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CONTENTS. 



Diver, Eed-throated, breeding in Co. 

 Donegal, 27 ; Great Northern, sup- 

 posed breeding in the Faeroe 

 Islands, 464 



Dormice in a garden, 106 



Dormouse in a Woodpecker's nest, 

 69 ; sleep of the, 281 ; range in 

 England, 463 



Dove, Stock, nesting in East Lothian, 

 235 ; open nest of, 346 ; and Tawny 

 Owl, open nests of, 432 



Dryophis kirtlandii, 177 



Duck, Harlequin, on the Northum- 

 brian coast, 70, 196 ; Long-tailed, 

 in Cumberland, 432; Tufted, 

 plumage of, 112, 235, — nesting in 

 Kirkcudbrightshire, 342,— on the 

 Solway, 385, — breeding in Aber- 

 deenshire, 427, 465, — male retain- 

 ing breeding plumage, 431 ; Wild, 

 variety of, 69 



Ducks, Common Wild, varieties of, 

 111 ; Eider, note on, 108 



Dysopes Kiippelii, 62 



Eel, 31 



Egg-drill, new, 236, 305, 352 



Eggs, spotted, Eedstart laying, 303 ; 

 of the same species, disparity in 

 size and colom- of, 387 



Elaps dorsalis, 180 ; higise, 180 ; 

 sundwaUii, 180 



Emberiza melauocephala, reported 

 occurrence of in Scotland, 193 



Enemies of the Toad, 392 



Entomology, practical, at South Ken- 

 sington, 237 



Esocidse, 60 



Esox lucius, 60 



Essex Field Club, 23 



Fseroe Islands, additions to the Avi- 

 fauna, 73, 351 



Fauna of Iceland, notes, 254 



" Feral," use of the word, 461 



Field Club, Esses, 23 



Fieldfares, immigration, 28 ; scaxcity, 

 71 



Finch, Citril, reported occurrence of 

 near Brighton, 72 



Finches, hybrid, 113 



Finwhale fishery of 1886 on the Lap- 

 land coast, 207 



Fisheries, pearl, of Australia, 289 



Fishery, Seal and Whale, of 1886, 

 183 ; the Trepaug, 434 



Flycatcher, Spotted, food, 269 



Flycatcher's nest, unusual site, 306, 

 346 



Folk-lore of Ceylon birds, 389 

 Food of Greater Horse-shoe Bat, 262 ; 

 of Spotted Flycatcher, 269; of 

 the Smew, 271 ; of the Mistletoe 

 Thrush, 427 

 Fur trade of London, 23 



Gadidae, 59 



Gadus poUachius, facts in the life- 

 history, 241; breeding, 246 ; dis- 

 eases, 244; enemies, 245; growth, 

 247; parasites, 244 



Ganoidei, 59 



Gasterosteidae, 59 



Gosterosteus aculeatus, 59 



Gatcombe, Mr. John, death of, 233 



Gobius fluviatilis, 60 . 



Goldeneyes and Ptarmigan of Ice- 

 land, 422 



Goose, White-bellied Brent, distribu- 

 tion of the, 29, 152 



Grampus or Killer on the coast of 

 Norway, 383 



Gray, Mr. Robert, death of, 106 



Grayling, 61 



Greenfinch, late nesting, 429; and 

 Linnet, hybrid, 303 



Greenfinches, hybrid, 266 



Greenland Seas, notes on a voyage 

 to the, in 1886, 48, 94, 121 (with 

 plate) 



" Grouse disease," 265, 302 ; Eeport 

 on, 327 



Gudgeon, 60 



GuU, Little, in Co. Durham, 26 ; 

 Mediterranean Black-headed, on 

 the Norfolk coast, 69 ; Glaucous, 

 on the Essex coast, 466 ; Iceland, 

 on the Essex coast, 466, — in the 

 Moy Estuary, 468 



Gulls and Terns, Craneflies preyed 

 upon by, 355 



Habits of Wildfowl, 3 ; of the Weasel, 

 24 ; of Testacella haliotidea, 29 ; 

 of the Green Sandpiper, 110; 

 change of m Brown Rat, 189, 234 ; 

 of the Long-tailed Field Mouse 

 (with plate), 201 ; of Rooks, 268 



Hare, Hedgehog attacking a, 233 ; 

 a pied, 233 ; parasitic disease in, 

 424 



HaiTier, Montagu's, in Notts, 26 ; 

 near Hastings, 28 ; dark variety of 

 in Hants, 352 ; nesting in Dorset- 

 shire, 464 



Hawfinch at Harrogate, 153 ; nesting 

 in Surrey, 265, — in Yorkshhe, 



