MHklejohn, 72. 

 MoLLUSCA. — Molluscs enten by Wood-Pigeons, Wesley T. Page, 73. 

 OEGA^fIC Evolution. — Non-Protective Colouration in the Variable Hare, T. A. 

 Coivard, 73. 



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