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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Alston, Edward R. 



The walrus at the Zoological Gardens, 

 1072; Notes on the folk-lore of 

 Zoology, 1091,1171; The cuckoo, 

 1255 ; Wayside Notes in France and 

 Germany, 1311 

 Angus, W. Craibe 



Common bittern in Aberdeenshire, 1 134 

 Ashmead, G. B. 



Little gull in the Thames, 1462 

 Baldamus, E. 



Fresh contribution to the history of 

 the propagation of the European 

 cuckoo, 1 146 

 Barclay, Eliza 



Do cats kill squirrels? 1129 

 Bell, Alwin S. 



Wild-fowl of Jamaica, 1483 

 Bell, T., F.R.S. 



Scarcity of Hirundines, Three species 

 of Columbidae breeding at Selborne, 

 1378; A regular visitor, 1380; "Two 

 serpents and a cat," 1381 

 Binnie, F. G. 



Scarcity of the corn crake, 1459 

 Bisshopp, Edward F. 



Colias Edusa, var. Helice, near Ips- 

 wich, 1384 

 Bladon, James 



Albino shrew, Albino inole, 1096 

 Blake-Knox, Harry, J. P. 



Letters on Ornithology, 1075 ; Sabine's 

 gull in Dublin Bay, Sabine's gull in 

 the County Down, 1099; The cross- 

 bill breeding successfully iD County 

 Kildare, 1133; Thickkneed plover in 

 the County of Dublin, 1 134 ; Effects 

 of frost and snow upon the common 

 birds of the County Dublin during 

 the month of January, 1867, 1187; 

 Whitewinged crossbill in the County 

 Dublin, 1376; Crossbill in Ireland 

 in 1868, 1377; Bitterns in Ireland, 

 1378; Position of the divers (Co- 

 lymbi) when on land, 1379; Orni- 

 thological notes from the County 



Dublin for 1867, 1401; Divers on 

 land, 1423; Blackthroated diver off 

 the Dublin Coast, Little auk in 

 Dublin Bay, Leach's petrel in Dub- 

 lin Bay, Eared grebe in County 

 Dublin and County Antrim, 1424; 

 Whinchat in the County Dublin, 

 Nightjar or goatsucker in the County 

 Dublin, Siskin in the County Dub- 

 lin, Spotted crake in the County 

 Dublin, Ring ouzel at Hovvth, 

 County Dublin, 1458 ; Ringed guil- 

 lemot in three instances off the Dub- 

 lin coast, 1461 ; Iceland and glaucous 

 gulls off the Dublin coast, 1463; 

 Honey buzzard at Lurgan, 1478 

 Bond, Frederick, F.L.S. 



Early breeding of the common snipe 

 in Sussex in 1868, 1256 

 Bree, C.R., M.D. 



Egyptian vulture near Colchester, 1456 

 Bbiggs, T. R. Archer 



Something about the cuckoo, 1208 

 Brown, John A. Harvie 



Snowy owl off the Scotch coast, 1058; 

 Storm petrels and other birds in the 

 Firth of Forth, 1060; Gathering of 

 starlings, 1097; Double-yelked hen's 

 eggs, Wide-awake terns, 1098; Birds 

 of Stirlingshire, 1129; A few sug- 

 gestions in connection with a future 

 great work on British Ornithology, 

 1130; Parasites of birds, 1135; Plu- 

 mage of the oystercatcher, 1178; 

 Colour of cuckoo's eggs, 1219; Or- 

 nithological notes for the last six 

 months (December, 1867, to June, 

 1868), including extracts from the 

 journal of a nesting tour in Suther- 

 land, 1305 ; Time of arrival of 

 spotted flycatcher in Stirlingshire, 

 Note and query regarding the black- 

 throated diver, 1320; Great northern 

 diver breeding in Scotland, 1424; 

 Notes from Stirlingshire from July 

 to September, inclusive, 1454; 



