CONTENTS. 



Notes on the Feeding-habits of the Dunlin (Tringa alpina), J. M. Dewar, 1. 



Bibliography of London Birds, Hugh Boyd Watt, 15. 



The Vocal and Instrumental Music of Insects, A. H. Swinton, 17. 



Arctic Whale Fishery in 1908, Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., 26. 



Notes and Queries : — 



Mammalia. — Courage in Putorius nivalis, T. Thornton Mackeith, 28. 

 Aves. — Phylloscopus sibilatrix, A. B. Farn, 23. Nesting of the Nightingale 

 (Daulias luscinia) on the Borders of Staffordshire and Shropshire, 28; 

 Nesting of the Lesser Spotted WoodpecLer (Dendrocopus minor) and the 

 Great Spotted Woodpecker (D. major) in Staffordshire, 29; A. Hugh Dun- 

 calf e. Local Name of Corn -Crake, G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 30. Bird 

 Notes from the Tyrol, W. H. Workman, 30. 

 Pisces. — Large Take of Herrings in the Moy Estuary, Killala Bay, Bobert 

 Warren, 32. 



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