CONTENTS. 



On the Gestation of the Badger, Alfred Heneage Cocks, M.A., F.S.A., F.Z.S., 



M.B.O.U., 441. 

 Notes on Oxfordshire Ornithology, by the late Charles E. Stubbs, of Henley-on- 

 Thames ; edited by 0. V. Aplin, F.L.8., 444. 

 Notes and Queries: — 



Mammalia. — Hairless Specimens of the Common Eat, G. A. Doubleday, 454. 



Aves. — Ring-Ouzel near London, W. Percival Westell, 454. Buticilla titys, 

 Scop., Rev. O. Pickard- Cambridge, 454. British Examples ol the White- 

 spotted Bluethroat, Rev. Julian G. Tuck, 455. Fire-crested Wren (Reguhis 

 ignicapillus) in Lancashire, J. Collins, Jun., 455. Late Appearance of 

 House-Martins at Eastbourne, D. A. Banner man, 455. Waxwings (Amyelis 

 - garrulus) in Co. Antrim, W. C. Wright, 456. Siskin breeding in the Co. 

 Wicklow, Rev. William W. Flemyng, M.A., 456. Nesting of the Lesser 

 Redpoll in Somerset, Lieut. -Col. H. Meyrick, 457. Cuckoo's Note uttered 

 while flying, Rev. William W. Flemyng, M.A., 457. White-tailed Eagle 

 (Haliaetus albicilla), D. A. Bannerman, 458. Osprey, Rough-legged 

 Buzzards, Hen-Hariier, and Honey-Buzzard in Notts, J. Whitaker, 459 

 Snow-Goose {Chen hyperboreus) in Ireland, Williams d Son, 459. Red- 

 breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) in Cheshire, Chas. Oldham, 459. 

 Little Crake (Pofzana parva) in Co. Kildare, Williams & Son, 460. Blacl- 

 Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra) in the Isle of Man, P. G. Ralfe, 460. Gull: 

 feeding, /. Whitaker, 461. The Australian Emeu, D. le Sou'ef. 461. Bin 

 Notes from Shetland, T. Edmonston Saxby, 461. Early Autumn Notes v 

 Oxfordshire, in the Neighbourhood of Witney, 1908, E. F. M. Elms, 463. 



Insecta. — Note on the Habits of a South African Species of Rhynchota (Henia 

 cephalus sp.), C. W. Mally, 466. Verlusia rhombea in Lincolnshire, T\ 

 Percival Westell, 467. 



Applied Zoology, A. E. Shipley, 467. 

 Notices of New Books, 468-471. 

 Obituary, 472. 



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