CONTENTS. 
peian Bird Shop, 60; Reported dis- 
covery of the eggs of the Curlew 
Sandpiper, 104; Rooks in the Temple 
Gardens, 143; Great Bustard in 
Essex: correction of an error, 144; 
Banks’ Oar-fish near Whitby, 145; 
Trout in the Thames, 146; Hunting 
the Wild Cat, 251; The Great Bus- 
tard in France during the winter 
1879-80, 252; Attempted domestica- 
tion of the Great Bustard, 254; Red- 
legged Partridge in Guernsey, 257; 
Common Scoter in Cambridgeshire, 
258; Hawks and Hawking, 273; 
“Wariangle” and ‘ Nynmurder,” 
names for the Butcher Bird, 300; 
Dr. Lambe’s Ornithologia Bercheria, 
313; Bird life in Tchuski-land, 364; 
Sale of Great Auks’ Eggs, 365; 
Greenland Falcon in the Co. Donegal, 
406; On the period and intervals at 
which the Common Lizard easts its 
skin, 408; Spread of disease by the 
agency of Earthworms, 409; The 
Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880, 437; 
The Beaver in Norway, 443; Young 
Polar Bears at the Zoological So- 
ciety’s Gardens, 483; Bartram’s 
Sandpiper in Lincolnshire, 508; 
Model of the Great Auk, 516 
Hoox, Bryan 
Grey Phalarope 
Devon, 515 
Howarp, Rosert J. 
Rough-legged Buzzards near Black- 
burn, 488 
JESSE, W., F.Z.S. 
Dipper returning to its old nest, 406 
Key, ReGinaLp 
Note on the Cuckoo, 400 
Kermove, Pui M. C. 
Cuckoos denuded of feathers, 257 
Kerry, F. 
Rare birds at Harwich, 69; Singing 
power of the Great Grey Shrike, 70 
Kine, J. 
Scarcity of Fieldfares, 71; Singular 
death of a Blue Titmouse, 144 
Laneton, HERBERT 
The trachea of the Spoonbill; Shore 
Lark near Brighton, 488 
Lizrorp, Right Hon. Lord, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
White-fronted Goose in Northampton- 
shire, 66; Solitary Snipe in North- 
amptonshire, 444 
MansELL-PLEYDELL, J. C., F.L.S. 
Curious accident to a Hare, 56 
MatTHEW, Kev. Murray A., M.A., F.L.S. 
Pomatorhine Skuas in the Bristol 
Channel, 20; Birds and the weather, 
69; Unusual abundance of the Green 
Woodpecker in Somersetshire, 140; 
Chiffchaff remaining in England 
during the winter, 144 
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Matruews, Rev. A., M.A. 
Nesting of the Woodcock, 63; On the 
ery of the White and Brown Owls, 
and the song of the Redwing, 379 
Miter, H., sun. 
Unusual number of eggs in a Thrush’s 
nest, 259 
Mirrorp, Ropert H., F.Z.S. 
Siskins nesting in Bedfordshire, 364 
More, A. G., F.L.S. 
The Blue Thrush erroneously recorded 
as a straggler to Ireland, 67; Does 
the Long-eared Owl hoot? 487 
Murton, JAMES 
Woodcock nesting in Lancashire, 302 
Netson, T. H. 
Extraordinary arrival of Skuas on the 
Yorkshire coast, 18; Gulls ejecting 
pellets, 362; Buffon’s Skua, 3865; 
Cormorant with white feathers in 
the tail, 366; Pomatorhine Skua on 
the Durham and Yorkshire coasts, 
511 
NicHoiits, Henry 
American Green-winged Teal in Devon, 
70; Avocet in South Devon, 486 
NoORGATE, FRANK 
On the nesting of the Nuthatch as 
observed in Norfolk, 41; Cuckoo 
denuded of feathers, 298 
ParkER, CHARLES A., M.D. 
Three-legged Magpie, 71; Ornitho- 
logical notes from West Cumberland, 
109; American Swan in Scotland, 
111; Pine Marten in Cumberland, 
219; Iceland Gull and other sea- 
birds in West Cumberland, Variety 
of the Starling, 221; Bittern in West 
Cumberland, 222 
Prior, C. MarrHEew 
Pomatorhine Skua and other birds 
in Bedfordshire, 108; Stock Doves 
breeding in Magpies’ nests, 148; 
hagas Falcon in Bedfordshire, 
21 
Raine, WALTER 
Badger and Polecat near Leeds, 251; 
Unusual nest of eggs of the Water- 
hen, 299; Unusual nesting-place of 
the Wheatear, 8301; Nesting of Mon- 
tagu’s Harrier near York, 362; Cross- 
bill breeding near York, 403; Haw- 
finch breeding near Leeds, 404; 
Turtle Dove breeding near York, 405; 
Nesting of Montagu’s Harrier, 445; 
Dipper returning to its old nest, 
448; Great Crested Grebe near Leeds, 
oe 3 Varieties of common birds, 
516 
Rawson, H. E. 
Occurrence of the Alpine Swift in 
Devonshire, 108 
Rem, Capt. Savitz J., R.E., F Z.S. 
A strange nesting community, 301 
