CONTENTS. 



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Gull, Macklieaded, 4252 



brownlieacled, 4224 



common, in captivity, 4129 



glaucous, 3811, 3822, 4120 



herring, 4134 ; carrying off a 



■wounded dunlin, 3828 



Iceland, 3912, 4078 



kittiwake, 3S10 



little, near Shrewsbury, 4262 



redlegged, 3870 



sea, affection of for its young, 



4201 



GuUs, 3947, 4065, 4135 



blackbacked, 3863 



blacklieaded, 4065, 4189 



glaucous, in East Yorkshire, 



3886 



sea, inland, 3862 



Halcyon vagans, 3898 

 Harelda glacialis, 3816 

 Harrier, marsh, 3860, 4117 



■ Montagu's, 4158 



Hawfinch, 3864 



Hen, domestic, prolonged existence 



of without food, 4035 

 Heron, 3858, 4230 

 Heronry in Sussex, 3953 

 Herons in Richmond Park, 3835 ; 



nesting, 4188 

 Hobby near Plymouth, 3829 ; near 



Newmarket, 3830 ; at Godahning, 



3997 ; at Northrepps, 4190 



orangelegged, in Cheshire, 



4238 



Hoopoe at Knotts Green, Leyton, 



4085 

 Hybrid ducks breeding, 3886 



Ibis, glossy, 4158 



Inamigi-ants, spring, migrations of, 



4100 

 Insects observed on the Lido, 3977 



Jackdaw, ferocity of the, 3828, 3915 

 Jackdaws, 8945 

 Jay, 3945 



Kakapo, owl-parrot, or night parrot, 



4260 

 Keropia crassirostris, 3902 

 Kestrel, indifference of small birds to 



the, 3834 

 Kingfisher, 8861, 8898, 4230, 4252 

 Kite at Nantygroes, near Presteign, 



3953 



royal, longevity of, 8830 



Kiwi, 3979 



Kiwi, big, 8939 



Haast's, 4014 



Knot, 3826, 3856, 4060, 4251 



Lagopus hemUeucurus, 3808 

 Lanch'ail in January, 8953 

 Lapwing, 3862 

 Lark, crested, 8945 



short-toed, and other birds, at 



Brighton, 3832 



sky, early nesting of, 4084 



Larus glaucus, 8811 



Limulus Polyphemus off the coast of 

 Holland, 3845 



Linnean Society of London, pro- 

 ceedings of, 3918, 3956, 4001, 4088, 

 4120 



Linnet, variety of, 3912 



Linota linaria, 3806 



Lobster, pied, 4080 



Lumpsucker, small, 3839 ; and whiff 

 off the Cornish coast, 4037 



Mackerel, 3878 ; the species of, 4037 



Magpie, 3945 



Mallard, common, 4252 



Martin and house sparrow, mortahty 

 of, 4155 



Martin, house, 4063 ; near Aylesbury 

 on the 5th of December, 3833 



sand, 4065 ; starhng laying in 



the hole of, 4077 



Martins, house, late stay of, 3838 ; 

 scarcity and late stay of at Sel- 

 borne, id. ; is their late stay 

 dependent on the wind? 3834; 

 late, 8864, 8881 ; early congi-ega- 

 tion of, 4157 



Merganser, 4134 



Mergulus aUe, 3819 



Migi-auts, summer, 8861, 3862; 

 spring, 3997, 4188, 4190 ; summer, 

 arrival of in May, 4060 



Migrations, autumnal, 8824 ; of the 

 willow wren, swaUow, and black- 

 cap, 4259 



Mole, curious instinct in the, 3879 



Mongoose, notes on a, 4188 



Mouse, harvest, 3865 



Museums, a word about, 4056 



Name of a bu-d, 4201 



Nest of lesser redpoU, 4189 ; of wild 

 duck, 4190 



Nesting of the blue tit, 4034 ; early, 

 of the sky lark, id. ; of the garganey 

 and wild duck, 4036; of the tree 

 sparrow, 4076, 4154 ; of ravens ia 



