CONTEN T S. 



Abnormal Nests of the Swallow (Hirundo rustica), (with Plate), S. G. Cummings, 



121. 

 Monthly Notes for 1902, taken in the South of Tasmania, James B. McClymont, 



M.A., M.A.O.U., 124. 

 Birds observed at Grindelwald in January, Rev. A. Ellison, M.A., M.B.O.U., 129. 

 Seals in Killala Bay and the Moy Estuary, Co. Mayo, Robert Warren, 134. 



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Aves. — Early Arrival of the Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus rufus) in Cheshire, Charles 

 Oldham, 140. Supernumerary Nests of the Wren (Troglodytes parvulus), 

 W. Ruskin Butterfield, 140. Curious Nesting of the Wren, J. Steele- 

 Elliott, 141. Nesting Habits of the Wren. Bev. Allan Ellison, 142. Water- 

 Pipit at Eastbourne, E. C. Arnold, 142. Pacific Eider (Somateria v -nigrum) 

 in Orkney, Fred Stubbs, 142. Pacific Eider in Orkney, H. W. Bobinson, 

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 Dee Marshes in February, S. G. Cummings. 145. Wildfowl on the Hamp- 

 shire Avon during the Winter of 1904-05, G. B. Corbin, 146. Notes on the 

 Ornithology of Richmond Park, Surrey, L. B. Monritz, 147. 

 Pisces. — Fecundity of Fishes, G. B. Corbin, 151. 



The Zoological Society's Gardens, 151. 



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