CONTENTS. 



The Egyptian Desert and its Birds, Robert Gurney, 241. 



Relationship of Species (concluded), H. Panton, 245. 



The Pharyngeal Teeth of Fishes (with Illustrations) (continued), Colonel C. E. 



Shepherd, 262. 

 Notes and Queries: — 



Aves. — Nesting of the Golden-crested Wren (Regulus cristatus), J. Steele Elliott, 



273. Nesting of the Eeed- Warbler (Acrocephalus streperus), Julian G. Tuck, 



273. Curious Nesting-sites of Chaffinch and Blue Tit, J. Steele Elliott, 274. 



Starling and Mouse, G. T. Rope, 274. Food of the Little Owl (Athene noctua), 



W. J. Elliott', 274. The Redshank in Norfolk Marshes, J. H. Gurney, 275. 



Destruction of Vermin in Bedfordshire, J. Steele Elliott, 275. Notes on 



Ne^rboxes, Julian G. Tuck, 276. 

 Notices of New Books, 27S-279. 

 Editorial Gleanings, 279-280. 



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