CONTENTS. 



A Brief Sketch of the Red or Precious Coral, Prof. Mcintosh, M.D., LL.D., 



F.B.S., 1. 

 An Observational Diary on the Nuptial Habits of the Blackcock (Tetrao tetrix) in 



Scandinavia and England, Edmund Selous, 23. 

 Notes and Queries: — 



Mammalia. — Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteini) in the Isle of Wight, J. E. 



Kelsall, 30. Artifices by Cat to secure its Prey, D. M. A. Bate, 30. The 



Queensland Dugong (Halicore sp.), The London Correspondent of the 



' North Queensland Herald,' 31. 

 Aves. — Crossbills {Loxia curvirostra) in Hants, ./. E. Kelsall, 33. Lapland 



Bunting near Great Yarmouth; The Honey-Buzzard near Yarmouth; B. 



Dye, 34. Black-tailed Godwits in Co. Cork, Bobert Warren, 34. The Sir 



Henry Boynton Collection of Birds : a Valuable Addition to the Hull 



Museum, 34. 

 Pisces. — The Queensland " Barramuudi," The London Correspondent of the 



' North Queensland Herald,' 35. 

 Obituary.— Dr. Richard Bowdler Sbarpe, LL.D. (with Portrait), W. B. Ogilvte- 



Grant, 35. Notices of New Books, 39-40. 



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AUTOBIOGRAPHY & CORRESPONDENCE. 

 Edited by ROBERT WALLACE. 



Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy in the University of Edinburgh. 



With Portrait and Thirty Plates, and more than Eighty 

 Illustrations in the Text, 



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