C N T E N T S. 



On Budding in Animals, Prof. Mcintosh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.8., 1. 



Notes on the Seal and Whale Fishery in 1904, Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., 22. 



Notks and Queries : — 



Mammalia. — The Little Shrew in Aberdeenshire, George Sim, 31. "Whale versus 

 Swordfish and Thresher, Reg. B. Lodge, 31. The Mammals of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, J. E. Harting, 31. 

 Aves. — The Autumn Songs of the Willow-Wren (Phylloscopus trochilus) and 

 the Chiffchaff (P. rufus), W. Oyngell, 32. Pied Wagtail nesting in a Hedge ; 

 Birds building in other Birds' Nests ; Robert H. Read, 33. Hooded Crow 

 at St. Albans, W. Percival Westell, 34. Late Breeding of Barn-Owl (Strix 

 flammea), Charles Jefferys, 35. Wood- Pigeons and Stock-Doves, J. Whit- 

 aker, 35. Waterhens nesting late in the Season, C. J. Patten, 35. Oyster- 

 catcher (Hamatojpus ostralegus) inland in Cheshire, Ghas. Oldham, 35. 

 Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) assuming the Hood in Winter, S. G. 

 Cummings, 36. Buffon's Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) in Somerset, .Rev. 

 F. L. Blathwayt, M.A., M.B.O.U., 36. Bed-throated Diver (Go lymbus 

 septentrionalis) in Cheshire, 36; Late Nesting of the Great Crested Grebe 

 (Podicipes cristatus), 37; Ghas. Oldham. Some Old Welsh Bird Notes, 

 O. V. Aplin, 37. 



The Zoological Society's Gardens, 39. 



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THE FLORA OF THE ISLAND OF JERSEY. 



A List of the Plants of the Channel Islands 



in General, and Remarks upon their Distribution and 



Geographical Affinities. 



By L. V. LESTER-GARLAND, M.A., F.L.S., 



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