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CONTENTS. 



Wrasse, Ballan, 15 

 Wren, Golden-crested, at Mentone, 

 236 



Yarmouth (Great), fish-notes from, 

 15-32, 72-4, 77; Miscellaneous 

 notes, 361-9 ; Rough-legged Buz- 

 zard, 37, 180 



Yellowhammer, nuptial display of, 



196, 229 

 Yorkshire, ornithological notes from, 



431 



Zamenis viridiflavus at Mentone, 



236 

 Zoological publication, a rare, 315 



PLATES. 



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Plate I. Humpback Whale {Megaptera loops). Fig. 1. On\ 



the truck platform, ready to be taken round to the factory. I - gm 



Fig. 2. A better idea of the Whale on the truck platform, j t0 J ace /U1 

 ready to be taken round the Bluff to the factory j 



Plates II. & III. On the Gemis Amphipsylla. Eight Figures ] 

 (explanation on p. 408) 



401 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT. 



Stunted Codfish 24 



Malformed pincer-claws of Edible Crab (see pp. 29, 30) . . . 30 



Pharyngeal Teeth of Fishes : — 



Charactnid^e. — Fig. I., Hydrocyon brevis 139 



Stromateidje. — Fig. II., Stromateus niger 144 



Pseudochromidhxe. — Fig. III., Lopholatilus chain celeonticeps . 145 

 Sketch-map showing direction of rush of Wildfowl into England on 



January 15th, 1912 162 



Contents of a Barn-Owl's stomach ....... 174 



Fur of Voles and Shrews from Barn-Owl's stomach .... 174 



Sketch-map showing direction of great rainstorm at Norwich on 



August 26th, 1912 176 



Sketch-map showing direction taken by great rush of birds on Norfolk 



coast on November 6th, 1912 178 



Section of the Eye of Humpback Whale (Megaptera hoops) . . 209 

 Meristic variation in Asteroids. Fig. 1. Asterias rubens. Fig. 2. 

 Porania pulvillus. Fig. 3. Solaster papposus. Fig. 4. S. 



endeca 260 



Variation (as illustrated by a Double-headed Worm). Six Diagrams 270, 271 

 Luminous South African Fulgorid insect, and its lepidopterous 

 parasite. 1. Epipyrops fidvipunctata. 4. Pupa of same. 



2 & 3. Rhinortha guttata, Walk. ...... 289 



Portrait of Philip Lutley Sclater 316 



Pharyngeal Teeth of Fishes : — 



Mullid^e. — Fig. I. : 1, Mullus barbatus 383 



Trachinid-E. — Fig. I. : 2, Trachinus draco 383 



Blennid^e. — Fig. II. : 1, Blennius ocellaris ..... 385 



Gobiid-E. — Fig. II. : 2, Gobius capito 385 



ScoRPiENiD.E. — Fig. III. : Scorpcena scrofa 387 



,, Fig. IV. : 1, Sebastes imperialis . . . . 389 



Balistid.e. — Fig. IV. : 2, Balistes capriscus .... 389 



Cichlid.e. — Fig. IV. : 3, Tilapia nilotica 389 



