CONTENTS. 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 
APLIN, OLIVER V. 
Wryneck nesting in a Sand Mar- 
tin’s burrow, 27; Variety of the 
Wild Duck, 30; Unusual con- 
gregation of Carrion Crows, 183; 
Grey Shrikes in Oxfordshire, 184; 
Late stay in autumn of the Green 
Sandpiper, 189; A shoal of Por- 
poises in the Thames, 192; Period 
of activity in the Noctule and 
Pipistrelle, 344; Ornithological 
notes from Oxfordshire, 348; 
Variety of the Magpie, 349; Late 
stay in spring of the Shore Lark, 
350: Habits of the Squirrel, 478 
Astiey, Husert D., F.Z.8. 
Virginian Nightingales nesting at 
liberty in England, 261; Pied 
Flycatcher and other birds at 
Bolton, 304 
Atxtnson, Rey. J. C., M.A. 
Ring Ouzel feeding on cherries, 
387; Habits of the Squirrel, 431 
Attys, R. J., F.E.S. 
. Ravens in Cumberland, 109 
Barser, H. 
Early nesting of the Long-eared 
Owl, 112 
Barrineton, R. M., LL.B., F.L.S. 
Breeding-places of the Gannet, 32; 
Note on the Snow Bunting, 190; 
Attempted acclimatisation of the 
Dormouse in Ireland, 479 
Brcuer, Capt. E. F., R.A. 
Sparrow feeding on Ants, 259; 
Variety of the Common Snipe, 
259 
BrEcuHeEr, Rey. W. 
Curious death of a Partridge, 347; 
Food of the Hobby, 434 
Be 1, Prof. F. Jerrery, M.A., F.Z.S. 
_ Recent advances in Zoology; with 
especial reference to the origin 
of the Vertebrata, 281 
ZOOLOGIST.—DEC. 1885. 
Beit, ANTHONY 
Uncommon varieties of Arion and 
Limax, 389 
Benson, Rev. CHartes W., LL.D. 
Redstart nesting in the Co. Wick- 
low, 260 
Bou encer, G. A., F.Z.S. 
Occurrence of the Palmated Newt 
in Oxfordshire, 266; Remarks 
on the Common Viper, Vipera 
berus, and on its subspecies, 
V. sevanei, 373 
Brees, C. R., M.D. 
Habits of Starlings, 231 
BrockuHours, W. FirzHERBERT 
Hairy variety of the Moorhen, 31; 
Common and Honey Buzzards 
in Lancashire and Staffordshire, 
230 
Browne, Montaau, F.Z.S. 
Hybrid Black Grouse and Pheasant, 
26; Notes on the vertebrate 
animals of Leicestershire, 161, 
214, 248, 332, 414, 459 
CAMPBELL, J. M. 
Night Heron in Scotland, 69; Ros- 
sia macrosoma in Argyleshire, 72 
CANDLER, C. 
A new heronry in Suffolk, 189 
CARPENTER, Dr. ALFRED 
Flying Fish, 265 
CARTER, THOMAS 
Nesting of the Dipper, 25; Lesser 
Black-backed Gull on the York- 
shire coast, 67; Breeding of the 
Lesser Black-backed Gull on the 
Yorkshire coast, 346 
CHAPMAN, ALFRED CRAWHALL 
Seasonal changes of plumage in 
birds, 220 
Curisty, Ropert MILLER 
Interbreeding of the Thrush and 
Blackbird, 69; Notes on the 
birds of Manitoba, 121 
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