CONTENTS. 



XI 



Botaurus lentiginosus, 177 



Brama Raii, 181 



Brambliiig, 97 



Bream, Ray's, in Cornwall, 75 ; at 

 Penzance, 432 



Breeding of Redshank in N. York- 

 shire, 72 ; of the Ruff in Lancashire, 

 466 ; of Fratercula arctica on the 

 Burlings, 470 ; of Hawfinch in 

 North Yorkshire, 487 



British Museiim, British animals at, 

 188 



Bubo ignavus, 25 



Bucciuium undatum, abnormal shell 

 of (with figure), 490 



Bucco asiaticus, 256 ; armillaris, 256 

 caniceps, 252 ; chrysopogon, 255 

 flavifrons, 259 ; franklinii, 257 

 grandis, 251 ; indicus, 257 ; linea- 

 tus, 252 ; malabaricus, 258 ; philip- 

 pensis, 244 ; quadricolor, 256 ; ru- 

 bricapillus, 258 ; trimaculatus, 259 ; 

 versicolor, 255 ; viridis, 255 



Bucconidae, 249 



Building sites of House Martin, 470 



Bullfinch, 98 



Bullhead, Armed, 181 



Bunting, Common, 98 ; Cirl, 48, 175 ; 

 Lapp, probable occurrence of near 

 Grimsby, 484; Ortolan, 176; Reed, 

 98 ; Rustic, 176 ; Snow, 14, 98, 486, 

 in Somersetshire, 73, 115, 149, in 

 North Devon, 231 



Bustard, Great, 179 ; Little, in Co. 

 Cork, 69 



Buteo vulgaris, 26, 44 



Buzzard, Common, 26, 44 ; in 

 Nottinghamshire, 73 ; Honey, 4 ; 

 Roughlegged, 4 ; in Shetland, 113 



Buzzards, 3 



Caccabis petrosa, 178 ; rufa, 178 

 Calorhamphus lathami, 260 

 Canary and Serin Finch, hybrid, 74, 



144 

 Cancer pagurus, abnormal growth 



in, 349 

 Capitonidae, 247 

 Caprimulgus europteus, 99 

 Carduelis elegans, 48, 97 

 Carnivorous plant preying on Verte- 



brata, 224 

 Cat, Wild, in Lincolnshire, 880 

 Certhia discolor, 211 ; famiharis, 23, 



46, 95 ; himalayana, 210 ; nipa- 



lensis, 211 

 Certhiidse, 202 

 Certhinse, 209 



Chaffinch, 48, 97 



Charadrius pluvialis, 104 



Chaulelasmiis streperus, 177 



Chelidon urbica, 24, 49, 97 



Chiffchaff, 94 



Chrysomitris citrinella, 24 ; spinus, 



97 

 Ciconia alba, 44 

 Cinclus albicollis, 21 ; aquatieus, 47, 



93 ; melanogaster, 174 

 Cii'cus cyaneus, 100 

 Circaetus gallicus, 26 

 Clangula glaucion, 102 

 Coal-fish, 19 



Coccothraustes vulgaris, 24, 97 

 Cock, Domestic, on the origin of 



the, 327 

 Cod, 18 

 Collocalia fucifaga, 321 ; nidifica, 



321 

 Columba aenas, 102, 178 ; livia, 178 ; 



palumbus, 102 

 Colymbus arcticTis, 15 ; glacialis, 15 ; 



septentrionalis, 18 

 Coot, 49 



Coracias garrulus, 17ti 

 Cormorant, 176 ; an albino, 342 

 Corvus corax, 25, 99 ; comix, 99 ; 



corone, 45, 99 ; frugilegus, 45, 99 ; 



monedula, 99 

 Cotile riparia, 49, 97 ; rupestris, 24 

 Coturnix communis, 26, 103 

 Crab, Dwarf Swimming, at Pen- 

 zance, 75 

 Crabs, Floating, at Penzance, 116 

 Crake, BaiUon's, 179 ; Corn, 103 

 Cramp-ray, 181 

 Crane, recent occurrence of in Co. 



Mayo, 72 

 Cranes, reported occurrence of near 



Clitheroe, 470 

 Crayfish, large, 274 ; Ray swallowing 



a, 472 

 Creeper, Tree, 46, 95 

 Crex pratensis, 103 

 Crossbill, 98 

 Crow, Carrion, 45, 99 ; white, 385 ; 



Hooded, 99, at Malta, 486, wading, 



343 

 Crustacea on the South Coast of 



Devon, 151 

 Ctenolabrus rupestris. 182 

 Cuckoo, 100 

 Cuculus canorus, 100 

 Curlew, 105, 179 ; Stone, food of, 68, 



113 

 Cyanecula Wolfi, 22 

 Cyclopterus lumpus at Penzance, 234 



