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CONTENTS. 



Eedstart in the South of Ireland, 



189,— in Co. Westmeath, 349 

 Crows, winter-roosting colonies of, 



292, 334 

 Cuckoo in India, 25, 108, — number 



of eggs laid by, 189, — in the City, 



349,— calling in July, 350 

 Cygnets, Swans with white, 470 



Deer, Red, remains of, in the Duddon, 

 138,— the Feral of Barbuda, 386 



Dipper, nesting in trees, 309, 351, 

 392 



Dog-fish, Picked, abundance of in 

 Killala Bay, 356 



Dolphin, Bottle-nosed, in the Solway 

 Firth, 346 



Donkey, Magpies attacking a weakly, 

 184, 226 



Dormouse, the Garden, 14 



Dotterel in the Lake District, 270 



Dove, Stock, and Golden Oriole in 

 Cornwall, 302, — laying three eggs, 

 393 ; Turtle, in Co. Sligo, 306,— and 

 Hoopoe in Co. Waterford, 226, — 

 habits of Turtle, 427 



Dragonflies, our common, 177, — 

 observations on, 179 



Dromia vulgaris in Cornwall, 272, 

 312, — on the Sussex coast, 357 



Duck, Long-tailed, 31, 66, — and Vel- 

 vet Scoters at Hunstanton, 148, — 

 in Dorsetshire, 31, 66,- — in Lincoln- 

 shire, 31 ; Tame, preying on Trout, 

 225 ; Wild, common varieties of, 68 



Ducks, preying on Trout, 268 ; Eider, 

 treatment of in captivity, 26 ; Wild, 

 food of, 428 



Egg, Fowl's, Herring Gull hatching 

 and feeding on Mice, 186 ; collec- 

 tion, the late Mr. J. P. Wilmott's, 

 223; Robin's, double-yolked, 309 



Eggs, number of, laid by Cuckoo, 

 189 ; of House Sparrow, pecu- 

 liarities in, 30; of same species, 

 disparity in size and colom - , 31 ; 

 Stock Dove laying three, 393 



Egret, Little, reported occurrence of 

 in Yorkshire, 302 



Elk in Galicia, 182 



Ermine dress, on assumption of in 

 Stoats, 141 



Error, correction of an, 108 



Fseroe Islands, addition to the avi- 

 fauna of, 108 

 Fauna of Outer Hebrides, 424 



" Feral," use of the word, 19, 63, 100 



Fernando do Noronha, a visit to, 41 



Ferrets, early use of, 20 



Fisheries in Baltic, injuries to by 

 Seals, 128 



Fishery, Seal and Whale of 1887, 

 notes on, 121 



Flight-nets, a morning at the, 190 



Finwhale fishery off Lapland coast, 

 201 



Firecrest and Greyheaded Wagtail at 

 Brighton, 225 



Flounder coloured on both ventral 

 and dorsal surfaces, 108 



Flycatcher, Pied, in Glamorganshire, 

 229,— at Harrogate, 229, — in Ire- 

 land, 267, 391, 425 ; Ked-breasted, 

 in Ireland, 391 



Food of House Sparrow, 107, 148; 

 Hawfinch, 187; Kestrel, 269; of 

 Wild Ducks, 428; Manx Shear- 

 water, 470 ; Haddock, 471 



Fox and Hare in uuwonted prox- 

 imity, 182 



Frogs, Weasels killing, 140 



Garganey in Co. Carlow, 187 

 Geographical distribution of Seals, 



401 

 Goat and Sheep, hybrid between, 104 

 Goose, Lesser White-fronted, re- 

 ported occurrence of in Somerset- 

 shire, 227, 228 

 Goshawk, reported occurrence of in 



Norfolk, 32 

 Gosse, Philip Henry, death of, 382 

 Grampus, Bisso's, on River Crouch, 



260 

 Grebe, Great Crested, in Yorkshire, 



304 

 Grouse, Pallas's Sand, irruption of, 

 385 ; in the British Islands, 233 ; 

 in Aberdeenshire, 234 ; in Berk- 

 shire, 468; in Cambridgeshire, 

 263 ; in Cornwall, Land's End, 

 348 ; in Cumberland, 265,— breed- 

 ing in, 348, — reported nesting 

 in, 388 ; in Devonshire, 266 ; in 

 Dorsetshire, 265, 388 ; in Durham, 

 299, — breeding in, 348 ; in Essex, 

 263 ; Fifeshire, breeding in, 468 ; 

 in Gloucestershire, 265 ; in Guern- 

 sey, 266 ; in Hampshire, 234, 264, 

 300 ; hi Heligoland, 267 ; in Hert- 

 fordshire, 234 ; in Holderncss, 234 ; 

 in Ireland, 347 ; at London poul- 

 terers, 469 ; in Isle of Man, 265, 

 300; in Kent, 264 ; in Norfolk, 234, 



