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CONTENTS. xi 
British Museum, the Hume Collec- 
tion in the, 343 
Bullfineh, 465 
Bunting, Cirl, 466; Corn, 466; Reed, 
466; Snow, 190, 466; Yellow, 466 
Bustard, Little, in Cornwall, 232 
Buzzards, Common and Honey, in 
Lancashire and Staffordshire, 230 
Calocaris macandrex, 16 
Canary, 422 
Canide, 163 
Canis lupus, 163; vulpes, 163 
Capreolus capriea, 251 
Carduelis elegans, 462 
Carnivora, fossil, 168 
Carychude, 249 
Cat, Wild, 163 
Cephalopoda, 383 
Certhia familiaris, 462 
Certhiide, 462 
Cervide, 250 
Cervus elephus, 250 
Cetacea, 252 
Chaftinch, 464; variety of, 184 
Charadrius bicinctus, 422; hiaticula, 
breeding of, 347 
Chelidon urbica, 461 
Chiffchaff, 416; in Ireland in winter, 
29 
Chiroptera, 215 
Chrysomitris spinus, 462 
Cinclus aquaticus, 418 
Circus assimilis, 421 
Claremont Islands, a visit to the, 453 
Cocczothraustes vulgaris, 463 
Cod, Common, food of the, 34, 71, 114 
Collections at Jersey, 34 
Columba palumbus, 28 
Comeragh Mountains, two days in 
the, 88 
“Common Bunting,” 466 
Conchifera, 92 
Coot, 56 
Cormorant, Little, 458 
Corvus corax, 28 
Cotile riparia, 462 
Courser, Cream-coloured, in Corn- 
wall, 113 
Crake, Little, 55 
Crangon vulgaris, 467 
Creeper, Tree, 462 
-Crossbill, 466; Parrot, 466 
Crossbills in Co. Cork, 381 
Crow, Carrion, varieties of, 349; 
Hooded, breeding habits of, 30, at 
Blakeney, 173 
Crows, Carrion, unusual congrega- 
tion of, 183 
Crustacea, British Stalk-eyed, notes 
and observations on, 14, 100, 258, 
467; loss of limbs in, 191 
Cuckoo flying at night, 25 
Cuckoos’ eggs, 146 
Curlew, Australian, 457 
Dama vulgaris, 250 
Darwin Memorial Statue, 256 
Daulias luscinia, 338 
Death, singular, of two Magpies, 28 
Decoys, wildfowl, 30 
Deer, Fallow, 250; Red, 250; striking 
with their fore feet, 430, 477 
Demigretta Greyi, 457; jugularis, 457 
Dentex vulgaris in Mount’s Bay, 812 
Dipper, 418; nesting of, 25 
Dippers’ nests, sites of, 110 
Diver, Red-throated, breeding in Ire- 
land, 348; note on the, 481 
Dog of Sacred History, 1; origin of 
the American varieties, 367 
Domestication of the Partridge, 29 
Dormouse, range of in England and 
Wales, 201; Common, 219; in 
Cumberland, 257; in Northamp- 
tonshire, 257; in Wales, 258; in 
Hampshire, 304; attempted accli- 
matisation in Ireland, 479 
Dotterel, 422 
Dove, Rock, on the Yorkshire coast, 
26; Stock, and tame Pigeon, hybidr 
between, 150; Stock, appropriating 
a Song Thrush’s nest, 264 
Dragonflies, larvee of, destruction of 
young fish by, 151 
Dreissenidx, 472 
Duck, Wild, variety of, 30 
Eagle, Golden, in Co. Leitrim, 233 
Eagles, Spotted, the species of 
British-killed, determined, 230 
Ebalia cranchii at Penzance, 115 
Edible birds’ nests, 147, 296 
Eels, migration of, 266 
Egg collectors, suggestions for, 188 
Eggs, Cuckoo’s, 146; of Picus major, 
Squirrels destroying, 229; of 
Tringa canutus, discovery of, 344, 
387 
Elephant, ancient, 248 
Elephantide, 248 
Elephas antiquus, 248; primigenius, 
Emberiza cirlus, 466; citrinella, 466; 
hortulana, 466; miliaria, 466; 
scheeniclus, 466 
Hrinaceus europzus, 214 
Erithacus rubecula, 337 
Experiments on living animals, 256 
