CONTENTS. 



Plovers' nests witli five eggs, 267 ; 

 Thrush's nest without the usual 

 lining, 268 ; Norfolk Plover nest- 

 ing in Nottinghamshire, 269 ; 

 Curious capture of a Snipe, 346 ; 

 Male Tufted Duck retaining the 

 breeding plumage, 431 



White, J. N. 



Blackcap in Co. Waterford in 

 January, 236 

 Wilcox, W. A. 



A man killed by a Swordfish, 307 

 Williams & Son 



Eare' birds in Ireland, 75 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Abramis brama, 60 ; blicca, 60 



Acantliopterygii, 59 



Acipenser sturio, 59 



Adder, 58 



Adders in winter, 154 ; colour and 

 size of, 271 



Albatross, estimated duration of life 

 in an, 76 



Albino bu'ds in Co. Wicklow, 193 ; 

 specimen of Short-tailed Field 

 Vole, 152 



Albm-nus lucidus, 00 



Anacanthini, 59 



Ancestry of birds, 271 



Anguilla vulgaris, 61 



Anguis fragilis, 58 



Animals, Vertebrate, of Leicester- 

 shne, 57 



Antlers in Ked-deer, growth of as 

 observed in confinement, 321 



Aquarium, to purify water in an, 

 292, 344 



Arctic birds, breeding of in Scot- 

 land, 21 



Arvicola glareolus (with plate), 861 



Aspidelaps lubricus, 179 ; scutatus, 

 180 



Athanus nitescens, 147 



Atractaspis irregularis, 180 



Autumnal migration of birds at Tees- 

 mouth, 270 



Avifauna of the Fseroe Islands, addi- 

 tions, 73, 351 



Axius stirhynchus in Cornwall, 237 



Badger in Birmingham, 346 

 Barbastelle in Sussex, 151 

 Barbastellus communis 66 

 Barbel, 59 

 Barbus vulgaris, 59 



Bat, Bechstein's, 162 ; Greater 

 Horse-shoe, food of, 262 ; Lesser 

 Horse-shoe, distribution of in 

 Great Britain, 89; in Herts and 

 Kent, 152 ; in Wales, 152 ; Nat- 

 terer's, in Sussex, 151 ; Parti- 

 coloured, 162 



Batrachia, 58 



Bats, British, remarks on (with 

 plate), 161 : European, a few words 

 on, 61 : Horse-shoe (with plate), 1 ; 

 in winter, 69; in captivity, 106; 

 notes on, in North Lincolnshire, 

 142; found in Merionethshire, 293, 

 346 ; preyed upon by Owls, 426 



"Becker" or "Braise" iu Cornwall, 

 353 



Bees occupying birds' nests, 238, 

 273 



Belostomidae and other fish-destroy- 

 ing Bugs, 101 



Birds, Arctic, breeding in Scotland 

 21 ; observed in North Devon, 71 

 which sing or call at night, 73 

 rare, in Ireland, 75 ; albino, ob 

 served iir the Harrogate district 

 110 ; albino, in Co. Wicklow, 193 

 autumnal migration of at Tees 

 moiith, 270; ancestry of, 271 

 Roller and other, in the Isle of 

 Wight, 386 ; Ceylon, folk-lore of, 

 389 ; report on the migration of, 

 432 ; uncommon, near Scar- 

 borough, 467 



Bird's nest, singular, 306 



Birds' nests, Bees occupying, 238, 

 273 ; and eggs, 137 



Bittern ii\ Norfolk, 75 



Blackbird laying in Thrusli's nest, 

 194 



