CONTENTS. xv 
Redshanks nesting in Notts, 482 
Redstart, 337; Black, in Oxfordshire, 
81, in Norfolk, 173; and Great 
Titmouse using the same nest, 350 
Redwing, 334; nesting in Yorkshire, 
435 
* Reed Sparrow,” 466 
** Reedling,”’ 419 
Regulus cristatus, 416; ignicapillus, 
416 
Reindeer, 251 
Rhinoceros, Extinct Hairy, 249 
Rhinoceros tichorhinus, 249 
Rhinocerotide, 249 
Rhipidura fuliginosa, 422 
Rodentia, 217 
Roe, 251 
Roller, 173; near Norwich, 480 
Rooks, albino, 259 
Rorqual, Common, stranded in the 
Severn, 107 
Rossia macrosoma in Argyleshire, 72 
Ruff, 54 
Ruticilla pheenicurus, 337 
Rye, Mr. E. C., death of, 106 
Salmon in the Hampshire Avon, 70 
Salmonide, hybridization of the, 438 
Sandpiper, Bartram’s, in Cornwall, 
232; Green, late stay of in autumn, 
189; Grey-backed, 457; Purple, 
in Nottinghamshire, 480; Solitary, 
in Cornwall, 113; Wood, in the 
county of Wicklow, 438, on Hack- 
ney Marsh, 482 
Saxicola cenanthe, 336 
Science versus Nomenclature, 486 
Sciurus vulgaris, 219 
Seal and Whale fishery of 1884, notes 
on, 81 
Seal, Grey, captured near Colchester, 
108 
Jf lineata a thread-spinner, 
267 
Shark, Basking, 235, in Mount’s Bay, 
851, food of 352; Fox, at Rye, 352; 
Spinous, in Galway Bay, 311 
Sharks, Basking, on the coast of 
Cornwall, 266; Fox, on the coast 
of Devon, 352 
Shearwater, Great, 
coast, 310 
Shrew, Common, 214; Water, 214 
Shrike, Great Grey, 459; Red-backed, 
460 
Shrikes, Grey, in Oxfordshire, 184 
Siskin in Co. Sligo in summer, 345; 
in Leicestershire, 462 
Sitta czsia, 420 
on the Skye 
Sittide, 420 
Skua, Buffon’s, in June, 259 
SocieTIEs, SCIENTIFIC :— 
Entomological, 38, 74, 118, 193, 
354 
Haggerston Entomological, 430 
Linnean, 35, 72, 115, 151, 487 
Royal, 269 
Zoological, 36, 73, 117, 153, 192, 
238, 269, 488 
Snipe, Common, variety of, 259; 
humming” of the, 306 
Solenoconchia, 97 
Sorex fodiens, 214; vulgaris, 214 
Sparrow, House, 463, with rufous 
breast, 111, feeding on Ants, 259, 
attacking a Willow Wren, 263; 
Tree, in South Devon, 32, nesting 
near Cromer, 67, in Leicestershire, 
464 
Sparrowhawk, 51 
Sparrows and the crops, 307 
Sparrow’s nest, curious site for, 233 
Spheeriide, 470 
Spoonbill on the Devonshire Avon, 
29 
Squirrel, Common, 219; habits of 
the, 384, 431, 432, 478; note on 
the, 433 
Squirrels destroying the eggs of 
Picus major, 229 
Starfishes, method of preserving the 
colour of, 237 
Starlings, habits of, 231 
Sterna caspia, 457; cristata, 457; 
nereis, 457 
Stoat, Common, 166 
Suid, 251 
Sus scrofa, 251 
Swallow, 461 
Swallows building in caverns, 310; 
and House Martins, gathering of, 
388 
Swan, Polish, 57 
Swans’ nests, 263 
Sylvia atricapilla, 415; cinerea, 414; 
ecurruca, 415; hortensis, 415 
Synotus barbastellus, 215 
‘ Tailor,” 462 
Talpa europa, 214 
Teal, Blue-winged, reported occur- 
rence near Redear, 113 
Tern, Black, 57; Caspian, 457; Little, 
457; Torres Straits, 457 
| Terns, Whiskered and Roseate, un- 
recorded occurrence of, 481 
Thinornis nove-zealandize, 422 
| “Thistle Finch,” 462 
