CONTENTS. 
SouTHWELL, THomas 
Young Otter in December, 122; 
White-beaked Dolphin at Yar- 
mouth, 42]; Rare fish on the 
Norfolk and Suffolk coast, 491 
Stamper, WALTER 
Grouse quitting the moors in York- 
shire, 135 
Srertanp, W. J. 
Alpine Swift at Finchley, Middle- 
sex, 489 
Srevenson, Henry, F.L.S. 
Ornithological notes from Norfolk 
for 1878, 153 
Tomuiyson, H. G. 
Disappearance of Sky Larks, 31; 
Kingfisher feeding on Newts, 82 ; 
Wrens roosting, 135 
Tuck, Rev. Junian, M.A. 
Ornithological notes from Alde- 
burgh, 301 
Ussumr, Ricuarp J. 
American Summer Duck in the 
County of Waterford, 217; Sug- 
gestions on egg-blowing, 218; 
On the discovery of an ossiferous 
cavern near Cappagh, Co. Water- 
ford, 381 
Vaucuan, M. 
Distribution of the Carrion Crow, 
1X 
459; Reported nesting of the 
Golden Eagle in Shetland, 461 
Watts, H. M. 
Otters and Badgers in Berkshire, 
263; Former occurrence of the 
Marten in Essex, 264; Ring 
Ouzel nesting in Essex, 267 
Watrers, R. 
Kingfishers in London, 383 
Warren, AMY 
The land and fresh-water Mollusca 
of Mayo and Sligo, 25 
Warren, RoBERT 
Wildfowl in County Mayo, 126; 
The effect of severe frost on 
animal life, as observed in the 
~ County Mayo, 291 
Wuarton, C. Byerave, F.Z.S. 
Blue Tit nesting in the ground, 219 
WHITIAKER, J. 
Rare birds in Nottinghamshire, 
131; Uncommon birds in Not- 
tinghamshire, 459; Bee-eater in 
Derbyshire, 461 
Winn, CHARLES 
Pine Marten in Lincolnshire, 420 
Youne, J. 
Cole Tit nesting on the ground, 32 
Youne, LamMBron 
Rookeries of London, 268 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 
Accentor modularis, 277 
Accipiter nisus, 275 
Acicula acicula, 199 
Acrocephalus arundinaceus, 12 
uy palustris, zd. 
Adamson, C. M., ‘ Natural History 
Scraps’ (review), 391 
Adder taking possession of a nest, 429 
Alauda alpestris, 5 
» arvensis, 280 
Alcedo ispida, 289 
‘America, South, Wanderings in’ 
(review), 143 
Anas boschas, 290 
Ancylus fluviatilis, 29, 199 
Animalcule, fertilisation of red sea- 
weeds by, 393 
Animal life at the Royal Academy, 
233; effect of severe frost on, in 
County Mayo, 291 
Animals, on nocturnal, 3138 
Anodon cygnea, 28 
‘ Alert,’ voyage of the, to the Straits | Anser albifrons, 8 
of Magellan, 119 
Alexia myosotis, 199 
‘ Amateur Poacher, the’ (review), 493 
», bernicla, 9 
» Hutchins, id. 
»» hyperboreus, id. 
