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Biological Suggestions. Animal Sense Perceptions. W. L. Distant, 321. 

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 Grebe {Podicipes cristatus), and of the Peewit {Vanellas vulgaris), with 

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Mammalia. — Note on the Scaly Ant-Eater {Manis temmincJi'i), Guy A. K. Mar- 

 shall, 351. 

 AvES. — Sparrow-Canary Hybrid?, H. J. Charhonnier, 353. Crested Lark, &c., 

 released in England, Fi-ank Finn, 353. Habits of Alcedo ispida, George 

 W. Bradshaw, 354. An unrecorded Kite obtained in Huntingdonshire, 

 J. Steele- Elliott, 354. Variety of the Shag, Williams d Son, 354. The 

 Little Bittern in Cornwall, H. M. Evans, 354. Puffin off the Coast of Kerry, 

 Williams & Son, 355. The Origin of the Name " Fulmar," H. A. Mac- 

 pherson, 355. 

 Reptilia. — The Sand-Lizard in the North of England, T. A. Coivard, 355. 

 Insecta. — A Dipterous Parasite in the Plumage of Birds, Alfred T. Comber, 357. 

 Ornithoymia avicularia, Linn., E. E. Austen, 357. 

 Notices of New Books, 359-360. 



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