CONTENTS. 



lying Fish in Medway and Swale (Kent) (with Illustrations), James Murie, M.D., 

 LL.D., F.L.8., 401. 



Notes on the Ornithology of Oxfordshire, 1903, O. V. Aplin, F.L.S., 413. 



The Beunion Starling, Graham Benshaw, M.B., F.Z.8., 418. " 



Supplementary Notes on the Birds of Anglesea, T. A. Coward, 423. 



Notes and Queries : — 



Mammalia. — Habits of the Noctule (Vesperugo noctula), Harry B. Booth, 427. 

 Sorex minutus in Shropshire, T. A. Goivard, 429. White Stoat, Bev. Julian 

 G. TucJc, 429. 

 Aves. — Nightingales in Algeria singing in August, W. Warde Fowler, 430. 

 Breeding Habits of the Great and Blue Tits ; White Wagtails in Autumn in 

 Cheshire ; S. G. Cummings, 430. Late Martins' Nests, B. B. Lodge, 430. 

 Greenfinch and Hedge- Sparrow rearing each other's Young, C. B. Moffat, 

 431. Increase of Goldfinches, B. B. Lodge, 431. Breeding Haunts of the 

 Twite (Linota flavirostris) , W. H. Parkin, 431. Cuckoo and Twite, Harry 

 B. Booth, 432. The Cuckoo and its Foster-parents, Bev. Julian G. TucJc, 

 433. Late Stay of Swift, G. B. Gorbin, 434. How does the Osprey carry 

 its Prey ? A. H. MeiMejohn, 435. Spatula clypeata in Surrey, G. H. 

 Bentham, 435. Grey Phalarope in Cheshire, T. A. Coward, 436. Breeding 

 Habits of Birds, J. Steele- Elliott, 436. A Query, J. A. Harvie-Broivn, 437. 



The Zoological Society's Gardens, 437. 



Notices of New Books, 439-440. 



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