CONTENTS. 



XI 



Beluga catocTou, 3430 



Belugidae, 8429 



Benedenia Knoxii, 33G2 



Bii-d of Paradise, new, 3689 



Bii'ds, of EgjTpt, 8381 ; small, feediug 

 offlieaps of sea-weed, 3398; extinct, 

 of the Mascarene Islands, second 

 supplementaiy report on, 3448 ; 

 new fossil, with teeth m both jaws, 

 8451 ; early nesting of, 3452 ; on 

 the Flats, 3556 ; that breed on Wal- 

 ney Island, 3603; attracted by light- 

 houses, 8613 ; spring, arrival of in 

 NottinghamsMre, 3614 ; in the Isle 

 of Wight, id. ; near Weston-super- 

 Mare, 3626 ; dead, at sea, 3643 ; 

 rare, near Barnsley, 3687 ; Eiu'o- 

 pean, introduction of in the United 

 States for economic pm-poses, 3G96; 

 relation between the colour and 

 geogi'aphical distribution of, 3790 ; 

 observed at St. Michael's-on-the- 

 Wyre, 3801 ; rare, obtained near 

 Flamborough Head, 3802 



Birdsnesting and the Wild Birds Pro- 

 tection Act, 3642 



Birds' nests, transposition of eggs in, 

 3625 



' Birds of the Humber District,' 3541 



Bittern, 3558 



Blackbird, 8464; nesting on the 

 ground, 3645, 8733 



Blackcap, 8627 



Black-fish, 3427 



Boar-fish at Hastings, 8617 



Bottle-nose, 3425 ; white-sided, 3426 ; 

 white-beaked, id. 



Brambling at Eingwood, 3491 



Bramblings, abundance of in the 

 North, 3490 



Breeding season, 8346 



British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, Report of the 

 " Close Tmie" Conunittee of, 3727 



Bull, ChiUmgham, 3409 



Bunting, cui, an autiuamal songster, 

 3772 ; note on, 3808 



suow, 3399 



Buntings, snow, abundance of in the 

 North, 3490 



Bustard, little, m Hants, 3491 ; m 

 Suffolk, 8692 



Callionymus Lyra at St. Leonard's, 

 8495 ; in the aquarium at Syden- 

 ham, id. 



Canis lagopus, 3769 



■ lupus, 3768 



Cat, wild, 3482 ; not a myth, 3574 



Catodon macrocephalus, 3423 



Catodontidae, id. 



Cetacea, 3359 



Chiffchaff, 8625 



Chough, food of, 3368 ; Cornish, 



3444 

 Clj'inenia Euphrosyne, 3425 

 Cordeaux, John, ' Bhds of the Hum- 

 ber District,' 3541 

 Cormorant, common, returning to 



nest at Flamborough Head, 3530 ; 



fishing, 3696 

 Cormorants, colony of, 3602 

 Corsica, a visit to, 3551, 3593 

 Crab, king, off the Dutch coast, 8740 

 Crayfish, sea, successful breeding of 



3638 

 Crocus-blossoms cut off in their prime, 



3494 

 Crotchet, the gardening, 3661 ; on 



lung-breathing, 3668 

 Crow, carrion, 3558, 3601 

 hooded, 3685, 3781 



Cuckoo, 3501, 3579, 3648 ; late, 3368 ; 

 question, 3473 ; supplementary re- 

 marks on the propagation of the, 

 id. ; egg of, 3579 ; and pied wag- 

 taU, 8648 



Cuckoo's eggs, some additional re- 

 marks on the question of the 

 colouring of, 3433 ; the theory of 

 Dr. Baldamus as regards, 3468, 

 3470, 3472 ; further remarks on the 

 colouring of, 3511, 3528 ; a few last 

 words on, 3723 



Cuckow's eggs, 3505 



Cmiew, 3603 



Curlews, stone, feeding at night, 3800 



Cuvierius Sibbaldii, 3363 



Darwinists, a difficixlty for, 3581, 



8654, 3698 

 Delphinidse, 3424 

 Delplmioidea, id. 

 Delphinus delphis, 3425 

 Denticete, 3421 

 Dipper, 3410, 3467 

 Diver, blackthroated, 3413, 3446, 3599 

 great northern, early assump- 



tion of breeding jjlumage in, 3493 



northern, 3399, 3442, 8444 



redtlu'oated, 3599 



Dix, Thomas, death of, 8380; memoii* 



of the late, 3775 

 Dog eating stoats, 3640 

 Dolphin, 3425 

 Eschriclit's, 3426 



