CONTENTS. 



Notes on the Ornithology of Oxfordshire, 1909, 0. V. Aplin, F.L.8. 281. 



Comparisons Otoliths found in Fishes (with illustrations), Colonel 'C. ErSliep- 

 7ierd, 292. 



The Vocal and Instrumental Music of Insects, A. H. Swinton, 299. 



Notks and Quickies: — 



Mammalia. — Greater Horseshoe Bat in Wiltshire, Major G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton, 807. Black Variety of the Water- Shrew in Suffolk, G. T. Rope, 

 307. Albino Variety of Common Shrew, Edwin Hollis, 307. Albino Wood- 

 Mouse in Montgomeryshire, H. E. Forrest, 307. 

 Aves. — The Nightingale {Daulias luscinia) in Lancashire : a New Eecord, 

 Fredh. J. Stubbs, 30S. Bed-backed Shrike (Lanius colhcrio) breeding in 

 Merionethshire (with illustration), C. Kingsley Siddall, 309. Lesser Bedpoll 

 at Hampstead, Lieut. -Col. C. H. Meijrick, 310. Mortality among House- 

 Martins, J. Steele-Elliott, 310. An Account of a Bamble with the Birds in 

 Anglesey and Carnarvonshire, T. Oiven, 310. Notes on Nest-boxes, Bev. 

 Julian G. Tuclt, 315. 

 Personalia. — Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, Wm. Bell, 316. 



Notices of New Books, 317-318. 



Editorial Gleanings, 319-820. 



LIFE OF WILLIAM MagGILLIVRAY, 



M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.E , 



ORNITHOLOGIST ; PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY, MARISCHAL COLLEGE 

 AND UNIVERSITY, ABERDEEN. 



BY WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY, 



Writer to the Signet ; Author of ' Bob Lindsay and his School,' &c. 



With a Scientific Appreciation by Professor J. ARTHUR THOMSON. 



With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net. 



Professor MacGillivray was the most accomplished Ornithologist of 

 his time in- Britain, and one of the last of the all-round naturalists. 

 The numerous extracts from what remains of his manuscript journals 

 — the story, for instance, of his walk from Aberdeen to London — are 

 full of human Interest, and the representative selections" from his 

 natural history sketches will enable the reader to appreciate the accom- 

 plished naturalist's outlook and style. Some of the illustrations show 

 MacGillivray's skill in drawing birds, and others depict the colleges 

 where he learned and taught. 





JOHN MUEEAY Albemarle Street, W. 



