X1V CONTENTS. 
Phalarope, Grey, in Sussex, 67; food 
of, 412 
a Red-necked, food of, 412 
Pheasant, food of, 824 
Phylloscopus borealis, 369 
Pigeon, Cape, 377 
Pilchards on-the Cornish coast, 3887 
Pipit, Meadow, food of, 318 
Pipit, Richard’s, food of, 318 
», Rock, food of, 318 
», Tree, food of, 318; ejecting 
Cuckoo’s egg from its nest, 336; 
abnormal eggs of, 384. 
Pisa Gibbsii, 360; specimens with 
sponges attached (with figs.), 361 
;, tetraodon, 358 
Plover, Eastern Golden, 575 
s», Golden, food of, 325; in 
Greenland, 374 
» Kentish, food of, 325 
» Little Ringed, food of, 325; 
in California, 575 
» Norfolk, food of, 325 
» Ringed, food of, 325 
Plumularia faleata, 364 
Pochard, Red-crested, 143, 374 
Podiceps auritus, 378 
Polecat, 131 
Porzana maruetta, 374 
Poultry, Squirrel descending to feed 
with, 382 
Pratincole, food of, 411 
Ptarmigan, alleged former existence 
of, in Cumberland and Wales, 44 
Puffinus anglorum, 3877 
- Kuhli, 377 
Pulmonobranchiata, 182 
Quadrupeds, British, extinet, 273 
Quail, food of, 825; in America, 374 
», European, acclimatisation of 
in North America, 423 
Querquedula crecca, 372 
Rats, Water, carrying their young, 
257 
Raven, food of, 321 
Ravens breeding in captivity, 421 
Ray, Cuckoo, 68 
» Sting, 386 
Redbreast, food of, 316 
Red-deer formerly in Co. Donegal, 
382 4 
Redshank, food of, 411 
i Spotted, food of, 411; in 
Cornwall, 423 
Redstart, food of, 316 
6 Black, food of, 316 
Redwing, food of, 315; in Greenland, 
369; in Breconshire, 408; nesting 
in Perthshire, 472 
Remora off the Cornish coast, 338 
Reviews (see Books, Notices of New) 
Rhombus punctatus, 385 
Roller, food of, 323 
Rolleston, Prof., M.D., F.R.S., the 
late, 343 
Rook, 321; at Washington, 371 
Ruff, 376; and Reeve, food of, 411 
Salmon at sea, 213 
Sanderling, food of, 410 
Sandpiper, Buff-breasted, food of, 412 
- Curlew, 375; food of, 412 
% Green, 876; food of, 411 
Be Pectoral, food of, 412 
Purple, food of, 412 
.s Wood, food of, 411 
Scaup, food of, 412 
Scolopax rusticola, 875, 411 
Scoter, Common, food of, 412 
» Surf, in Orkney, 59 
» Velvet, 874 
Seals, are they born blind? 382 
Serinus meridionalis, 370 
Sertularia argentea, 364 
Shark, Basking, in Torquay Har- 
bour, 337 
3 Porbeagle, off Plymouth, 425 
,» Thresher, on the Cornish 
coast, 386 
Shearwater, Grey, 377 
a Manx, 377 
hs Sooty, obtained in Ire- 
land, 334; supposed occurrence off 
Cork Harbour, 420 
Shells, land and fresh-water, of the 
neighbourhood of York, 175, 242 
Shoveller in Oxfordshire, 67 
Shrew, Water, piscivorous habits of 
the, 207 
Shrike, Great, 408 
» Great Grey, in Yorkshire, 27; 
near Ringwood, 107; late appear- 
ance of in Perthshire, 213; food 
of, 315; early appearance of, 494 
»» Woodchat, song of, 492 
ss  Red-backed, food of, 315; in 
Breconshire, 408 
Siskin in Cornwall, 67; food of, 319 
Skua, Buffon’s, food of, 413 ; in Dum- 
friesshire, 469 
Slugs, birds eating, 383 
Snipe, Common, buff variety of, 67 ; 
“Humming” of the, 121, 212; in 
Greenland, 3875; food of, 412 
