CONTENTS. 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 
Batrour, T. GRAHAM 
Whimbrel in Wiltshire, 5166 
Batkwitu, F. H. 
On human and brute intelligence, 
5093 
Barker, Ernest E. 
Short sunfish, 5087 
Barrineton, Ricnarp M., LL.D. 
Siskin breeding in Wicklow, 4957; 
Golden eagles trained to capture 
wolves and foxes, 5162 
BELL, Tuomas, F.R.S. 
Late swallows and martins, 4841 
BEnson, CHARLES W. 
Ornithological notes from Dublin, 
4919; Sparrowhawk and missel 
thrush, 5000; Blackcap in Ire- 
land, 5119 
BircHALu, E. Howarp 
Parasitic sea-anemones, 5128; La 
Girelle at the Crystal Palace 
Aquarium, 5158 
BoweErzank, J. S., LL.D., F.B.S. 
Edible turtle off the Sussex coast, 
4805; Wolf-fish at Hastings, 
4886 
Boyes, FREDERICK 
Nesting of the hawfinch at Bever- 
ley, 4763; Great gray shrike in 
Hast Yorkshire, 4832; Stock dove, 
4842, 4877; Is the common water- 
hen migratory or not? 4845; A 
few rough notes for the close of 
the year 1875, 4861; Scandi- 
navian variety (?) of the dipper at 
Beverley, 4871; Great tits eating 
bees, 4873 ; Starlings and elder- 
berries, 4877; Stone curlew, 4882; 
Common buzzard in East York- 
shire, 4920; The time of day at 
which birds lay their eggs, 5115; 
Sea birds at Bridlington, 5116; 
Hooded crow nesting in East 
Yorkshire, 5121; Migration of 
swifts, 5123; Gregarious habit of 
the longeared owl, 5163; Does 
the common starling rear two 
broods in one season ? 5164; 
Woodeock migrating in July, 
5166; Green sandpipers near 
Beverley, Rust-colour on the 
breast of teal, 5168; Summer 
plumage of the little grebe, 
5169 
Breg, C. R., M.D., F.L.S. 
Waxwings without wax, 4762, 48038 ; 
Tropic bird, 4803 
Brown, Joun A. Harvir 
Wild cat, 4825; Buzzards, 4829 ; 
Varieties of the teal, 5085 ; 
*“ Kittiwake in winter,” 5086 ; 
Wild cats—period of gestation, 
5114; On the causes of variation 
im species, 5161 
Bruce, Joun 
Lesser forkbeard at Kirkwall, 5049 
BurttTerFiE.p, E. P. P, 
Pied flycatcher breeding in Wharf- 
dale, 5001; Mottled blackbirds, 
5002; Notes on nesting, 5040; 
Spotted flycatcher returning an- 
nually to the same nest, 5116; 
Late fieldfares, 5164 
CAPPER, SAMUEL JAMES 
White spotted woodpecker, 4797 
CaRRINGTON, Joun T. 
Aquarium notes, 5032; Murena 
helena, Linn. (the Murry of Yar- 
rell, the Mureena of Couch), 5053; 
Fish culture for the Thames, 
5110; Capros aper, 5128 
CHARBONNIER, H. J. 
Greenland falcon in Scotland, 4954 
Curisty, Epwarp H. 
Bat flying in the sunshine, 4953; 
Robin nesting in a room, 5164 
Curisty, Rosert M. 
Blackbird adopting a young spar- 
row, 5164 
CiarK-Kennepy, Capt. A., F.R.G.S. 
Unusual quantity of buzzards in 
Scotland, 4795 
