CONTENTS. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COPiTUIBUTORS. 



Alston, Edward R. 



The beaver in Scoilaiul, 2017; Killi- 

 wake gull, 2108 

 Anderson, Andrew 



Cats killing squirrels, 2016 

 Andekson, J. E. 



Bird's nest in solid wood, 2140 

 Barton, Gerard 



Noisy o-aiheiiiig of the house sparrow, 

 2306 

 Battersbv, H. F. 



Early nest of longeared owl, Pied 

 blackbird, 2099 

 Bell, Alwin S. 



Avocel, biitern and gray pbalarope at 

 Hastings, 2024; Reported probable 

 orcurrence of the ptarmigan in York- 

 shire, 2062; Great bustards on the 

 Yorkshire Wolds, 2063, 2103: Avo- 

 cet and little auk at Rye, Little gulls 

 on the Yorkshire coast, 2107 ; Wild- 

 fowl at Hastings, 2108; Sun -fish on 

 the Dorsetshire coast. Sun-fish at 

 Abbotsbury, 2260; Owl chased by 

 rooks. Buff-coloured redwing, 2343 ; 

 Thrasher in the West Bay, Port- 

 land, 2348 

 BiRcHALL, Edwin 



The upas tree absolved, 2412 

 Blackmore, Henry 



Rock doves at Salisbury, 2101 

 Blake-Knox, H., J.P. 



Six additions to a list of the mii'raiory 

 and wandering birds of the County 

 of Dublin, 2018 ; Black redstart in 

 the County of Dublin, On the 

 plumage of the black redstart, 2019 ; 

 Remarks on the abnormal pliiina<rf'S 

 of the goldfinch, 2049; White's 

 ihrnsli at Ballymahon, County Long- 

 ford, 2060; Eider duck in Dublin 

 B:iy, 2064 ; Varieties of birds, Ruti- 

 cilla titbys and R. Carii, 2099, 2 139 ; 

 Ruddy shieldrake near Tralee, Co. 

 Kerry, 2105; PiifSn on the Dublin 

 coast in February, 2107; About the 

 kittiwake's first winter plumage, &c., 



2119; Migration of swallows, Scla- 

 vonian grebe in County Dublin, 

 2182; Plumage of the adult male 

 merganser, 2183; Shoveller in Dub- 

 lin Bay, 2225; Merlins in Ireland, 

 Osprey in County Kerry, 2406; 

 American bittern at Cahir, Ire- 

 land, Esquimaux curlew in Dublin 

 Market, 2408; Ruff in Dublin, Gray 

 phalaropes in County Dublin, 2410 



Bond, Frederick, F.L.S. 

 Ornithological notes from South Devon, 

 1983; Siberian laik at Brighton, 

 Correction of errors, 2022 ; Lapland 

 bunting near Loudon, 2061 ; Little 

 gulls in Leadenhall Market, 2066; 

 Little gull iu the City, 2108; Tawny 

 pipit, ortolan bunting and Lap- 

 land bunting near Brighton, Second 

 occurrence of the scarlet bullfinch 

 near London, 2383 



BoRRER, William 



Shore lark near Weymouth, 2101 



BoYEs, Frederick 



Common and Sandwich terns at Spurn, 

 2026; Notes from East Yorkshire, 

 2143; On the nesting of the com- 

 mon swift. Nesting of the quail in 

 East Yorkshire, 2307; Little biitern 

 in Nottinghamshire, 2308 



BoYNTON, T. 



The Pennsylvanian pipit, &c., at Brid- 

 lington, 2021 



Bradshaw, Benj. F. 



Habits of the coran bustard, 2407 



Brandreth, H. P. 



Woodcock on the 19th of March, 2141 



Bree, C. R.,M.D. 



RuticiUa titbys and R. Carii, 2061 ; 

 Anlhus ludovicianus vd Anthus 

 rufescens, 2100 



Briggs, T. R. Archer 



Song of the chaffinch, 2061 ; Some- 

 thing abi)ut the viper, 2145 



Brooke, A. B. 

 Natural History of Wicklow and 

 Kerry, 2281 



