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fish at Plymouth, 4767; Ornitho- 
logical notes from Devonshire 
and Cornwall, 4788, 4823, 4901, 
4991, 5028, 5109; Silvery hair- 
tail on the coast of Devon, 4806 ; 
Another silvery hairtail near Ply- 
mouth, 4887; Snowy owl on 
Dartmoor, 4921; Reproduction 
in a bird’s beak, 4924; Harly 
occurrence of the gray phalarope 
in Devon, 5083; Great snipe in 
Devon, 5126; Greater shear- 
water in Devon, 5127; Ornitho- 
logical notes from Cornwall, 
Devon and Somersetshire, 5145; 
Chough, curlew sandpiper and 
little stint at Portrush, 5165; 
Swordfish in the River Parrett, 
5169; The lesser gray shrike in 
Devonshire, 5178 
GRIPPER, J. EH. 
Rare birds and otter near York, 
. 4919 
Gunn, T. E. 
Notes on the occurrence of rare 
birds in Norfolk and Suffolk, 
4785; Jackdaws with pied heads, 
4837; Plumage of the great spot- 
ted woodpecker, 4838 
Gurney, J. H., F.Z.8. 
Curious capture of a scoter duck, 
4764; Toads in a tree, 4805; 
African birds, 4869; Snowy owl 
nesting in confinement, 5041; 
Black water rat, 5177 
Gurney, J. H., jun., F.Z.S. 
The coal titmouse of the Continent, 
The blackeap’s head in winter, 
4761; Macqueen’s bustard—cau- 
tion, 4763; Black stork at Lydd, 
in Kent, 4764; Avocet and pec- 
toral sandpiper in Durham, 
Ducks and partridges laying in 
the same nest, 4765; Information 
wanted about the Worcestershire 
tropic-bird, Black tern in Dur- 
ham, 4766; On Adams’ diver in 
England, 4767; ‘A Catalogue of 
the Birds of Northumberland and 
Durham,’ by John Hancock, 
4793; Addendum to a note on 
rare sea birds, 4794; Peregrine 
in the city of Norwich, Claws of 
the hawk owl, Blackbird, 4795 ; 
The stain on the blackheaded 
warbler, Crossbills alighting on 
ships, Starlings and rooks often 
peck with their beaks open, 4796; 
Jackdaws with pied heads, Mag- 
pies in Norfolk, 4797; English 
and Egyptian pigeons, Mal- 
formed pheasant, On fowl and 
pheasant hybrids, 4799; Mac- 
queen’s bustard and Juggur fal- 
con, 4800; The eye of the little 
ringed plover, Stone curlew, 4801; 
Dunlins inland, The edible quali- 
ties of the shoveller duck, 4802 ; 
Wigeon, King duckin Leadenhall 
Market, 4803; Second instance 
of the audacity of the skua, 4804; 
Notes on the roughlegged buz- 
zard, 4829; The melanism of 
Montagu’s harrier, Gregarious 
habit of the longeared owl, 4831, 
5163; The claim of the white-col- 
lared flycatcher to a place in the 
British list, 4832; On the redwing 
nesting in England, Curious situa- 
tion for a robin’s nest, 4833; The 
Calandra lark a British bird, 4835 ; 
Toucans in England in the seven- 
teenth century, 4838; The nut- 
hatch, The roller, 4840; The barn 
swallow of America, 4841; Notes 
on cranes, 4843; Glossy ibis, 
Woodcock’s mode of carrying its 
young, 4844; The original and 
correct spelling of shielduck, 
4846; Hooded merganser, Re- 
tention of summer plumage by 
grebes, Waterford great auk, 
4847; Birds pied about the head, 
Monstrosities, 4869; Sparrow- 
hawk and woodcock, 4870; Barn 
owl and rat, Barn owl and shrew, 
4871; Blackcap’s head in winter, 
4873; Grayheaded wagtails, Note 
on the plumage of the yellow- 
hammer, 4874; Greenfinch, 4875 ; 
Woodpeckers, 4879; Sabine’s gull 
at Bridlington Quay, Yellow- 
nosed albatross in Derbyshire, 
4883; Curious hare, 4918; Com- 
mon buzzard at Scarborough, 
4920;  Roughlegged buzzard, 
Plumage of the roughlegged buz- 
zard, 4921; The blackbreasted 
dipper, Habits of the blackbird, 
Goldencrested wren, 4923; Star- 
lings pecking with beak open, 
4925; American bittern in Dum- 
friesshire, The Labrador duck, 
4929; Lesser whitefronted goose, 
4930; Fulmar petrel of Martin, 
4931; Leadenhall Market in 
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