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CONTENTS. 



dus, 330 ; spirorbis, 330 ; vortex, 

 330 



Plectrophanes lapponicus, 12 ; niva- 

 lis, 12 



Plover, African, a rare, 409 ; Grey, 

 nestling from the Orkneys, 179, 

 supposed, 334; Golden, 58; Kent- 

 ish, 318, 320 ; Norfolk, attacked by 

 a hen, 317 



Plumage of the young Kestrel, 496 



Polecat in Devon, 25 



Porcellana longicornis, 70 ; platy- 

 cheles, 69 



Porpoise, 481 



Poultry, protecting from Foxes in 

 Scotland, 260 



Pratincola rubetra, 6 



Ptarmigan, 55, 482 



Puffin, 161 ; Northern, 488 



Puffinus anglorum, 164 



PulmonobranchiatiD, 330 



Pupa marginata, 367 ; secale, 370 ; 

 uinbilicata, 370, var. edentula, 367 



Pyrrhula major, 11 



Quail, 319 

 Querquedula crecca, 55 



Rabbit, wild, note on the age of, 173 



Rail, Spotted, 320; Water, 340 



Rana esculenta, 49 



Rangifer tarandus, 481 



Raptorial migrants, 322 



Raven, 13, 159 



Ray, large "sea-purse" or egg-case 

 of the, 472 ; Long-nosed, in the 

 Ouse, 506 



Razorbill, 161 



Redpoll, Lesser, breeding near Ox- 

 ford, 30; Mealy, 11, in Norway, 

 127, with curved mandibles, 259 



Redpolls, British, 298 



Redshank, Common, 60 



Redstart, 6 ; Black, in the North of 

 Ireland, 78, in Kent in May, 299 



Redwing, 5 ; variety of, 380 



Regulus cristatus, 7 



Reindeer, 481 



Reptile House, new, at the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens, 353 



Reptilia and Batrachia observed in 

 Normandy, 49 



Rhinoceros, first introduction of into 

 England, 184 



Rissa tridactyla, 163, 484 



Robin, 7 ; singular accident to a, 123 



Robins nesting in winter, 321 



Rook, 13, 160 



Rookeries in London, 225 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus, 6 



Salmon disease, 130 



Sandpiper, Bartram's, 495 ; Broad- 

 billed, 59 ; Common, 59 ; Green, 

 59 ; Pectoral, in Dumbartonshire, 



177, in Cornwall, 495 ; Purple, 484 ; 

 Wood, 60 



Saxicola oenanthe, 6, 158 ; rubicola, 



158 

 Scaup, 55 



Scientific research, Russian endow- 

 ment of, 25 

 Scolopax rusticola, 58 

 Scoter, Common, 55, inland, 495 ; 



Velvet, 55 

 Scyllarus arctus, 215 ; at Plymouth, 



36 

 Seal, Great, 480 ; Grey, in Norfolk, 



70 ; Ringed, 479 

 Shag, 163 



Shakespeare's animal lore, 38 

 Shark, Fox, or "Thresher," off the 



coast of Devon, 36 

 Sharks on the coast of Devon and 



Cornwall, 471 

 Shearwater, Manx, note of, 28, 81, 



82, 123, in Nottinghamshire, 31, 



on Lambay Island, 164 ; Sooty, 



at Bridlington, 121, in Norfolk, 



179 

 Sheldrake, 314 

 Shore-birds on the Humber Flats in 



May, 258 

 Shoveller, 260; breeding in Suffolk, 



496 

 Shrew, voracity of the-, 293 ; pied, 220 

 Shrike, Great Grey, in Suffolk, 125, 



178, near Cockermouth, 125, near 

 Croydon, 176, 180, in Aberdeen- 

 shire, 259, in Norfolk, 313, 316, 

 318, 320 ; Red-backed, in Notting- 

 hamshire, 31, variety of, 180, in 

 Lincolnshire, 33!), subcutaneous 

 worms in a, 345 



Siskin, 10 ; variety of, 124 ; in Ire- 

 land, 493 ; in Co. Down, 494 



Siskins breeding in confinement, 119 



Sitta europeea, 9 



Skua, Richardson's, 485 



Skuas, 310 



Slow-worm, 49 



Slugs in Co. Waterford, 507 



Smew, 314, 316, 318 



Snake, Common Ringed, food of, 

 303, 341 ; Smooth, in Surrey 84 

 120 



