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CONTENTS
241; of East Finmark, 261; in the Valley of the Namsen, 352; Sea-, and Plovers, in Lancashire and Cumberland, 374; of Anglesea, 401; of Sark, 416; songs of, 247, 417, 468
Bittern breeding in Herts in 1849, 315, 356
Blackbird, nesting habits in Furness, 200; variety, 192
Blood-relationship, animal, Friedenthal's experimental proof of, 38
Bluethroat, nest, fig., 267; Whitespotted, British example, 464
Books Noticed:—
- Zoology: an Elementary TextBook, by A.E. Shipley, 33
- The Protozoa, by Gary N. Calkins, 34
- The Birds of South Africa, by Arthur C. Stark, completed by W.L. Sclater, M.A., 35
- Photography for Naturalists, by Douglas English, 36
- A Ready Aid to Distinguish British Wild Birds, by David T. Price, 37
- Notes for Sportsmen and Travellers in the Soudan, 38
- Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution, his Life and Work, with Translations of his Writings on Organic Evolution, by Alpheus S. Packard, 74
- Regeneration, by Thos. Hunt Morgan, 75
- Insect Life—Souvenirs of a Natu ralist, by J.-H. Fabre, 76
- A Textbook of Zoology, by G.P. Mudge, 77
- Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk, more especially on the Birds and Fishes from the MSS. of Sir Thomas Browne, with Notes by Thomas Southwell, 78
- Thirteenth Annual Beport of the Delegates of the Oxford University Museum (for 1900), 80
- The Home Life of Wild Birds, a New Method of the Study and Photography of Birds, by Francis Hobart Herrick, 115
- Atlas of Practical Elementary Zootomy, being a Revised Edition of the Zoological Portion of the Atlas of Practical Elementary Biology, by G.B. Howes, 116
- Bird Hunting on the White Nile, by Harry F. Witherby, 116
- The Vertebrate Fauna of Bedfordshire—Birds, by J. Steele-Elliott, 117
- The Birds of North and Middle America, by Robert Ridgway, Part I., Fam. Fringillidæ, 154
- Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 155
- U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 156
- The Naturalist on the Thames, by C.J. Cornish, 234
- A Treatise on the Birds of Gloucestershire, with a Reference List of all the Species known to have appeared in the County, by W.L. Mellersh, 235
- Moose-Hunting, Salmon-Fishing, and other Sketches of Sport, by T.R. Pattillo, 236
- The Cambridge Natural History—Mammalia, by Frank Evers Beddard, 317
- The Butterflies and Moths of Europe, by W.F. Kirby, 318
- Atlante Ornitologico—Uccelli Europei, con Notizie d'Indole Generale e Particolare, del Dr. E.Arrigoni degli Oddi, 357
- Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa, by L. Péringuey, 358
- Ootheca Wolleyana, an Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs formed by the late John Wolley, Jun., edited from the original notes by Alfred Newton, Part II., Picariæ-Passeres, 395
- Zoological Results, based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands, and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895–97, by Arthur Willey, 396
- Our Country's Fishes, and how to know them—a Guide to all the Fishes of Great Britain, by W.J. Gordon, 397
- A Glossary of Popular, Local, and Old-fashioned Names of British Birds, by Charles Louis Hett, 398
- The Early Life of the Young Cuckoo, by W. Percival Westell, 398
- Salmon and Trout, by Deane Sage, C.H. Townsend, H.M. Smith, and W.C. Harris, 470