CONTENTS. 



XV 



Partridge, 102 ; Barbary, 178 ; Red- 

 legged, 178 



Partridges, white, 342 



Parus ater, 22, 46 ; britannicus, 

 95 ; cseruleus, 22, 46, 95 ; major, 

 22, 95 



Passer domesticus, 48, 97 ; mon- 

 tanus, 48, 97 



Pastor, Rose-coloured, in Suther- 

 laiidsliire, 339 



Perdix cinerea, 26, 102 



Petrel, Fuhnar, in Somersetshire, 

 145 ; Leach's, in Somersetshire, 

 145, in Yorkshire, 180, in Brecon- 

 shire, 486 



Phalacrocoras carbo, 176 



Phalarope, Grey, in Yorkshire, 31, 

 at Malta, 486 ; Red-necked, 16 



Plialaropus fulicarius, 16 



Phasiaous colchicus, 102 



Pheasant, 102 



Pheasants, hybrid, 70 



Phylloscopus collybita, 22, 94 ; sibila- 

 trix, 94 ; trochilus, 94 



Pica rustica, 25, 99 



Picus caudata, 45 ; major, 99 ; minor, 

 176 



Pigeon, Wood, cooing at night, 231 ; 

 white, and other varieties, 487 



Pintail, 177 



Pipe-fish, aequorial, 183 ; Greater, in 

 Mount's Bay, 116 



Pipit, Meadow, 95 ; Red-throated, 

 at Brighton, 192, in Kent, 272; 

 Tree, 96 



Plant, carnivorous, preying on Ver- 

 tebrata, 224 



Plectrophanes nivalis, 14, 98 



Plover, Golden, 104, with white pri- 

 maries, 346 ; Grey, 104 ; Ringed, 

 16, 232 



Plumage of ihe young Kestrel, 70 



Podiceps fluviatilis, 106 ; griseigena, 

 105 



Pogge, 181 



Polecat in Devonshire, 189 ; in Lei- 

 cestershire, 271 



Porbeagle, 180 



Porpoise in the Thames, 466 



Porzana Bailloni, 179 ; maruetta, 27 



Pratincola rubetra, 93 ; rubicola, 93 



Pratincole, 104 



Procellaria Leachii, 486 ; leucor- 

 rhoa, 180 



Puffinus anglorum, 105 ; griseus, 180 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus, 25 ; graculus, 24 



Pyrrhula europsea, 24, 98 



Quail, 103 



Querquedula eircia, 177 ; crecca, 26, 

 101, 177 



Rabbits and Hares, destruction of 

 trees by, 64 



Rail, Water, 103 ; near Penzance, 429 



Raja circularis, 181 ; maculata, 181 



Rana esculenta, 221, 265 ; fortis, 221 



Rallus aquaticus, 103 



Rat, Black, in Devon, 64 



Raven, 45, 99 



Ray, Homelyn, 181; Sandy, 181 



Ray swallowing a Crayfish, 472 



Redbreast, 47, 93 



Red-deer of Exmoor, 81 ; Sir Edwin 

 Landseer's, 222 



Red-fish, 19 



Redpoll, Lesser, 97, breeding in 

 Northamptonshire, 144 ; Mealy, 

 97, 175, 231 



Redshank, 105, 179, breeding in 

 North Yorkshire, 72 ; Spotted, in 

 the Moy Estuary, 143, in York- 

 shire, 179 



Redstart, Black, 47, 93; in Co. Water- 

 ford, 30, in Northamptonshire, 31, 

 nesting in Bavaria, 480 ; in Brecon- 

 shire, 485 ; Common, 47 



Redstart's nest, curious site for, 339 



Redwing, 92 ; scarcity of during the 

 past winter, 228, 339 



Regalecus Banksii, 182 ; Grillii, 182 



Regulus cristatus, 22, 94 ; igni- 

 capillus, 22 



Rhinolophus hipposideros, 178 



Rock-creeper, 208 



Roe, some abnormal antlers of the 

 (with illustrations), 353 



Roller, 176 



Rook, 45, 99 



Rorqual, Common, 456, 461, 464 ; 

 Lessor, 462 ; Rudolphi's, on the 

 coast of Essex, 27, at Goole, 483, 

 colour of, 465 : Sibbald's, 461, 465 



Ruff in Co. Sligo, 429 ; breeding in 

 Lancashire, 46G, 490 



Ruffs and Reeves in Lincolnshire, 

 466 



Ruticilla phoenicurus, 47, 93 ; tithys, 

 21, 47, 174, 485 



Salmo fario, 183 ; salar, 18 

 Salmon, 18 



Salpornis spilonotus, 209 

 Sand-smelt, 182 



Sandpiper, Common, unusual variety 

 of, 72, in winter, 73, 115 ; Curlew, 



