CONTENTS. 



Ornithological Notes from Denmark, P. G. Balfe, 81. 



Summer in Lleyn, with some other Notes on the Birds of the District, O. V. 



Aplin, 99. 

 A Preliminary Note on the Manner in which the Oystercatcher (Hcematopus ostra- 



legus) attacks the Purple -Shell (Purpura laptlhos), J. M. Dewar, 109. 

 Notes on the Mammals of Islay, Harold Russell, 113. 



NOTKS AND QuiSUl£S: — 



Mammalia. — " Hardistrow," a Name for the Shrew, 0. V. Aplin, 116. 

 Aves. — Irregular Appearance of Blackbird, B H. Ramsbotham, 116. Black- 

 tailed Godwits in Cork Harbour, Robert Warren, 116. Incubation and 

 Fledging Periods in Birds, 8. E. Brock, 117. 

 Editorial Gleanings, 119-120. 



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