CONTENTS. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Anderson, Charles A. 



Wryneck in Shetland, 32 

 Aplin, Oliver V. 



Ornithological notes from the 

 Norfolk coast, 131 ; On the 

 assumption of the ermine dress 

 in Stoats, 141 ; Food of the 

 Hawfinch, 148 ; Sand Grouse in 

 Warwickshire, Berkshire, and 

 Oxfordshire, 468 ; Cirl Bunting 

 in Hampshire, 468 

 Armistead, J. J. 



Ducks preying on Trout, 268 

 Astley, Rev. H. D., F.Z.S. 



Plovers and Gulls in captivity, 

 145 ; Rock Thrushes in their 

 native haunts and in captivity, 

 353 

 Baily, W. E. 



Our Common Dragonflies, 177 

 Balkwill, F. H. 



On the geographical distribution 

 of Seals, 401 

 Barclay, F. H. 



Fire-crest and Grey-headed Wag- 

 tail at Brighton, 225 

 Barrett-Hamilton, G. E. H. 

 Jay in Co. Wexford, 67 ; Starlings 

 in Ireland, 106 ; Hybrid Rats, 

 141 ; Tree 'Sparrow breeding at 

 Harrow, 355 ; Golden Oriole at 

 Harrow, 393 

 Barrington, Richard M., M.A. 

 The Manx Shearwater on Skomer 

 Island, 367 ; Red-breasted Fly- 

 catcher in Ireland, 391 ; Pied 

 Flycatcher in Ireland, 391, 

 425 

 Battersby, Frances J. 



Crossbills in Co. Westmeath, 349 

 Becher, Capt. E. F., R.A. 



The note of the Hoopoe, 147 

 Bell, Prof. F. Jeffrey, M.A. 



A forgotten species of Peripatus, 

 109 



Benson, Rev. Henry, M.A. 



Nuthatch nesting in a sandbank, 

 309 

 Blagg, E. W. H. 



Disparity in size and colour of 

 eggs of the same species, 31 ; 

 Starling mimicking other birds' 

 notes, 226 ; Magpies attacking 

 a weakly Donkey, 226 ; Vesper - 

 tilio Bechsteinii and V. nrysta- 

 cinus in Hampshire and Staf- 

 fordshire, 260 

 Borrer, Wm., M.A., F.L.S. 



Courage and sagacity of Weasel, 

 140 

 Brazenor, C. 



Linnet nesting in October, 105 ; 

 Great Spotted Woodpecker and 

 Grey Shrike at Brighton, 147 

 Browne, Montagu, F.Z.S. 



Bank Vole in Leicestershire, 65 

 Butler, Lieut.-Col. E. A. 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Northum- 

 berland, 299, — in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk, 300,— in Hants, 300; 

 Supposed nesting of Green Sand- 

 piper in Norfolk, 306; Raven 

 in Dorsetshire, 390; Hawfinch 

 nesting in Norfolk, 391 ; Stock 

 Dove laying three eggs, 393 

 Byron, H. S. D. 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Kent, 264 ; 

 Double-yolked egg of Robin, 309 

 Carpenter, Alfred, R.N. 



Monkeysiopening Oysters, 19 ; The 

 Birds'-Nest Islands of the Mer- 

 gui Archipelago, 231 

 Carter, Thomas 



Notes from Western Australia, 30 ; 

 191 

 Chapman, Abel 



The word " feral," 19 

 Chase, R. W. 



The occurrence of Serinus cani- 

 collis near Brighton, 108 



