CONTENTS.
The Rarer Birds of the Solway Firth, Rev. H.A. Macpherson, M.A., 281.
On the Breeding Habits of the Swift in Derbyshire, Rev. F.C.R. Jourdain, M.A., M.B.O.U., 286.
Photo-trapping; Purple Herons and Spoonbills (with illustration), R.B. Lodge, 290.
The Birds of Great Yarmouth and the Neighbourhood, Arthur Patterson, 294.
Sloughing in Serpents, Gerald Leighton, M.D., 301.
Notes on the Egyptian Jerboa (Dipus jaculus) in Captivity, Graham Renshaw, M.B., 305.
Obituary,—Eleanor A. Ormerod (with plate), 310.
Notes and Queries:—
- Mammalia.—The Whiskered Bat in Oxfordshire, O.V. Aplin, 315. Bats carrying their Young, R. M. Skipworth, 315.
- Aves.—Lesser Redpoll nesting in Sussex, C. Eastwick-Field, 315. Common Roller in Sussex, Thomas Parkin, 316. Cuckoos' Eggs, Julian G. Tuck, 317. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) in Norfolk, F. Coburn, 317. Great Black-backed Gull inland in Wales, O.V. Aplin, 317. Some Strange Nesting Habits in Holland, R.B. Lodge, 318. Birds in Nest-Boxes, Julian G. Tuck, 318.
- Palæontology.—Fossil Vertebrates from Egypt, C.W. Andrews, 318.
Notices of New Books, 320.
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