CONTENTS. — oul: 
On the First Primary in certain Passerine Birds (with Illustration), Arthur Gard 
diner Butler, Ph.D., and Arthur George Butler, M.B. Lond., 241. = 
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) i in Ireland, Robert Warren, 245. a 
Zoological “Rambles in the Transvaal (with Illustration), W. L. Distant, 249. a a 
NoTEs AND QUERIES :— | a 
Mammatia.—Albinic Example of Long-eared Bat, Hon. A. H. Baring, 261. Stoats. 
turning White in Winter, G. B. Corbin, 261. Otters in South-western — 
Hampshire, G. B. Corbin, 262. The Scientific Names of the Badger and 
the Common Vole, Oldfield Thomas, 263. The Insectivora and Rodentia of 
Northumberland, John H. Teesdale, 264. 
AVES. — Immigration of the Song Thrush, Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 264. 
Melodious Warblers in South-east Devon, Rev. Murray A. Mathew, 265. 
Meadow Pipits perching on Trees, G. H. Caton Haigh, 266. ‘ Horsey 4 
match,’”’ a Name for the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), John A. 
Bucknill, 266. Woodchat Shrike in Sussex, G. W. Bradshaw, 267. On the 
Date of the Arrival of the House Martin, W. Warde Fowler, 267. The 
Song of the Chaffinch, Rev. Charles W. Benson, LL.D., 269. Notes on the — 
Chaffinch, W. 7’. Page, 270. Rooks feeding on Elvers, Wm. T. Crawshay, 
270. Cuckoo Questions, W. Wilson, 270. Kites in Wales, T. Vaughan — 
Roberts, 271. Disappearance of the Lapwing in North Lincolnshire, John 
Cordeaux, 272. Birds which Nest in London, A. Holte Macpherson, H. 
Ratcliff Kidner, 272. Birds in London, W. T. Page, 2738. ruts Oe Cee 
Notes from Sark, F. L. Blathwayt, 274. Ornithological Notes from Corsica. 
Correction, Herbert C. Playne, 275. Appearance of Migrants in Aberdeen- ; 
shire, 1898, W. Wilson, 275. 
Insecta.—Cicada attacked by Mantis, Ed., 275. Southerly Extension of te 
East African Butterfly Fauna, Hd., 276. . 
Notices oF New Books, 277-282. 
EDITORIAL GLEANINGS, 283-288. 
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