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HiiGEL, Baron A. von 



Waxwiug in Hampsliii'e, Food of 

 the chough, 3368 ; Eider duck 

 at Christchm-ch, 8371 ; Ornitho- 

 logical notes from Lancashii-e, 

 3612 

 Kempster, John 



Kedstart nesting on the ground, 

 3646 

 Kerr, J. W. 

 Heronries in Denbighshire and 

 Merionethshu-e, 3369 ; Ornitho- 

 logical notes from North Wales 

 for the summer and autumn of 

 1872, 3409 

 Lister, T. 



Eare bfrds near Barusley, 3687 

 Luff, W. A. 



The Channel Islands Fauna, 3807 

 Macrae, Eev. J. & Twopeny, Eev. D. 

 Appearance of an annual, believed 

 to be that which is called the 

 Norwegian sea serpent, on the 

 Western Coast of Scotland, in 

 August, 1872, 3517 

 Mathew, Gervase F., E.N. 



Sea-hon at dinner, 3447 ; GuUs of 

 Valparaiso, 3491 ; Natural-His- 

 tory notes from Coquimbo, 3578 ; 

 A few notes on flying fish, 3737 ; 

 Natural-History notes from Ho- 

 nolulu, 8759 

 Mathew, Eev. Murray A., M.A. 

 Bohemian waxwing at Bishop's 

 Lydeard, 3452 ; Gray phalarope 

 in winter plumage, 3454 ; Wax- 

 wings at Bishop's Lydeard, 3490 ; 

 Ciickoo's eggs, 3528 

 Mennell, Henry T. 



The Channel Islands Fauna, 8367 

 MuRTON, James 

 Eedlegged partridge plentiful in 

 East Kent, 3692 

 Ne'wtiian, Edward 



Death of Thomas Dix, 3380 ; The 

 ChiUingham bull, 3409 ; Molo- 

 thrus sericeus in Devon, 3411 ; 

 Supposed redwing's eggs, 3489 ; 

 Crocus-blossoms cut off in then- 

 prime, Serialia gi'owing on a hip- 

 pocampus, 3494 ; Calhouymus 

 Lyi-a in the aquarium of the 

 Ci-ystal Palace at Sydenham, 

 3495 ; Perception in the lower 

 animals, 3522 ; Cuckoo's eggs, 

 3528; Zoology of the Eoyal 

 Academy, 3567 ; Stock dove 

 breeding in confinement, 3690 ; 



Lakes Albert and Tanganyika, 

 3699 ; The flamingo lolled in the 

 Isle of Sheppey, 3736 ; Death of 

 the i^orpoise in the Brighton 

 aquariimi, 3804 

 Newton, Prof. Aefeed, M.A., &c. 

 Second supplementary report on 

 the extiQct bfrds of the Mas- 

 carene Islands, 3448; Ai-ctic 

 augiu-ies, 8449 ; On the colom- of 

 the fauces iu nestling warblers, 

 3527 ; Wild Bfrds Protection Act, 

 3611 

 Ogilvy, Walter T. 



Sclavonian grebe and great black 

 woodpecker in Noi-folk, 3372; 

 Yellowhammer's nest in a frixit 

 tree against a wall, 3688 

 Paget, Emma M. 

 Aiistrahan flymg squfr-rel breeding 

 in confinement, 3526 

 Penny, C. F., E.N. 



Shark and pilot-fish, 3653 

 Potts, T. H. 



Observations on the Natm-al His- 

 tory of the night parrot of New 

 Zealand (kakapo of the Maories), 

 3621 

 Power, F. D. 



Summer visitants in West Cum- 

 berland, 3643 

 Pryer, H. 



Large squid exhibited in Japan, 

 3591 

 Eeeks, Henry 



Little bustard in Hants, 3491 

 Eodd, Edward Heaele 



The common wood pigeon and 

 stock dove, 3452 ; Iceland gull at 

 Mount's Bay, 3455 ; Note on the 

 cirl buntmg, 3803 

 EoPE, G. T. 



Singular situation for a squirrel, 

 3408 ; Semi-aquatic habits of the 

 common slu-ew, 3525 ; Wliite 

 stork in Suffolk, 3580; Notes 

 fi-om Leiston, Suffolk, 3606 ; 

 Mice m East Suffolk, 3610; 

 Nesting of the woodcock in Suf- 

 folk, 8616; A dog eating stoats, 

 3640 

 EowLEY, Groege Dawson, M.A. 

 The theory of Dr. Baldamus as 

 regards the cuckoo's egg, 8470 

 ScLATER, John 

 Bats flying at noon, 3365 ; Ornitho- 

 logical notes from Castle Eden, 

 3489 ; Strange conduct iu a liaie, 



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