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The Blindworm.— W. H. Warner .. '.. ., ..25 



The Entomological Year {continued).— Albert H. Waters, B.A. .. .. 28 



Peregrine Falcon's Nest in Sussex. — R. J. Attye . . . . . . . . 32 



Entomological Nomenclature. — C. S. Gregson .. .. .. .. 33 



Great Capture of Water Beetles. — J.J.Nixon .. .. .. .. ..36 



British Birds : their Nests and Eggs. — S. L. Mosley . . . . . . 38 



Haggerston Entomological Society . . . . . . . . . . 41 



Glasgow Practical Naturalists' Society . . .. .. .. .. ..42 



Lepidoptera in the Neighbourhood of Bockleton,. 1884.— Miss Prescott-Decie . . 44 



Notes and Observations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 



Supplement : Label List of British Lepidoptera.— J. E. Robson . . . . 1 to 4 



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 Spurn, and its Natural History — John Cordeaux ; Historical Notes on Teesdale Botany — 

 J. Backhouse ; Deposit of Lacustrine Marl near Settle — Prof. G. A. Lebour, M.A..F.G.S. ; 

 Marine Mullusca of Yorkshire Coast — Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A. ; Coleoptera of Liverpool 

 District — J. W.Ellis; New Variety of Melampyrum Pratense — G. C. Druce, F.L.S. ; 

 Merlins and their Training — H. T. Archer ; The Seven Sleepers, a Manx Tradition — 

 J. M. Jeffcott; The Fame Islands in Winter— Rev. H. H. Slater,M.A.,F.Z.S. ; Variation 

 in Lepidoptera— M. F. de V. Kane, M.A., M.R.I.A. ; The Ornithology of the Solway— 

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