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Parrot building in the open : at Park Hill, New Forest (with Plate), W. F. 



Bawnsley, 1. 

 Notes on the Ornithology of Oxfordshire, 1899-1901, O. V. Aplin, F.L.8., 5. 

 Notes and Queries : — 



Aves. — Blackbird Laying on the Ground, Bobert H. Bead, 23. British Examples 

 of the White-spotted Bluethroat, T. H. Nelson, 23. The Status of the Gold- 

 finch {Carduelis elegans) in Britain, J. A. Harvie-Brown, 23. Lesser Red- 

 poll nesting in Middlesex, Bobert H. Bead, 26. A Habit of the Lesser Red- 

 poll (Linota rufescens), F. L. Blatluvayt, 26. Migration of Jays, Bobert 

 Morris, O. V. Aplin, 27. Variety in Domestic Geese, Julian G. Tuck, 28. 

 Wild Swaus at Rainworth, J. WliitaJcer, 28. Fork-tailed Petrel in Somerset, 

 Bobert H. Bead, 29. Notes from Lincolnshire, F. L. Blatlnuayt, 29. 

 Reptilia. — Notes on the Pine-Snake in Confinement, B. J. Horton, 30. 

 Pisces. — Occurrence of Box vulgaris on the Norfolk Coast, Thos. Southwell, 31. 

 Bibliography. — -Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians of Suffolk, O. T. Bope. 31. 

 Notices of New Books, 32-36. 

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