blackheaded,1599, 1674 ; yellow, 1698, 

 1860; cirl, iu Devonshire, 1721 ; 

 painted, iu Oxfordshire, 1865 



Bustard, little, on the Lizard Land, 

 1951 



Butterflies, moths, &e., flight of, 1767 



Buzzard, 1671 ; roughlep:g;ed, 1496, 1697, 

 1908; in Sufi"olk, 1513 ; near Faver- 

 sham, 1559; in Norfolk, 1598; com- 

 mon, near Faversham, 1559; honey, 

 in Norfolk, 1917 



Camel, Bactrian, and dromedary, hybrid 

 between, 1682 



Carthaginians, 1537 



Cecidomyia, Acari parasitic on a, 1922 



Cecidomyia Persicariae, a contribution 

 towards the life-history of, 1705 



Certhiada;, 1742 



Cetoniadae and Lucauida;, 1581 



Chaffinch, 1497, 1674; fastens its nest 

 with saliva on the top of posts when 

 sawn off perfectly smooth, 1884; cream- 

 coloured variety of, 1720 



ChiifBiiches, sexes of, 1514; young, in 

 nestling plumage, 1561 



Channel Islands, rough notes from the, 

 1588, 1630 



CharadridEB, 1748 



Cljeloiiiii, 1595 



Chiffchaff's nest on a summer-house, 

 1918 



Chough, 1674 



Cimbex connata, 1729 



Clark, Rev. Hamlet, 'Letters Home,' 

 1580 



Cobra, curious habit of the, 1818 ; bite 

 of to prove effective, 1876 



Coluber austriacus, 1653 

 „ Natrix, 1651 



Colubrida?, 1651 



Colvmbidffi, 1852; seasonal plumage of, 

 1723 



Cool, 1677; American, 1753 



Cormorant, 1509, 1681, 1852; double- 

 crested, 1852; inland, 1921 



Cormorants of Dublin Bay, 1509 



Corvidse, 1744 



Cows and jackdaws, 1919 



Crake, corn, nest and eggs of, 1920 



Crane, 1763, 1910; at Lynn, 1803; at 

 Tewkesbury, id.; at Wareham, id,; 

 occurrences of the, in 1869, 1841 ; on 

 the Devon coast, 1866 



Cranes in Norfolk, 1803 



Creeper, black and while, 1693; Ame- 

 rican, 1742 



Crocodiles, 1617 



Crossbill, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1496, 1546, 

 1674,1698,1760,1909; near Taunton, 



1514; parrot, 1700; American, 1743 ; 

 whitewinged, id. 



Crossbills near Faversham, 1561 ; in Sus- 

 sex, jrf.; in Surrey, 1721: in Devon- 

 shire, id. 



Crow, hooded, 1498, 1736, 1860, 1912; 

 carrion, 1674; American, 1744 



Crustaceans, 1555 



Cuckoo, 1721 ; in confinement, 1722; in 

 the City, 1802; late singing of, 1847; 

 in a swallow's nest, 1866; the female 

 cries, 1887; arrival of in February, 

 1888 



Cuckoo — the egg question, 1545 



Curlew, 1677: stone, 1696, 1738; Esqui- 

 maux, 1752; Hud&ouian, id.; long- 

 billed, id. 



Cypselida;, 1692 



Dal)oia elegans, 1900 



Death's he.id and the bees, 1913 



Deer, fallow, 1927 



Dipper, 19U9 



Diver, redihroated, 1494, 1546, 1679, 

 1684, 1720, 1910,1853; in January, 

 1499; in perfect summer plumage in 

 October, 1500; on the autumn moult 

 of iidults, id.; independent flight, 

 1501 ; deglutition, 1502; in Faversham 

 Creek, 1517; contents of the stomach 

 of, I84S; great northern, 1503, 1545, 

 1679, 1852; numerous off the Dublin 

 coast in the winter of 1866-7, 1503; 

 iu breeding ])lumaHe in October, id. ; 

 bjackihroated, 1504; al St. Leonard's, 

 1684 ; northern, 1697 



Divers, blaeklhroated, probability that 

 there are two kinds of, 1507; seasonal 

 plumage of, 1723 



Dotterel, 1491, 1492, 1739; near Weston, 

 1802; ringed, 1841 



Dove, stock, late nesting of, 1517; in 

 North Lincolnshire, 1668; turtle, 1675, 

 1861, 1911; ring, 1676; a baby in- 

 cubating, lb66 



Dromedary and Bactrian camel, hybrid 

 between, 1682 



Duck, lonstailed, 1495, 1563, 1678, 1700, 

 1757, 1909;;near Lynn, 1563; pin- 

 tailed, near Faversham, id. ; iu South 

 Devon, 1720; Nyroca, in Leadenhall 

 Market, 1563; suu]mer,at Boultibrook, 

 id.; at Lyminnton, id.; ice, 1668; 

 scaup, 1668, 1736, 1756; eider, 1678; 

 redcrested svliistliug, irf. ; tufted, 1678, 

 1911; wild, 1736, 1755; variety of, 

 1906; hybrid, 1907; black, 1755; gjray, 

 id.; pintail, 1755, l!i09; American 

 scaup, 1756; bufl'elheaded, i</. ; harle- 

 quin, ](/.; ringnecked, t(/.; American 



