CONTENTS. 



Erasmus as a Naturalist, Q. W. Murdoch, 281. 



The Temperature of Insects, Geoffrey Smith, 287. 



Collecting Small Mammals in N.W.T. Canada, Edwin Hollis, 294. 



Notes on the Nesting of the Indian Dabchick (Podicipes capensis, B. M. Cat.), 

 F. Finn, B.A., F.Z.8., 300. 



Ornithological Notes from Surrey, John A. Bucknill, M.A., 305. 



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Aves. — Eed-throated Pipit in Ireland, F. Coburn, 313. Breeding of Linota 

 rufescens on Wimbledon Common, M. J. Nieoll, 313. Notes on the 

 Nesting of a Pair of Green Woodpeckers (Gecinus viridis) at Wells, 

 Somerset, Stanley Lewis, 313. Breeding of the Bittern in Herts in 

 1849, Francis C. R. Jourdain, 315. Breeding of the Pinged Plover 

 in Worcestershire, D. B. Grubb, 316. Dusky Redshanks in Worcester- 

 shire and Warwickshire, 316 ; Black-tailed Godwit in Ireland in Mid- 

 winter, 316 ; F. Coburn. 



Notices of New Books, 317-318. 



Editorial Gleanings, 319-320. 



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