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Index 



pythons, 272 ; Language of birds, 

 273 ; Wood-pigeons in London, 273 ; 

 Immunity, 353 ; Smooth snake in 

 Dorset, 354 ; Adders' enemies, 354 ; 

 Bats, 354 ; Magpies, 355 ; Viper 

 incident, 356. 



Editorials. 

 Future prospects, 1-3 ; Longevity of 

 animals, 5 ; Nature in spring, 97 ; 

 Increased interest in Natural History, 

 98, 99 ; How animals die, 99, 100 ; 

 Value of Field Clubs, 193-195 ; 

 Adders swimming, 196; The British 

 Association Meeting in 1903, 279 ; 

 The British Association and Field 

 Clubs, 281 ; The adder-swallowing 

 controversy, 286 ; The late Mr. J. J. 

 Fitzpatrick 2S7. 



Entomology. 

 Anthophila, 26. 

 Beetle fauna, Mourne Mountains, 235- 



239- . 

 British insects, 229-233. 

 Cicadidae, 233. 

 Cockroach, 38. 

 Compiling county fauna, 309. 

 Crabro, 32, 33. 

 Cryptotympana recta, 233. 

 Diploptera, 27. 

 Distribution, 37-39. 

 Fossores, 26, 33, 270. 

 Heterogyna, 27. 

 Ichneumons, 27, 148-150. 

 Oxybelus, 33, 34, 35. 

 Pompilidse, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 271. 

 Sphegida, 27, 32. 



Field Clubs and Societies. 

 Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, 86- 

 87, 265 ; Southport Society of 

 Natural Science, 87 ; Glasgow Natural 

 History Society, 87 ; Caradoc and 

 Severn Valley Field Club, 87, 88, 

 267 ; Liverpool Naturalists' Field 

 Club, 182 ; Vale of Derwent Natural- 

 ist's Field Club, 182, 351 ; Hamp- 

 stead Scientific Society, 182, 183 ; 

 Somersetshire Archaeological and 

 Natural History Society, 183 ; British 

 Mycological Society, 183 ; Essex 

 Field Club, 183, 267 ; Wellington 

 College Natural Science Society, 183 ; 

 North Staffordshire Field Club, 266 ; 

 Manchester Field Naturalists' Society, 

 266 ; Chester Society of Natural 

 Science, 267 ; Darlington and Tees- 

 dale Naturalists' Field Club, 267, 

 26S ; Hull Scientific and Field 

 Naturalists' Club, 269, 352. 



Field Zoology. 

 British, 69-71, 168-173, 249-253, 337- 



342. 



Fish. 



Angler's winter, 17. 



Bass, 17, 18, 107. 



Barbel, 19. 



Bream, 214. 



Chub, 18. 



Cod, 17, no, 213. 



Colour in fish, 212-215. 



Dog-fish, 213. 



Flat fish, 213. 



Grey mullet, 17. 



Gurnard, 17. 



Hake, 213. 



Herring, 17, 18, 108, 213. 



Lump-sucker, 214. 



Mackerel, 17, 107, 109, 213. 



Nannygai, 214. 



Pilchards, 17. 



Plaice, 213. 



Red mullet, 109. 



Roach, 19. 



Salmon, 19, 20. 



Schnapper, 214. 



Sprats, 17, 18. 



Spring fish, 107-1 1 1. 



Trout, 19, 20, 215. 



Whiting, 17. 



Wrasses, 213. 



Folk-lore. 



Will-o'-the-Wisp, 331. 



Fungi. 



Microfungi, 48-52. 



Illustrations. 



Nest and Eggs of Missel - Thrush, 



Frontispiece. 

 The Polecat, 22. 



Polyporus Betulinus on Birch, 52. 

 Voung Robins, 97. 

 Chartley Cattle, 120. 

 Male and Female Great Newts, 126. 



,, ,, Smooth ,, 126. 



,, ,, Palmate ,, 126. 



Flint Implements, India, 144. 



,, ,, Scunthorpe, 144. 



Birch and Oak Growing Together, 146. 

 Remains of "Julian Bower," 146. 

 Chinese Walled Village, 152. 

 West River Sampan, 154. 

 Kilty wake and Young, 184. 

 Puffins at Clo Head, 1S4. 

 Hybrids, 278. 

 Kilpeck Porch, 334. 

 Male Sand Lizard, 193. 

 Female ,, „ 193. 



Male Common Lizard, 210. 



