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CONTENTS. 



Clausilia laniinata, 369 ; nigricans, 

 368, var. dubia, 368, var. Everetti, 

 368, var. gracilior, 368, var. turni- 

 dula 368 ; Eolphii, 368 



Coccothraustes chloris, 159 



Cochlicopa lubrica, 369 ; tridens, 369 



Colamba livia, 161 ; palumbus, 55, 

 161 



Colyrnbus areticus, 60 ; glacialis, 60 ; 

 septentrionalis, 486 



Conger in a lobster-pot, 304 



Coot and Moorhen laying in the 

 same nest, 31 



Coot, nocturnal movements of the, 

 127 



Cormorant, 162, 317; "Elder" a 

 local name for, 77 ; early assump- 

 tion of breeding plumage in, 176 



Cormorants, trained, fishing with, 

 temp. Charles I., 131 ; resorting to 

 fresh-water lake in summer, 257 



Corvus corax, 13, 159 ; cornix, 13, 

 160 ; frugilegus, 13, 160 ; mone- 

 dula, 13, 160 



Cotyle riparia, 110 



Crake, Common, 56; Corn, 56, 161, 

 in winter, 177 ; Spotted, 318, 319 



Crane, Demoiselle, erroneous report 

 of in Somersetshire, 333 



Creeper, 9 



Crex pratensis, 56, 161 



Crossbill, 11 



Crow, prehensile feet of the, 470 ; 

 Carrion, food of, 499; Grey, 319, 

 nesting in Warwickshire. 887, 428, 

 in Co. Cork, 337, habits of, 378; 

 Hooded, 13, 160, 317, 318, in 

 Ireland, 296 . 



Crustacea, British Stalk-eyed, notes 

 and observations on, 68, 213 



Cuckoo, 14, 160 ; egg of in a Thrush's 

 nest, 303 



Cuckoo's eggs, 372 



Cuculus canorus, 14, 160 



Curlew, a white, 377 



Cyauecula suecica, 6 



Cyclostoma elegans, 369 



Cyclostomatidae, 309 



Cypselus apus, 13 



" Daker-hen," origin of the name, 



183, 228 

 Davis Lectures at the Zoological 



Gardens, 251 

 Deer parks, English, 74 

 Dipper, 5 ; singing during severe 



frost, 78, 118, 179 ; singing in 



winter. 376 



Diver, Black-throated, 60 ; Great 

 Northern, 60 ; Red-throated, with 

 the tarsi feathered, 176, in Nor- 

 way, 486 



Divers and Ducks, 326 



Dodo, 432 



Dotterel, 58 



Dove, Ring, 55 



Dreissena polyniorpha, 329 



Dreissenidte, 329 



Dryocopus martius, 13 



Duck, Eider, in Nottinghamshire, 

 129, in Norway, 486; Tufted, 

 55, in Oxfordshire, 470 ; Wild, 

 assumption of male plumage by a 

 female, 128 



Ducks and Divers, 326 



Dunlin in Nottinghamshire, 377 



Eagle, ago of an, 422; White-tailed, 



156, in South Lincolnshire, 501 

 Earthworm, Mole pursuing above 



ground, 76 

 Earthworms in New Zealand, 183; 



and their distribution, 305 

 Egg of Cuckoo in a Thrush's nest, 



808 ; of tlic Kea, note on, 376 

 E^»'s, the time of day at which birds 



lay them, 145 ; Cuckoo's, 372 

 Elk, Irish, remains of near Belfast, 

 - 37 

 Emberiza citrinella, 12, 159 ; hortu- 



lana, 12; miliaria, 159; schceni- 



clus, 12 

 Epping Forest, the preservation of, 



L68 

 Erithacus ruhecula, 7 

 Eudromias morinellus, 58 



Falco a salon, 54; peregrinus, 157; 

 tinnuneuluR, 54, 158 



Falcon. Greenland, in Sussex, 80; 

 Gyr, in Sussex, 84; Peregrine, 157 



Fauna of a Welsh village church, 74 ; 

 of Highani. Kent, 114 



Ferret, origin of the name, 432 



Fieldfare, 5 



Fisheries Exhibition, the Interna- 

 tional, 193; Natural History at 



• the, 233 ; on some so-called fiah- 

 eating birds at the, 462 



Fishes, marine, in fresh water, 180; 

 do they sleep ? 182 ; large, on the 

 Devonshire coast, 431 



Flycatcher, Pied, 10 ; in Northamp- 

 tonshire, 300 



Food of the Hedgehog, 25, 115; of 

 the Bittern, 35 ; of the Oyster, 85 ; 



