CONTENTS.
Moths and their Classification, E. Meyrick, B.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S., 289.
The Mammalia of Great Yarmouth and its Immediate Neighbourhood, Arthur Patterson, 299.
The Insect Visitors of Flowers in New Mexico. — II., T.D.A. Cocherell, 311.
Obituary. — Osbert Salvin, 315.
Notes and Queries:—
- Mammalia. — Daubenton's Bat in the Conway Valley, Chas. Oldham, 317.
- Aves. — Nightingale Nesting at Wells, Somerset, Stanley Lewis, 317. When
does the House Martin arrive?, F.D. Power, 317. Nesting of the Greater Spotted Woodpecker near Bath, C.B. Horsbrugh, 318 ; at Wells, Somerset, Stanley Lewis, 319. Breeding of the Gannet, R.J. Balston, 319. Scaup in Bedfordshire, Alan Fairfax Grossman, 319. Alleged Kentish Plover in Bedfordshire, Alan Fairfax Grossman, 320. Iceland Gull in Co. Sligo in Summer, Robert Warren, 320. Note on the Petrel, Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt), W. Ruskin Butterfield, 320. Notes from the Isle of Man, 1897, P. Ralfe, 321. Birds singing during Thunderstorm, C.B. Horsbrugh, 322. The Protection of Wild Birds and their Eggs, H.S. Devonport, 322.
- Amphibia. — Toad attacked by a Frog, Ed., 323.
Notices of New Books, 324-329.
Editorial Gleanings, 330-336.
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