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BRITISH BIRDS. 



Wagtail in Carnarv-onshire, 183; 

 Long-tailed Duck in Cheshire, 

 219 ; Willow-Tit in Lancashire, 

 337 ; Late Stay of Goosanders 

 in Cheshire, 367. 



Crake, Corn-, Song-period of, 276. 



Spotted, in Staffordshire, 109. 



Crane, Bones of, in Ireland, 30. 



crecca, Nettion, see Teal. 



Creeper, British Tree-, (nestling) 

 71 : Song-period of, 278. 



crepidatus, Stercorarius, see Skua, 

 Richardson's. 



cristata, Fuligula, see Duck, Tufted, 



cristatus, Regulus, see Wren, Golden- 

 crested. 



Crossbill Nesting in Berkshire, 20 ; 

 in Hampshii-e, 20 ; in Kent, 21, 

 51, 82, 212, 365: in Norfolk, 

 22, 82, 187, 364; in Sussex, 22, 

 47, 82 ; in Essex, 81 ; in Glou- 

 cestershire, 81 ; Probable in 

 Lincolnshire, 121 ; in Somer- 

 set, 121 , in Suffolk, 187, 363; 

 in Surrey, 187 ; 'in Bed- 

 fordshire, 250 ; Summary of 

 Nesting, 328. 



A White, 30 ; (nestling), 71. 



as a British Bird, 332. 



Irruption of the, 22, 51, 



83, 122, 185, 250 ; Summary 

 of the, 326. 



Song-period of, 277. 



Scottish, Distribution of, 334. 



Crow, Carrion-, Incubation and 



Fledging-period of, 29 ; Nest- 

 ing in same district as Hooded 

 Crow, 160 ; Mouth-coloration 

 of, 242. 



Hooded, in Carnarvonshire, 



313. 



Cuckoo, Habits of, 28 ; Recovery 

 of Marked, 113; Down- 

 Plumage and Mouth-coloration 

 of nestling, 242 ; Song-period 

 of, 276 ; Eggs of, 313. 



American Yellow-billed, in 



Argyllshire, 126. 



CuMMiNGS, S. G., Note on Red- 

 necked PhalarojDe in Norfolk, 

 253. 



Curlew Nesting in Norfolk, 88 ; 

 in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, 

 and Worcestershire, 110; In- 

 cubating of, 144 ; Migration of, 

 361. 



Curlew, Stone-, in Bedfordshire and 



Cumberland, 94. 

 curvirostra, Loxia, see Crossbill. 

 cyaneus. Circus, see Harrier, Hen-. 



Dewar, J. M., Note on the Mouth- 

 coloration of the Nestling 

 Yellow Bunting, 23. 



Dipper, Black-breasted, in Norfolk, 

 27. 



British, Incubation-period of, 



29 ; (nestling), 71 ; Incubating 

 of, 138 ; Early Breeding of, in 

 Derbyshire, 318. 



Irish, and other forms, 134. 



discors, Querquedula, see Teal, 

 American Blue-winged. 



Diver, Black-throated, in Carnar- 

 vonshire, 26 ; in Staffordshire 

 and W^orcestershire, 112 ; in 

 Westmorland, 220. 



Great Northern, in Stafford- 

 shire, 111. 



domesticus. Passer, see Sparrow, 

 House-. 



Dove, Stock-, in Dee, 60 

 Laying three Eggs, 155 

 Increase in Clyde area, 159 

 Song-period of, 276 ; Chasing 

 a Jackdaw, 316. 



■ Turtle-, in Ayrshire, 159 ; 



Incubation-period of, 221 ; 

 Song-period of, 276 ; in Scot- 

 land, 290. 



dresseri, Parus palustris, see Tit- 

 mouse, British Marsh-. 



Duck, Long-tailed, in Staffordshire, 

 108 ; in Cheshire, 219 ; in 

 Kent, 339. 



Ruddy Sheld-, in Caithness, 



222. 



Scaup-, in Staffordshire and 



Warwickshire, 108. 



Sheld-, Inland Nesting of, in 



Cheshire, 86 ; in Staffordshire, 

 107 ; in the Isle of Wight, 182. 



Tufted, Breeding in Stafford- 

 shire, 108 ; Increase of, in 

 Cheshire, 123 ; Breeding in 

 Orkney, 221 ; Breeding at 

 Dulwi"h, 257 ; Breeding in 

 Somerset, 366. 



Ducks, Migration of, 26. 



— —see Eider, Gadwall, Gar- 

 ganey, Golden-Eye, Mallard, 

 Merganser, Pintail, Pochard, 



