Xv1 
Thrasher at Rye, 352 
“ Thrice-cock,”’ 832 
“ Thristle-cock,’’ 332 
Thrush, Missel, 232, albino, 52, and 
Blackbird, interbreeding of, 69, 
112; Song, Stock Dove appro- 
priating nest of, 264, curious nest 
of, 811, in Leicestershire, 333; 
White’s, in Mayo, 111 
Tit, Bearded, 419; Long-tailed, an 
unobserved habit in, 113 
Titmouse, Blue, 419; British Long- 
tailed, 419; Coal, 419; and Red- 
start using the same nest, 350; 
Marsh, 419 
Ti-waka-waka, 422 
Torpedo marmorata at Mevagissey, 
Bhp) 
Totanus pulverulentus, 457 
Tringa canutus, discovery of the eggs 
of, 844, 387 
Troglodytes parvulus, 420 
Troglodytide, 420 
Tui or Parson-bird, 421 
Turdide, 332 
Turdus iliacus, 884; musicus, 333; 
pilaris, 335; torquatus, 335; visci- 
vorus, 332 
Twite, 465 
Ungulata, 248 
Unionide, 471 
Univalves, 424 
“ Utick,” 337 
Valvatide, 472 
Varietal nomenclature, 485 
Varieties of the Carrion Crow, 349; 
American, of the Dog, origin of, 
367; uncommon, of Limax and 
Arion, 889; of Wood Pigeon and 
Magpie, 437 
Variety of Wild Duck, 30; hairy, of 
Moorhen, 31; singular, of Black 
Grouse, 41; of Barn Owl, 52; of 
Greenfinch, 110; of Chaffinch, 184; 
of Jackdaw, 184; of Goldeneye, 
232; of Common Snipe, 259; of 
Wood Pigeons, 345; of the Bram- 
bling, 346; of the Magpie, 349 
Vertebrata, recent advances in Zool- 
ogy, with especial reference to the 
origin of the, 281 
Vertebrate animals of Leicestershire, 
161, 214, 248, 332, 414, 459 
Vespertilio daubentonii, 252; nat- 
tereri, 216 
Vesperugo noctula, 215 ; pipistrellus, 
215 
CONTENTS. 
Viper, Common, Vipera berus, re- 
marks on, and on its subspecies, 
V. Seoanei, 373 
Visitors, winter, in Northumberland, 
435 
Vole, Bank, albino, in Essex, 433; 
Common Field, 219, variety of, 
258; Field, albino, 229; Red Field, 
219; Water, 218, and Pike, 483 
Wagtail, Grey, 420; Pied, 420; Ray’s, 
421; White, 420 
Wastails, hybrid, 24 
Warbler, Aquatic, 417; Barred, in 
Norfolk, 65; Dartford, 415; Gar- 
den, 415, in the Feroe Islands, 
33; Grasshopper, 418; Icterine, 
in Norfolk, 65; Reed, 417; Sedge, 
418; Willow, 416; Wood, 416 
Waxwing, 55, 460 
Weasel, 166; folk-lore anent the, 
813; and Wren, note on, 23 
Weever, Lesser, habits of, 353 
Whale and Seal fishery of 1884, notes 
on, 81 
Wheatear, 336; Desert, in Yorkshire, 
479 
Whimbrel, Australian, 457 
Whinchat, 337 
Whitethroat, 414; Lesser, 415 
Wildfowl, American, estimated speed 
of, 191 
Wildfowl decoys, 30; hybrid, 350 
Wolf, 163 
Wolves in Ireland, 268 
Woodcock, 174 
Woodpecker, Great Black, the note 
of the, 345; Spotted, 54 
Wren, 420; Great Black, the note of 
the, 345; Spotted, 54 
Wren, 420; and Weasel, note on, 24; 
Willow, Sparrow attacking, 263 
Wren’s nest, curious place for a, 
438 
Wrens’ nests, 265 
‘Writing Lark,” 466 
Wryneck nesting in a Sand Martin’s 
burrow, 27; a remarkably tame, 
437 
Yellowhammer, 466; late nesting of, 
Yorkshire, Natural- History notes 
from, 184 
Zoological Record, the, 145, 476 
Zoology of Manitoba, notes on the, 
224, 241; of Central Asia, 227; 
recent advances in, 281 
