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CONTENTS. 



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Notes from my Diary for 1890 — John W. Ellis, m.b., f.e.s. ... ... ... 109 



Gossiping Notes on British Coleoptera — G. A. Lewcock ... ... ... Ill 



Recently Recorded Irish Coleoptera — J. Montgomery Brown ... ' ... 113 



Irish Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 115 



Reports of Societies ... ... ... ... ... ... 116 



MoUusca-Notes— T. D. A. Cockerell ... ... ... 120 



Vertebrata — " What is a Bird ? " — Linnaeus Greening ... ... ... 122 



Gleanings ... .. ... ... ... ... 126 



Insecta — Hymenoptea. — Notes ... ... ... ... 128 



Dimentions and Weight of Little Auk — F. Kerby, Hurwith ... ... 127 



Notes for Beginners — Geo Elisha, p e.s. ... ... ... ... 129 



Notes, various ... ... ... ... ... ... 133 



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