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No. 40. VoL. IV. 
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April, 1893. 
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Edited by 
JAMES BRITTEN, F.LS. 
CONTENTS. 
MR. RODEN NOEL'S SPRING POETRY 
Ky Mi.ss E. H. Hickey. 
WILD LIFE IN TASMANIA. II 64 
l>y Hamilton Stuart Dove, F.Z.S. 
ANTICIPATIONS 66 
By M.R.G.B. 
INSECT-COLLECTING 67 
By the Hon. Mrs. Boyle. 
SPORT WI I HOUT A GUN 69 
By Ernest Ingersoll. 
BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA 
By J. J. Platel, B.A. 
LIFE IN THE FIELDS 
SHORT NOTICES OF BOOKS 
SELBORNIANA .. 
Protection of Wild Birds. 
A Plea for the Primroses. 
Barbed Wire. 
A Salutary Lesson. 
Why Multiply Societies? 
Thrushes and Drink. 
A Choice Combination. 
Lantern Slides. 
Pinner Branch. 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES 78 
An Early Wood Pigeon. 
Natterjack Toad. 
The Sparrow once more. 
Horse Chestnut Buds. 
A Census of London Rookeriej. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES 79 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS .. .. 80 
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