CONTENTS. 



Photogenic Marine Animals, Prof. Mcintosh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.S.L.SE., 1. 



Notes on the Nesting of Tringa alpina, Alfred Jackson, 21. 



Notes and Queries: — 



Mammalia.— Notes on the Noctule (Vespemgo noctula), F. Norgate, 26. Long- 

 eared Bat at Great Yarmouth ; The Black Bat at Yarmouth ; P. E. Bum- 

 below, 26. 

 Aves. — Chiffchaff in December, Hugh V. Charlton, 27. Economical Nesting 

 Habits of the Willow-Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) and the Wren 

 (Troglodytes parvulus), 27; Curious Nesting Habit of the Long-tailed Tit 

 (Acredula caudata), 28; E. F. M. Elms. Double Brood of Great Tits, 

 Stanley Leivis, 28. Late Martins' Nests, 28 ; The Twite (Linota fiavi- 

 rostris), 29 ; W. Gyngell. The Breeding Haunts of the Twite, Rev. Allan 

 Ellison, 29. Late Stay of Swift, and Notes on the Species, Stanley Leivis, 

 30. Late Stay of Swift, W. Gyngell, 31. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and 

 Whinchat in Herts, &c, W. Per civ al Westell, 31. Cuckoo's Egg in Nest of 

 Twite, Rosse Butter field, 31. Cuckoos' Eggs in Finches' Nests, Stanley 

 Leivis, 33. Tawny Owl in a Chimney, Rev. Julian G. Tuck, 34. Breeding 

 of the Hen-Harrier in Cornwall, H. P. 0. Cleave, 34. How does the Osprey 

 carry its Prey ? R. B. Lodge, 35. Early Becords, W. Gyngell, 35. Bird 

 Notes from Shetland (May to November, 1905), T. Edmondston Saxby, 35. 

 Black-throated Diver (Colymbus arcticus) at Woburn, J. W. Bedford 

 (Daehess of Bedford), 36. 

 Pisces. — Flying Fish near Bamsgate, J. Murie, 36. 



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