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Mollnsca-Bibliography— T. D. A. Cockerell ... ... .. ... 21 



Shells iieai' Doiicaster — (Jeo. Roberts ... ... ... .. -3 



What is a bird— LinnsLHis Greening ... ... ... ... ... ^3 



Reports of Societies ... ... ... ... ... -i7 



Notes — . ... ... ... ... ... 'jI 



i he Bittern near Warrington : The Kingfisher at artle()Ool ; American 

 Notes ; Aberration of Liparis Chrysorrhoea ; Variety of Arctia C'aja 

 bred; Late emergence of Paec, Populi; Luperina luteago v Barrettii ; 

 Miana strigilis ; Ketinia resinana ; Pieris Brassicai larvae ; Hybernating 

 of Arctia Cajffi larvse ; Larvse of A. Cajte hybernating ; Abundance of B. 

 rubi larvse ; Larvte of Agrotis Nigricans, Trtici Valligera and Obelisca ; 



Review — Guernsey Society of Natural Science and Local Research ... ... 32 



Botanical Note ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 



Pterophorina-.J. W. Tntt, F.E.S. ,., ... ... .. ... 36 



Supplement — British Spiders — Rcvd. O. P. Cainbridge ... ... ... 57 



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