CONTENTS.
On the First Primary in certain Passerine Birds (with Illustration), Arthur Gar- diner Butler, Ph.D., and Arthur George Butler, M.B. Bond., 241.
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) in Ireland, Robert Warren, 245.
Zoological Rambles in the Transvaal (with Illustration), W. B. Distant, 249.
Notes and Queries:—
- Mammalia.—Albinic Example of Long-eared Bat, Hon. A. H. Baring, 261. Stoats turning White in Winter, G.B. Corbin, 261. Otters in South-western Hampshire, G.B. Corbin, 262. The Scientific Names of the Badger and the Common Vole, Oldfield Thomas, 263. The Insectivora and Rodentia of Northumberland, John H. Teesdale, 264.
- Aves.—Immigration of the Song Thrush, Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 264. Melodious Warblers in South-east Devon, Rev. Murray A. Mathew, 265. Meadow Pipits perching on Trees, G. H. Caton Haigh, 266. "Horse-match," a Name for the Red-backed Shrike (Banius collurio), John A. Bucknill, 266. Woodchat Shrike in Sussex, G. W. Bradshaw, 267. On the Date of the Arrival of the House Martin, W. Warde Fowler, 267. The Song of the Chaffinch, Rev. Charles W. Benson, BB.D., 269. Notes on the Chaffinch, W. T. Page, 270. Rooks feeding on Elvers, Wm. T. Crawshay, 270. Cuckoo Questions, W. Wilson, 270. Kites in Wales, T. Vaughan Roberts, 271. Disappearance of the Lapwing in North Lincolnshire, John Cordeaux, 272. Birds which Nest in London, A. Holte Macpherson, H. Ratcliff Kidner, 272. Birds in London, W. T.Page, 273. Ornithological Notes from Sark, F. B. Blathwayt, 274. Ornithological Notes from Corsica. Correction, Herbert C. Playne, 275. Appearance of Migrants in Aberdeenshire, 1898, W. Wilson, 275.
- Insecta.—Cicada attacked by Mantis, Ed., 275. Southerly Extension of the
East African Butterfly Fauna, Ed., 276.
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