XV1 
Insect and feathered tribes, singular freak 
of, 9266 
Insects, notes on the distribution of in 
the Channel Islands, 9273 ; in Norway, 
9356 
Tora Zeylonica, 9346 
Jackdaw, 9245 
Jay, northern, 8867, 9355; blue, 9304 
Jerdon, T. C., ‘The Birds of India; 
being a Natural History of all the 
Birds known to inhabit Continental 
India, 9341 
Jerfalcon shot in the South of Scotland, 
8875 
Kestrel, 9128, 9313 
Kingfisher kept as a cage bird, 9361 
Kingfishers on the Carron, in Stirling- 
shire, 8954; abundance of in Norfolk, 
td.; abundance of in Lincolnshire, 
9044 
Kingfishers’ nests, 8886, 8954 
Kite, common, 9039; in Devonshire, zd.; 
and other birds, rare appearance and 
scarcity of, 9103 
Kittiwake, 9128, 9237, 9247 
Knot, 9317; in summer plumage at 
Filey, 9362 
Labrus ceruleus, 8869 
Lapwing, 9092, 9127 
Lark, sky, yellow, 8950; sky, 9094, 9234, 
9317; shore, 9305; meadow, 9309 
Larus capistratus, 9297 
Larva of Cherocampa Porcellus near 
Chelsea, 8907; of Cidaria sagittaria, 
and of Oporabia filigrammaria, 8913 ; 
of Eudorea coarctalis, 8916; of Tortrix 
costana, curious habit of, id.; of Nu- 
meria pulveraria, 8970; of Cidaria 
sagittata, id.; of Eupithecia fraxi- 
nata of Crewe, additional varieties of, 
9252; of E. pulchellata, 9253, 9259; 
of E. lariciata of Frey, 9254; of E. 
campanulata, 9260; of Ripiphorus 
paradoxus, 9266; of Gastropacha ili- 
cifolia, 9332; of Thera coniferata, 
9333 
Larve, of Sphinx Ligustri, abundance of, 
8906; Lepidopterous, notes on col- 
lecting, 8924; non-gregarious, crowd- 
ing of, 8969; of Liparis auriflua, hy- 
bernation of, id.; of Endromis versi- 
color, habits of young of, id.; Micro- 
lepidopterous, mining in the leaves of 
lofty trees, 8972; of Sphinx Ligustri 
and Liparis auriflua, 9054; of the 
genus Argynnis—do they hybernate? 
9154; and eggs of Chortobius Davus, 
description of, 9252 
Lemming, 8871 
Lepidogaster bimaculatus in an aquarium, 
9131 
Lepidoptera, diurnal, early appearance of 
in 1863, 8905 ; time of emergence from 
the pupa in, 8907; various uoles on, 
8985; six months’ collecting in West- 
moreland, 8992 
Leptusa analis, 9267 
Lesteva monticola, 9335 
Linnet, variety of, 8877; mountain, uotes 
on, 9280, 9331 
Liparis auriflua, hybernation of the larve 
of, 8969, 9054; life-history of, 9332 
Liphyra Brassolis, 9144 
Locust in Scotland, 8922; in Cornwall, 
9266 
Loistering, 9037 
Loon, blackthroated, 9308 
Lump-sucker off Rathlin Island, 9296 
Luperina Guenéei of H. Doubleday, de- 
scription of, 8916 
Lycvena Acis, note on, 8985 
Mackerel, large, at Penzance, 9145 
Madeira, two days at, 9175 
Magpie and rook, defence of, 8952 
Magpie-robin, 9348 
Magpies, 8866; domesticated, 8885 
Maigre in Mount’s Bay, 9295; off the 
Land’s End, 9366 
Malacocercus griseus, 9344 
Martin, arrival of, at Blackheath, 9112; 
sand, arrival of, at Blackheath, id. ; at 
Flamborough, 9245 
Martins congregating in August, 9282, 
9329 
Merganser, redbreasted, 9128, 9243, 9308 
Merlin, 9232, 9317 
Micro-Lepidoptera, notes on the economy 
of certain, 9065 
Miarus, note on, 8903 
Migrants, summer, scarcity of, 8877 
Moa, skeleton of, 9114; the recent, 9195; 
notice of the remains of, and other 
birds formerly inhabiting New Zea- 
land, 9197 
Moluris (Phanerotoma) Rowleiana, 8979 
Monkeys in Africa, 9090 
Moorhen and stoat, 9015 
Mouse, red field, 9037 
Museum at Bergen, 8868 
Natural-History notes from Norway, 
8865, 9354 ; principally from Formosa, 
9224 
Nest, barn owl’s, with eight eggs, 8875; 
blackbird’s, late, 8876; of lesser red- 
pole, 8884, 8951, 9210; of cuckoo, two 
eggs in, 8885; of kingfisher, inquiry 
respecting, 8886; of Trigona carbon- 
aria, 8900; of honey buzzard, in the 
New Forest, 8946; of blackbird, on 
