CONTENTS. 



Observations tending to throw Light on the Question of Sexual Selection in Birds, 

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 pugnax), Edmund Selous, 161. 



The Ndhlondhlo, Charles M. D. Stewart, 183. 



Some Common Indian Birds, Gordon Dalgliesh, 188. 



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 Mammalia. — Whiskered Bat in Somerset, P. Buxton, 193. 



Aves. — The Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) in Hants, G. B. Corbin, 193. 

 Status of Grey Wagtail, Mary Duchess of Bedford, Nevin H. Foster, 194. 

 Cirl-Bunting in Hertfordshire, Brambling in Bedfordshire, J. Steele-Elliott, 

 195. Hen-Harrier (Circus cyaneus) in South-western Hants, G. B. Corbin, 

 195. Spring Arrival of Sandwich Terns in Killala Bay, Bobert Warren, 195. 

 Winter Notes from Ringwood, Hants, G. B. Corbin, 196. Winter Notes 

 from Wye, Kent, 1906-7, C. J. Alexander, 197. Notes from Sussex, Bev. 

 Clifford Toogood, 198. Bibliographical Query, Gordon Dalgliesh, 198. 

 Ccelenterata. — Peachia undata at Guernsey, Frank S. Wright, 198. 



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