CONTENTS. 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 
APpLIN, OLIVER VY. s 
Hybrid finches, 182; Habits of the 
Coot, 299; Swallows dying of 
cold, 300; Ornithological notes 
from Oxfordshire, 301; British 
examples of the King Duck and 
Hooded Merganser at Oxford, 
835; Variation in size of the 
Water Rail, 338; Do Stoats and 
Weasels kill Moles? 485; Deri- 
vation of ‘‘Cob,” a name for 
Larus marinus, 488 
AsHwortH, J. RHODES 
Emberiza melanocephala in Not- 
tinghamshire, 73 
Attwoop-Martuews, Mrs. F. 
Martens in Herefordshire, 240 
BackHouse, J., jun. 
Variety of the Fieldfare, 72 
Brcuer, H. F., Capt. R.A. 
The European Woodcock in Lower 
Sind, 188; A Sind lake, 425 
Beckwitu, W. E. 
Montagu’s record of the White- 
tailed Eagle in Shropshire, 487 
Benson, Rey. Henry, M.A. 
Hedgehog attacking chickens, 457 
Be tt, Prof. F. Jerrrey, M.A. 
Some of the ways in which animals 
breathe, 305 
Besant, Rey. F. 
Nest of Long-tailed Titmouse, 485 ; 
Swallow nesting in a tree, 486 
Brrtey, F. H. 
Notes from Merionethshire, 75 
BissuHop, EK. F. 
Swallows perching on an angler’s 
rod, 417 
Buaae, E. W. H. 
Pheasant, Partridge and Wild Duck 
laying in the same nest, 295 
BouenceEr, G. A., F.Z.8. 
Palmated Newt in Epping Forest, 
250 
Brown, J. A. Harvis, F.R.S.E., &e. 
Sexual characters in Salmonide, 
215; Snow Bunting breeding in 
Scotland, 336; Yellow-browed 
Warbler in Shetland, 487 
Browne, Monracu, F.Z.S. 
Notes on the vertebrate animals of 
Leicestershire, 16, 159, 196, 233, 
326, 409 
CAMBRIDGE, Rev. O. P., M.A. 
Curious capture of a Water Rat, 211; 
Birds in severe weather, 212 
CaRTER, THOMAS 
Movements of Grouse in hard 
weather, 107; Notes from North 
Yorkshire, 297 
Carter, THomas, and H. H. SLATER 
Field notes from Northern Iceland, 
149 
CuapMAN, ABEL 
Little Gull in Co. Durham, 457 
CHAPMAN, ALFRED CRAWHALL 
Notes on the Cuckoo, 2438 
Cuase, R. W. 
Woodchat and Serin Finch in 
Norfolk, 27; King Hider at the 
Farne Islands, 76 
Curisty, R. MILLER 
Young Rooks with white chins, 
339; Variation in size of the 
Water Rail, 368; A Christmas 
bill of fare in 1800, 491 
CLARKE, Wm. EAGLE 
Migration of birds on the west coast 
of England and Wales, 179 
CocKERELL, T. D. A. 
Limax arborum and the influence 
of altitude on colour, 341; Mol- 
lusca of the Skelligs and Va- 
lentia, 418 
Cocks, A. H., M.A., F.Z.S. 
Habits of the Holibut, 28; The 
Finwhale fishery of 1885 on the 
North European coast, 121 
CoomseE, HK. Percy 
Recent occurrence of the Sea Hagle 
in Kent, 27 
CorBin, G. B. 
Variety of the Squirrel, 178; Large 
Trout in the Hampshire Ayon, 
