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Thrush, song, 4747, 4817, 5002 
nest of, 4773 
missel, 4858; and blackbird, 
4986; and sparrowhawk, 5000 
Thrushes, in Norfolk, 4898 
————. missel, 4817 
Thrush’s nest, pied wagtail building 
in, 5120 
Tichodroma muraria, 4839 
Tit, blue, 4749; nesting in a hole 
used by a kingfisher, 5080 
Titmice, quarrels of, 4873 
Titmouse, blue, variety of, 4873 
coal, of the Continent, 4761 
Tits, great, eating bees, 4873 
blue, nesting in human skulls, 
5116 
Toads in a tree, 4805 
Torpedo on the Ivish coast, 4805; 
near Penzance, 4961 
Toucans in England in the seven- 
teenth century, 4838 
Trachinus vipera, 4753 
‘Transactions of the Norfolk and Nor- 
wich Naturalists’ Society,’ 4974 
Tropic-bird, the Worcestershire, 4766, 
4803, 5048, 5086 
Trout, sea, 4754 
Turbot, id. 
Turnstone, 4908 
Turtle, edible, off Sussex coast, 4805 
Variation in species, causes of, 5161 
Varieties of the teal, 5047, 5085 
; late 
Variety of blackbird, 4787, 4923, 5002; 
of swallow, 4787; of dipper, Scan- 
dinavian (?), 4871; of blue titmouse, 
4873; of starling, 4877, 5004, 5120; 
of fieldfare, 4893; of peewit, 4928; 
of sea eagle, 5000; of martin, 5165; 
of water rat, 5177 
Vulture, Egyptian, the Somersetshire, 
5000 
Waders, migratory, 4773 
Wagtail, gray, 4748, 4989 
grayheaded, 4834, 4874 
pied, nidification of, 5003; 
building in a thrush’s nest, 5120 
Wagtails, 4793, 4985; migratory flock 
of, 4834 
Wallace, A. R., ‘The Geographical 
Distribution of Animals,’ 4972 
Walrus, 4731 
Warbler, blackcap, near Penzance in 
December, 4795 
blackheaded, the stain on, 
4796 
bluethroated, 4956 
Dartford, 4796 
reed, 5061 
CONTENTS. 
Warbler, rufous, in Devon, 5179 
Warblers, 4747; note on, 5117; nest- 
ling, on the colours of the fauces of, 
id.; aquatic and sedge, distin. 
euishing characters of, 5118 
Waterhen, 4746, 4773, 4894; common, 
is it migratory or not ? 4845 ; mi- 
gratory, 4882 
Waxwings without wax, 4762, 4874 
Weever, lesser, 4753 
Westminster Aquarium, 4805 
Wheatear, 4902, 4903, 4983 
Whimbrel, 4984; in Wiltshire, 5166 
Whitethroat, nest of, at an unusual 
elevation, 5119 
Wigeon, 4803 
Wild-fowl, snipe, &c., 4776; in the 
game shops, 4863 
Wolf, 4745 
Wolf-fish at Hastings, 4886 
Wolf-like dog, 4745 
Wolves and foxes, eagles trained to 
capture, 5162 
Woodcock migrating in July, 5083, 
5166; in Norfolk, 5106 
Woodcock and sparrowhawk, 4818, 
4870 
Woodcock’s mode of carrying its 
young, 4844 
Woodcocks, 4776, 4815, 4816, 4908, 
4986 
| Woodpecker, great spotted, plumage 
of, 4838 ; in Eden Dene, 4860 
————_ green, at the Land’s 
End, 4796; at Northrepps, 4896 
—————_ lesser spotted, 4824 
————— white spotted, 4797 
Woodpeckers, 4838, 4879 
Wren, common, nest of, 4773 
goldencrested, 4778, 4923 
— willow, 4816, 4984 
wood, in Sutherland, 5122; in 
Perthshire, Ross-shire and Caith- 
ness, 5164 
Wryneck, a productive, 5081 
Yarrell, William, V.-P.L.S., F.Z.S. 
(the late), ‘A History of British 
Birds,’ 4969 
Yellowhammer, plumage of, 4874; in, 
large flocks, 4899 
Zoo, Royal visit to the, 4962 
Zoological Society of London, pro- 
ceedings of, 4768, 4807, 4848, 4931, 
4963, 5008, 5049; substance of the 
Report of the Council of, read at the 
Annual General Meeting, 4949; 
Report of the Indian animals de- 
posited in the Gardens of, by 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 4962 
