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CONTENTS. 



Robinson, H. W. 



Pacific Eider in Orkney, 143 ; Bee- 

 eaters in Yorkshire, 389 

 Eope, G. T. 



Variety of the Common Toad, 215 

 Russell, Flora 



Birds seen in Egypt in December, 

 January, and February, 208 

 Russell, Harold 



Abnormal nests of the Swallow, 

 181 ; Notes on the Ornithology 

 of Richmond Park, Surrey, 236 J 

 Saxby, T. Edmondston 



Notes from Shetland (from June, 



1904, to April, 1905), 188 

 Sheppard, T., F.G.S. 



Malformed Earthworm, 470; "A 

 query" (ante, p. 397), 470 

 Sim, George 

 The Little Shrew in Aberdeenshire, 

 31 ; Rare birds in Aberdeen- 

 shire, 466 

 Simpson, H. Drummond 



Sandwich Tern in the Firth of 

 Forth in November, 465 

 Southwell, Thomas, F.Z.S. 



Notes on the Seal and Whale Fish- 

 ery in 1904, 22 ; Notes on the 

 Newfoundland Seal fishery in 



1905, 361 

 Steele -Elliott, J. 



Birds nesting within other birds' 

 nests, 71 ; Curious nesting of the 

 Wren, 141 ; Lesser Horse-shoe 

 Bat in Shropshire, 308; The 

 Red-backed Shrike and its prey, 

 309 ; The Natterjack Toad in 

 Bedfordshire, 315 ; Notes on the 

 Green Woodpecker, 347 ; Breed- 

 ing habits of birds, 436 

 Stubbs, Fred 



Pacific Eider in Orkney, 142 

 Swainson, E. A. 



Autumn song of birds, 71 ; Nest- 



ing of the Merlin in Breconshire, 

 266 

 Trumbull, John 



Notes on land-birds observed on 

 the North Atlantic and Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence (1904), 293 

 Tuck, Rev. Julian G., M.A. 



Black-tailed Godwit in Norfolk, 

 70; Notes from Suffolk, 72; 

 Hairy variety of the Moorhen, 

 107 ; Bat swimming, 231 ; Notes 

 on the Tawny Owl, 263 ; Mus 

 flavicollis in Suffolk, 309 ; Albino 

 Starling in Suffolk, 310; Notes 

 on nest-boxes, 314 ; Notes from 

 Hunstanton, Norfolk, 388 ; White 

 Stoat at end of September, 429 ; 

 The Cuckoo and its Foster- 

 parents, 433 

 Walton, J. S. T. 



Nesting habits of the Wren, 179 

 Warren, Robert 



Seals in Killala Bay and the Moy 

 Estuary, Co. Mayo, 134; The 

 sounds produced by the Long- 

 eared Owl, 234 

 Waters, Albert H. 



Effects of rural depopulation on 

 wild life, 269 

 Westall, W. Percival 



Hooded Crow at St. Albans, 34 

 Whitaker, J. 



Wood-Pigeons and Stock-Doves at 

 Rainwortb, 35 ; Montagu's Har- 

 rier in June, 266 ; A new Notts 

 bird (Dusky Thrush), 466 

 Whyte, R. B. 



Tree Sparrows in East Lothian, 464 

 Wilson, William 



Egg-depositing by the Cuckoo — an 

 explanation, 310 

 Wroughton, R. C. 



Disappearance of a local form of 

 Squirrel, 387 



New species of animals described in this volume : — 



Urotragus bedfordi, Lydekk. Page 83, Plate I. W. Himalaya. 

 ,, evansi, Lydekk. Page 83. Upper Burma. 



