CONTENTS. 



A Curious Protective Device in a Lepidopterous Larva (with Plate) , B. Shelf ord, 

 M.A., 161. 



On the Variation of the Bean-Goose (Anserfabalis), Einar Lonnberg, C.M.Z.S., 164. 



Bird Notes from Cheshire during the Winter of 1902-1903, T. A. Coward, 170. 



The Birds of N.W. Wales and the opposite Counties of Ireland, H. F. Forrest, 176. 



The Mollusca of the Great Yarmouth District, A. Patterson, 182. 



Notes and Queries : — 



Mammalia. — Notes on the Stoat (Mustela erminea) and Weasel (M. vulgaris), 



Gordon Dalgliesh, 189. 

 Aves. — Note on the Sedge-Warbler, Allan Ellison, 189. White Wagtail visiting 

 Bartragh Island, Killala Bay, Bobert Warren, 190. The Status of the Gold- 

 finch (Carduelis elegans) in Britain, Arthur Banlces, 0. V. Aplin, Allan 

 Ellison, 190. Goldfinch in Australia and Tasmania, D. le Sou'ef, 191. 

 Bavens nesting in Co. Antrim, W. C. Wright, 191. Carrion-Crow {Gorvus 

 corone) in the Irish Channel, Charles J. Patten, 192. Early Nesting of the 

 Shag (Phalacrocorax graculus), F. L. Blathiuayt, 192. Nesting of the 

 Ringed Plover {JEgialitis hiaticula), J. E. H. Kelso, 193. Scolopax rusti- 

 cula breeding in Kent, B. J. Balston, 193. Variation in the Guillemot, 

 Bobert Warren, 194. Birds killed by Ticks, Allan Ellison, 194. 



Notices of New Books, 195-197. 



Editorial Gleanings, 198-200 



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