CONTENTS. 



241 ; of East Finmark, 261 ; in the 



Valley of the Narnsen, 352; Sea-, 



and Plovers, in Lancashire and 



Cumberland, 374 ; of Anglesea, 



401 ; of Sark, 416 ; songs of, 247, 



417, 468 

 Bittern breeding in Herts in 1849, 



315, 356 

 Blackbird, nesting habits in Furness, 



200 ; variety, 192 

 Blood-relationship, animal, Frieden- 



thal's experimental proof of, 38 

 Bluethroat, nest, fig., 267; White- 

 spotted, British example, 464 

 Books Noticed : — 



Zoology : an Elementary Text- 

 Book, by A. E. Shipley, 33 



The Protozoa, by Gary N. Calkins, 

 34 



The Birds of South Africa, by 

 Arthur C. Stark, completed by 

 W. L. Sclater, M.A., 35 



Photography for Naturalists, by 

 Douglas English, 36 



A Beady Aid to Distinguish British 

 Wild Birds, by David T. Price, 

 37 



Notes for Sportsmen and Travellers 

 in the Soudan, 38 



Lamarck, the Founder of Evolu- 

 tion, his Life and Work, with 

 Translations of his Writings on 

 Organic Evolution, by Alpheus 

 S. Packard, 74 



Regeneration, by Thos. Hunt Mor 

 gan, 75 



Insect Life — Souvenirs of a Natu 

 ralist, by J.-H. Fabre, 76 



A Textbook of Zoology, by G. P 

 Mudge, 77 



Notes and Letters on the Natural 

 History of Norfolk, more especi 

 ally on the Birds and Fishes 

 from the MSS. of Sir Thomas 

 Browne, with Notes by Thomas 

 Southwell, 78 



Thirteenth Annual Beport of the 

 Delegates of the Oxford Uni- 

 versity Museum (for 1900), 80 



The Home Life of Wild Birds, a 

 New Method of the Study and 

 Photography of Birds, by Francis 

 Hobart Herrick, 115 



Atlas of Practical Elementary 

 Zootomy, being a Revised Edi- 

 tion of the Zoological Portion of 

 the Atlas of Practical Element- 

 ary Biology, by G. B. Howes, 116 



Bird Hunting on the White Nile, 

 by Harry F. Witherby, 116 



The Vertebrate Fauna of Bedford- 

 shire — Birds, by J. Steele- 

 Elliott, 117 



The Birds of North and Middle 

 America, by Robert Ridgway, 

 Part I., Fam. Fringillidse, 154 



Bulletin of the United States Fish 

 Commission, 155 



U. S. Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries, 156 



The Naturalist on the Thames, by 

 C. J. Cornish, 234 



A Treatise on the Birds of 

 Gloucestershire, with a Refer- 

 ence List of all the Species 

 known to have appeared in the 

 County, by W. L. Mellersh, 235 



Moose-Hunting, Salmon-Fishing, 

 and other Sketches of Sport, by 

 T. R. Pattillo, 236 



The Cambridge Natural History — 

 Mammalia, by Frank Evers Bed- 

 dard, 317 



The Butterflies and Moths of Eu- 

 rope, by W. F. Kirby, 318 



Atlante Ornitologico — Uccelli Eu- 

 ropei, con Notizie d'Indole Gene- 

 rale e Particolare, del Dr. E.Arri- 

 goni degli Oddi, 357 



Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleo- 

 ptera of South Africa, by L. 

 Peringuey, 358 



Ootheca Wolleyana, an Illustrated 

 Catalogue of the Collection of 

 Birds' Eggs formed by the late 

 John Wolley, Jun., edited from 

 the original notes by Alfred New- 

 ton, Part II., Picariee-Passeres, 

 395 



Zoological Results, based on Mate- 

 rial from New Britain, New 

 Guinea, Loyalty Islands, and 

 elsewhere, collected during the 

 years 1895-97, by Arthur Willey, 

 396 



Our Country's Fishes, and how to 

 know them — a Guide to all the 

 Fishes of Great Britain, by W. 

 J. Gordon, 397 



A Glossary of Popular, Local, and 

 Old-fashioned Names of British 

 Birds, by Charles Louis Hett, 398 



The Early Life of the Young 

 Cuckoo, by W. Percival Westell, 

 398 



Salmon and Trout, by Deane Sage, 



