XIV 
Swan, American, in Scotland, 111 
» Bewick’s, in Norfolk, 139, 336, 337 
» Polish, 52 
» Wild, 199 
Swans, 169 
Swift, 163, 182 
», Alpine, in Devonshire, 108; in 
Yorkshire, 437 
»  Needle-tailed, occurrence of the, 
for the second time in England (with 
plate), 81 
Tadorna vulpanser, 199 
Teal, American Green-winged, in Devon, 
70; in Hampshire, 70 
Tern, 200 
» Arctic, 206 
» Black, 53 
» Gull-billed, 53 
Tern, Lesser, breeding on the Wicklow 
coast, 26 
Testacella haliotidea in Sussex, 222 
Thalassidroma pelagica, 169 
Three-legged Magpie, 71 
Thrush, 192 
e Song, 164, 174 
. White’s, near Whitby, 68 
Thrush’s nest, unusual number of eggs 
in, 259 
Titlark, 176 
Titmice, 164, 176, 192 
Titmouse, Blue, singular death of a, 
144 
Topknot, Eckstrom’s, on the Cornwall 
coast, 449 
Tortoises, extinct Land, of Mauritius and 
Rodriguez, 27 
Trachea of the Spoonbill, 488, 514 
Trachypterus arcticus ? 15 
Tringa canutus, 205 
‘ Trochilide, a Classification and Synopsis 
of the’ (review), 370 
Troglodytes europeus, 164 
Trout in the Thames, 146 
Tunny, Short-finned, at Penzance, 366 
Tunstall’s ‘ Ornithologia Britannica:’ a 
Catalogue of British Land and Water 
Birds (review), 159 
Turbot, growth of the, and change of 
colour i in the Boar-fish, 383 
Turdus merula, 165 
s  musicus, 164 
»  torquatus, 165 
Turnstone, 52, 128, 197 
Twite, 50, 179 
Uria grylle, 211 
», troile, 169 
CONTENTS. 
Vanellus cristatus, 167 
Varieties in Salmonide, the origin of, 133 ; 
of common birds, 516 
Variety, large russet, of the Common 
Snipe, 23; white, of Swallows, 24; of 
the Starling, 221; of Pied Wagtail, 341 
Waders, migratory, 341 
Wagtail, Pied, variety of, 341 
Wagtails gregarious at roosting time, 107 
Warbler, Reed, nidification of, 444 
Warblers, Reed and Marsh, field notes 
on, 377 
Wasps, Ants, and Bees, observations on, 
410 
Waterfowl, acclimatisation of, 359 
Waterhen, late nesting of in Norfolk, 71; 
unusual nest of eggs of, 299 
Waxwing, 50 
Wheatear, 124, 164, 176, 192; unusual 
nesting-place of, 301 
Whimbrel, 197 
Whinchat in Cornwall, 407 
Whitethroat, 175 
Whiting aud Whiting-pout, 304 
Widgeon, 199; early arrival of in the 
Moy Estuary, 448 
Wild Birds Protection Act (1880), 437 
Wildfowl, 337; at Larne, Co, Antrim, 107 
‘ Wildfowling, Modern’ (review), 491 
Woodcock, 167, 183, 198; nesting of 
the, 63; carrying its young, 65, 258; 
breeding in Hampshire, 301; nesting 
in Lancashire, 302 
Woodcocks and Snipe, migration of, 65 
eS remaining to breed, 338 
Woodpecker, 166, 336 
Greater Spotted, decrease in 
Scotland of the, 85 
Green, unusual abundance 
of i in Somersetshire, 140, 221, 256 
ca Lesser Spotted, 50, 336,339, 
340 
a Spotted, near Banbury, 447 
Worms, subcutaneous, in Red-backed 
Shrike, 487; in Peregrine Falcon, 515 
Wren, 164, 175, 191 
,, Common, nesting of the, 142 
»  Golden-crested, 176 
Yarrell, William, V.-P.L.S., F.Z.S. (the 
late), ‘A History of British Birds’ 
(review), 415 
Yellowhammer, 195 
Zoological Society of London, proceedings 
of, 29, 75, 118, 150, 226, 263, 305, 517; 
‘List of Animals in the Gardens,’ 160 
