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Rare British Birds in the Humber

District, 56; On some remains

of the Urus (Bos primigenius)

recently found in Yorkshire, 121;

Insect migration, 387; Rate of

flight of birds on migration, 428

COWARD, T. A.

Manx Shearwater breeding"on the
coast of Carnarvonshire, 72, 189;
The Mammalian Fauna of Che-
shire, 161, 212, 247
DAVENPORT, H. S.

Nesting of the Dunlin in Wales,
275; Alleged abnormal nesting
of the Goldcrest in Ireland, 431;
Honey Buzzard nesting in Here-
fordshire, 433; Escape of a caged
Eagle, 455

DAVIES, SUTTON A.

In quest of Birds on the Munio
River, 326; Ornithological notes
from East Kent, 454

DRION, ADOLPHE, Jun.

On the races and varieties of the
Polecat, 366

Cuckoo's egg in Whitethroat's nest,

305

ELLIOT, G. F. SCOTT, F.L.S.
Insect migration, 386

ELLIOTT, J. STEELE

The Oystercatcher in Warwick-

shire, 22; Bank Vole in Bed-

fordshire, 227; Nesting materials

used by the Hawfinch, 232; Ob-

servations on the Fauna of St.

Kilda, 281; Insect migration,

396; The Field Mouse of the

Outer Hebrides, 426

FEILDEN, Col. H. W., C.M.Z.S.
Distribution of the Musk Ox in
Greenland, 41; A flying visit to
Spitsbergen, 81; Distribution of
Pomatorhine Skua in summer,
152; Larus ridibundus—assump-

tion of the hood in winter, 192;

The rate of flight in birds, 427

FLEMYNG, Rev. WILLIAM W., M.A.

Marten in Co. Waterford, 301

FOWLER, W. WARDE, M.A.

Date of arrival in England of the

Marsh Warbler, 304; Migrating

birds rest upon the water, 308

GODFREY, ROBERT

Arctic Tern and Common Gull

breeding in Shetland, 349

GORDON, Rev. Prebendary, M.A.

Nutcracker near Chichester, 310:

Origin of the terms "Cob" and

"Pen," 430

GRABHAM, OXLEY, M.A.

Brünnich's Guillemot at Filey, 70;

Albino Shrew in Yorkshire, 268;

Nesting of the Hawfinch and

Greater Spotted Woodpecker,
273; Polygamy in the Starling,
307; Natterer's Bat in Yorkshire,
426; The Lesser Shrew and
Water Shrew in Yorkshire, 427
GRANT, W. R. OGILVIE

An expedition to the Salvage
Islands, 401

GURNEY, J. H., F.L.S., F.Z.S.
Ornithological notes from Norfolk,
95; Shearwater in Carnarvon-
shire, 110; Alleged former nest-
ing of Golden Eagle and Gos-
hawk in Eugland, 450

HAIGH, G. H. CATON

Black Guillemot in Merionethshire,
22; Stone Curlew in Lincoln-
shire in winter, 111; The Irish
Hare turning white in winter,

185; Note on the Long-tailed

Field Mouse, 187; Water Pipit

at Tetney Haven, 348

HAMLING, J. G.

Migration of Pied Wagtails, 347

HAMMOND, W. OXENDEN

Avocet in Kent, 349

HARDBOTTLE, THOMAS

White Hedgehogs, 346

HART, J. H.

A flight of "Parasol Ants," 311

HARTING, J. E., F.L.S., F.Z.S.

Hump-backed Whale on the Lin-

colnshire coast, 19; Swallows in

December, 23; Hybrid Swans,
24; Remarkable invasion of
Little Auks, 68; Migration of
Grouse, 69; Waxwing in Sus-
sex, 69; Brünnich's Guillemot
on the Yorkshire coast, 70;

HOLMES, HENRY

Weight of Lobsters, 385

HORSBRUGH, C. B.

Nesting of the Lesser Spotted

Woodpecker near Bath, 22, 273;

Ringed Snake laying eggs in
captivity, 73; Hobby in Wilt-
shire, 383

HUDSON, THOMAS MOORE

in Ireland, 385

Moss, Rev. FLETCHER

Local names of Wildfowl, 106
MURDOCH, GEORGE W.

Harvest Mouse in Shropshire, 447

Black-winged Stilt in Norfolk, 434 MUSTERS, P.

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Grey-lag Geese breeding in Not-
tinghamshire, 111

NEILSON, RALPH Ĺ.

American Yellow-billed Cuckoo in

Dorsetshire, 433

Origin of the terms "Cob" and

"Pen," 431

NEWTON, Prof. A., M.A., F.R.S.
Local names for Wildfowl, 152
OLDHAM, CHARLES

The Mammalian Fauna of Cheshire,

161, 212, 247; Bank Vole in
Anglesea, 302; Grasshopper
Warbler in North Wales, 305;
Whiskered Bat in Derbyshire,
347; Provincial names of ani-
mals, 447
OLSEN, A. J.

The Beaver in Norway, 44
PATERSON, JOHN

The Little Auk in Scotland, 188
PARKIN, THOMAS, M.A., F.Z.S.

Little Crake in Sussex, 309
PLEYDELL, J. C. MANSEL, F.L.S.
Adders swallowing their young, 436
PRIOR, S.

Insect migration, 435
RAEBURN, HAROLD

The names of the Mole, 64, 149;
Period of incubation with the
Shag, 348

RALFE, P.

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ROBINSON, A.

Bittern in Berkshire, 67
ROPE, G. T.

Polecat in Cambridgeshire, 186
ROSE, B.

Waxwing in Derbyshire, 69
SALTER, J. H.

Wild Cat, Polecat, and Marten in
Cardiganshire, 18; Observations
on Birds in Mid-Wales, 129,
178, 221, 249; Curious fate of a
Cuckoo, 230; The Marten and
Polecat in Wales, 268
SAPSWORTH, A. D.

Grey Shrike and Pomatorhine
Skua in Norfolk, 450; Spoonbill
in Norfolk, 450

SCHARFF, R. F.

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Twite nesting in confinement, 881
SWAINSON, Capt. E. A.

Black Tern in Wales, 451
TEESDALE, JOHN H.

Nest of the Bank Vole, 184; Com-
mon and Lesser Terns in the
Outer Hebrides, 235
THEOBALD, F. V., M.A., F.E.S.
Mollusca injurious to farmers and
gardeners, 201

Irish Hare turning white in winter, THOMAS, OLDFIELD, F.Z.S.

149

SERVICE, ROBERT

Spread of the Roe-deer in S.W.
Scotland, 346; The Marsh Tit
in Dumfriesshire, 349; Natter-
jack Toad in Dumfriesshire, 350;
Hybrid Manx Cats gradual

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On the proper specific names of the
Common Shrews of England and
the Continent, 62; The Irish
Stoat distinct from the British
species, 124, 186; Yellow-tailed
Squirrels, 103, 156; On the pro-
per specific name of the Weasel,

177, 225; the Irish Stoat in the WHITE, TAYLOR

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Epyornis, bones of, 75

Agrotis graminis, 343

Albino Weasels, 19, 302; and pied

varieties, 234; Shrew, 268

Animals, Irish names, 148; wild,
killed in Norway in 1894, 425;
provincial names, 447

Antelopes of the Transvaal, 239
Anthus bertheloti on Salvage Islands,
403

Ants, Indian, 157; "Honey," in
Natal, 280; "Parasol," in Trini-
dad, 311

Arachnida from Arabia, 154

Asparagus on Salvage Islands, 408

Auk, Great, sale of, 193,-eggs, sale

of, 193, 269,-in St. Kilda, 285;

Little, remarkable invasion, 68, 74,

-on coasts of Scotland, 151, 188

Avocet in Kent, 349

Barnacle in Pembrokeshire, 246
Bat, Barbastelle, in Cheshire, 166;
Daubenton's, in Cheshire, 167;
Lesser Horseshoe, in Yorkshire,

65,-in Cheshire, 166; Long-eared,

in Cheshire, 166; Natterer's, in

Lancashire, 165,-in Yorkshire,

426; Noctule, in Cheshire, 167;

Pipistrelle, in Cheshire, 166; Whis-

kered, in Yorkshire, 65,-in Che-

shire, 168,-in Derbyshire, 347

Beaver in Norway, 44

Birds observed in S. Wales, 13; rare
British, in Humber District, 56; in
Mid-Wales, 129, 178, 221, 249; in
Pembrokeshire in 1603, 241; of
Paradise, moulting, 278; of St.
Kilda, 282; imitative faculty in,
303; migrating, resting upon water,
308; on Munio River, 326; alti-

tude of flight, 366; speed on migra-

tion, 366; rate of flight, 377, 427,

428, 442

Bittern in Yorkshire, 67,-in Wales,

184; Little, in Norfolk, 98,- in

Wales, 184

Bison, European and Caucasian, dis-
tribution, 1

Blackbird marked like Ring Ouzel,

111; and Thrush, hybrid, 233
Bluethroat in Humber District, 57,-
in Finland, 328,-migrating, 878

Boar-fish at Teignmouth, 194
Boar, Wild, in Cheshire, 164,-
figured, 356

BOOKS REVIEWED:—

The Life and Correspondence of
William Buckland, by his
daughter, Mrs. Gordon, 31

Allen's Naturalists' Library, edited

by R. B. Sharpe :-A Handbook

to the Marsupialia and Mono-

tremata, by Richard Lydekker,

35.-Butterflies, by W. F. Kirby,

39.-A Handbook to the Pri-

mates, by H. O. Forbes, 78.—A
Handbook to the British Mam-
malia, by R. Lydekker, 119
Sir Victor Brooke, Sportsman and
Naturalist, edited by Oscar Leslie
Stephen, 77

A Monograph of the Land and
Freshwater Mollusca of the
British Isles, by J. W. Taylor,
Part I., 79; Part II., 462
The Life of Richard Owen, by his
grandson, the Rev. R. Owen, 117
Summer Studies of Birds and

Books, by W. Warde Fowler, 159

Catalogue of the Birds of Prey, with

the number of specimens in the

Norwich Museum, by J. H.

Gurney, 160

The Anatomy, Physiology, Morph-
ology, and Development of the
Blow-fly, a Study in the Com-
parative Anatomy and Morph-
ology of Insects, by B. Thompson
Lowne, 199

A Year of Sport and Natural
History, edited by Oswald Craw-
furd, 199

Horses, Asses, Zebras, Mules, and

Mule-breeding, by W. B. Teget-

meier and C. L. Sutherland, 311

Seventeen Trips through Somali-

land, with descriptive Notes on

the Wild Fauna of the Country,

by Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, R.E.,

315

London Birds and Beasts, by J. T.
Tristram Valentine, 318

Forest Birds, their Haunts and
Habits: Short Studies from Na-
ture, by Harry F. Witherby, 319

In Grouseland, by Evan G. Mac-

kenzie, 320

The Royal Natural History, edited

by Richard Lydekker, with Pre-

face by P. L. Sclater, 351

Icebound on Kolguev: a Chapter in
the Exploration of Arctic Europe,
to which is added a Record of
the Natural History of the Island,
by Aubyn Trevor Battye, 390
The Fauna of British India, in-
cluding Ceylon and Burma, by

W. T. Blanford, 394

The New Forest, its Traditions,

Inhabitants, and Customs, by

Rose de Crespigny and Horace

Hutchinson, 395

The Pheasant, by Rev. H. A. Mac-

pherson, A. J. Stuart Wortley,
and Alexander Innes Shand, 397
A Preliminary List of the Hem-
iptera of Colorado, 400

The Natural History of Aquatic

Insects, by Prof. L. C. Miall, 437
British Birds, by W. H. Hudson,
with a Chapter on Structure and
Classification, by F. E. Beddard,

460

A Handbook of British Lepidoptera,
by Edward Meyrick, 464
Bos longifrons in Cheshire, 164; pri-
migenius in Yorkshire, 121, -in

peat-beds in Cheshire, 164

Brambling in Finland, 329

Bream, Ray's Sea, at Scarborough,

436

Breeding of Manx Shearwater in Car-

narvonshire, 72; Surinam Water-
Toad, 75; Grey-lag Goose in
Nottinghamshire, 111; Palæornis
rosea in confinement, 230; Hobby
in Norway, 292; Redshank in Sus-
sex, 309; Arctic Tern and Common
Gull in Shetland, 349; Goldeneye
in Washburn Valley, 449; supposed,

of Crested Lark in Kent, 451

Brock in Cheshire, 219

Bulweria bulweri on Salvage Islands,

414

Bunting, Cirl, in Cardiganshire, 137,

-song of, 231; Lapland, in Hum-

ber District, 59,-in Finland, 329;

Snow, in Finland, 329; White-

throated, in Humber District, 59
Bustard, Great, in Norfolk, 95; Little,
food of, 228

Butterflies, new, from Tropical South
Africa, 157; migration of, 276, 335,

386, 387, 388, 389

Buzzard in Wales, 179; Honey, nest-

ing in Herefordshire, 382, 433;

Rough-legged, in Wales, 180,-

and eggs, in Finland, 330

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