CONTENTS. 



On the Hybrids which have occurred in Great Britain between Black-game and 

 Pheasant (with Plate), Bev. Francis C.B. Jourdain, M.A., M.B.O.U., 321. 



Some Crustacean Gossip from Great Yarmouth, Arthur H. Patterson, 33^.. 



The Birds of Scilly, James Clark, M.A., D.Sc, and Francis B. Bodd, J.P., 335. 



Notks and Queries: — 



Mammalia. — Strange Disappearance of a Weasel, Alfred H. Cocks, 347. Notes 

 on Bats, 0. V. Aplin, 348. British Distribution of the Whiskered Bat 

 (Myotis mystacinus), G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 349. 

 Avks. — Does the Blackbird eat Snails ? O. V. Aplin, 0. Pickard- Cambridge, 349. 

 Distribution of the Corn-Bunting in Wales, F. A. Swainson, 350. Snowy 

 Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) in Ireland, W. J. Williams, 351. Eggs of Bazorbill 

 (Alca torda), F. G. Potter, 351. Notes on the Little Grebe (Podicipes 

 fluviatilis), Chas. Oldham, 351. Birdsnesting in August, Bobert H. Bead, 

 353. Curious Experience with a Savage Cock, G. T. Bope, 354. Corrigenda, 

 0. V. Aplin, 354. 

 Pisces. —Bare Fish at Yarmouth, Arthur H. Patterson, 354. Loch Broom Sea 

 Monster (with illustration), W. H. Workman, Jos. T. Henderson, T. South- 

 ivell, 355. 

 Insecta. — Notes on the Mole Cricket (Gnjllotalpa vulgaris), Gordon Dalgliesh, 

 Malcolm Burr, 357. 



Notices of New Books, 358-360. 



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