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Observational Notes on the Wild Duck (Anas bosoas) and the Little Grebe (Podi- 

 cipes flnviatilis), Gordon Dalgliesh, 281. 



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

 including a Day-to-day Diary on the Breeding Habits of the Ruff (Machetes 

 pugnax), Edmund Selous, 285. 



The Birds of Scilly, James Clark, M.A., D.Sc, and Francis B. Bocld, J.P., 295. 



The Birds of the District of Staines, Graham W. Kerr, 307. 



Notics and Queries: — 



Mammalia. — Anchylosed Spine of Bull-Dog (with illustration), P. E. Bumbelow, 



311. Natterer's Bat in Somersetshire, Bobert H. Bead, 312. 

 Avks. — Thrush Laying Twice in the same Nest, O. V. Aplin, 312. Blackbird 

 Laying Twice in same Nest, J. Steele-Elliott, 312. Does the Blackbird eat 

 Snails ? A. H. Meiklejohn, 312. Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilla) in 

 Surrey, G. H. Eastivood, 313. Bramblings in April, 0. V. Aplin, 313. Note 

 on the Swift, Malcolm Burr, 314. Bittern in Somerset, Stanley Leivis, 314. 

 Great Crested Grebe (Podicip)es cristatus) breeding in Essex, Bev. Julian G. 

 Tuck, 315. Black-necked Grebe (Podicipes nigricollis) breeding in Great 

 Britain, O. V. Aplin, 315. Unusual Clutches of Eggs, Stanley Lewis, 315. 

 Notes on Nest-Boxes, Bev. Julian G. Tuck, 316. 

 Insecta.— A re-discovered British Beetle (Lomechusa strumosa) (with illustra- 

 tion), Horace Donisthorpe, 317. 



Notices of New Books, 319-320. 



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