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Bird Notes from Brembana Valley, Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi, 1.
The Nesting Habits of Moor-hens (Gallinula chloropus), Oliver G. Pike, 17.
Lowestoft Fish-Wharf, Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S., 21.
A Plague of Snakes, Gerald Leighton, M.B., 25.
Notes and Queries:—
- Mammalia.—Lesser Rorqual Whale, Arthur Patterson, 28.
- Aves.—Habits of the Ring-Ouzel, E.P. Butterfield, 28. Occurrence of the Willow-Tit in Sussex, W. Ruskin Butterfield, 29. House-Martins in November, Henry T. Mennell, 30. Hybrid Crow and White Wagtail in Merioneth, J. Backhouse, 30. Nesting of Long-eared Owl, Charles F. Archibald, 31. "The Mode of Progression of the Phalacrocoracidæ under Water," J.P. Johnson, 31. Early Jack-Snipe (Gallinago gallinula), H.S. Davenport, 31. Baird's Sandpiper in Sussex, Michael John Nicoll, 31.
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Editorial Gleanings, 39-40.
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