CONTENTS. 



Bluethroat, 122 ; White-spotted, first 



recorded British example of, 428 

 Books Noticed : — 



The Mammals of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, by J. G. Millais, 

 35 



The Aquatic Birds of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, by Charles J. Pat- 

 ten, 37 



The History of the Collections 

 contained in the Natural His- 

 tory Departments of the British 

 Museum, vols. I. & II., 75 



Catalogue of the Noctuidge in the 

 Collection of the British Museum, 

 bv Sir George F. Hampson, 

 Bart., 78 



A Synonymic Catalogue of Ortho- 

 ptera, by W. F. Kirby, vol. II., 

 Orthoptera Saltatoria (Achetidae 

 et Phasgonuridas), 78 



A Synonymic Catalogue of Homo- 

 ptera, by W. L. Distant, Part I., 

 Cicadidse, 79 



Butterflies of Hongkong and South- 

 west China, by J. C. Kershaw, 

 79 



The British Tunicata — an unfin- 

 ished Monograph by the late 

 Joshua Alder and the late Albany 

 Hancock, edited by John Hop- 

 kinson, with lives of the Authors 

 by Canon A. M. Norman and 

 the late Dennis Embleton, 199 



The Letters to Gilbert White of 

 Selborne from his intimate friend 

 and contemporary the Rev. John 

 Mulso, edited, with Notes and 

 an Introduction, by Rashleigh 

 Holt-White, 199 



The Douglas English Nature Books 

 — Part I. Some Smaller British 

 Mammals, by Douglas English ; 

 Part II. Photographs of Bird 

 Life, by R. B. Lodge, 200 



European Animals, their Geologi- 

 cal History and Geographical 

 Distribution, by E. F. Scharff, 

 240 



The Sense of Touch in Mammals 

 and Birds, with special reference 

 to the Papillary Ridges, by Wal- 

 ter Kidd, 278 



A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, 

 being a Narrative of Nine Years 

 spent amongst the Game of the 

 Far Interior of South Africa, by 

 F. C. Selous, 279 



The Insect Hunter's Companion, 

 by the Rev. Joseph Greene, fifth 

 edition, revised and extended by 

 A. B. Farn, 280 

 Rambles of an Australian natura- 

 list, written by Paul Fountain 

 from the Notes and Journals of 

 Thomas Ward, 310 

 Notes on the Birds of Nottingham- 

 shire, by J. Whitaker, 311 

 The Birds of Kent, by William J. 



Davis, 359 

 Birds I have Known, by Arthur H. 



Beavan, 359 

 Fishes of Australia — a Popular and 

 Systematic Guide to the Study 

 of the Wealth within our Waters, 

 by David G. Stead, 380 

 Wild Life in Australia, by W. H. 



Dudley Le Souef, 391, 440 

 The Birds of Yorkshire, being a 

 Historical Account of the Avi- 

 fauna of the County, by T. H. 

 Nelson, W. Eagle Clarke, and 

 F. Boyes, 392 

 Malaria, a Neglected Factor in the 

 History of Greece and Rome, by 

 W. H. S. Jones, with an Intro- 

 duction by Major R. Ross, and a 

 concluding chapter by G. G. 

 Ellett, 393 

 Notes on the Birds of Rutland, by 



C. Reginald Haines, 439 

 The Nervous System of Verte- 

 brates, by J. B. Johnston, 439 

 A Bird Collector's Medley, by E. 



C. Arnold, 471 

 Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary, 

 by Arthur H. Patterson, 472 

 Botaurus stellaris, 71 

 Box vulgaris, 417 

 Brama raii, 426 



Brambling, 112, 137, 329, 332 ; in 

 Bedfordshire, 195 ; late appearance 

 in Sussex, 236 

 Brazil, remarkable luminous insect 



from, 277 

 Breeding of Shoveler in Devon, 22 ; 

 of Tree- Sparrow and Dunlin in 

 Co. Mayo, 344 ; of Hobby in Crow's 

 nest, 335 ; of Little Owl in Hert- 

 fordshire, 430 ; supposed, of Rough- 

 legged Buzzard, in Cornwall, 354 ; 

 habits of Ruff, 60, 161, 367 ; range 

 of Marsh-Warbler extended into 

 Hampshire, 446 

 Breydon, some holiday notes from, 

 361 



