




- ‘CONTENTS: 
Snes Fish- Notes from Great Vasouile for 1908 (with thre ill 
; H. Patterson, 441. 
Notes on Heronries, Rev. F. L. Blathwayt, 450. 
Vertebrates of Wales and Ireland: Corrigenda et Addenda, i. E. For fi 45 
Notes on the Ephemeride (with illustration), Gordon Dalgliesh, 456. 
Notes-on the Mammals of the Channel Islands, &. H. Bunting, 461. 
Obituary (Charles Thomas Bingham), W. F’. K., 465. 
Norms AND QUERIES :— 
Mammatia.—Cornish Mammals, Alfred Heneage Cocks, 466. 
Aves.— Aquatic Warbler near Eastbourne (with Plate), He Arild, 467. 
Fecundity of the Chaffinch, Walter Gyngell, 467. Short-eared Owls nesting — 
at Rainworth (with illustration), J. Whitaker, 467. Honey-Buzzard (Pernis 
apivorus) in Suffolk and Norfolk, B. Dye, 468. Rough-legged Buzzard 
(Buteo lagopus) in Lincolnshire, Rev. I. L. Blathwayt, 469. Interesting 
Ducks in Notts, J. Whitaker, 469. Golden-eye in Somerset; Retention of — 
Summer Dress by the Great Crested Grebe; Gordon Dalgliesh, 469. 
VERMES.—Sea-Mouse near Plymouth, Willcam Hearder, 470. 
Erratum, H. B. Booth, 470. 
Notices oF New pose 470-472. 


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