CONTENTS. 



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299,— in Kent, 303,— in Berkshire, 



466 

 Hedgehog attacking a Hare, 233 ; 



mode in which Vipers are killed 



by, 306, 392 ; eating swedes, 345 ; 



yoiing of, 424 

 Heron, Purple, in Lancashire, 432 

 Heterolepis capensis, 178 ; gueinzii, 



178 

 Holothurians or Sea Slugs (with 



ilhistrations), 41 

 Homalosoma h;trix, 175 

 Hornless Stags, 381 

 Humming-bird, nesting of, 459 

 Humpback, 212 

 Hybrid finches, 113 ; Greenfinches, 



266 ; Greenfinch and Linnet, 303 

 Hyppolyte Cranchii, 149 ; culteUata, 



150 ; pandaliformis, 150 ; Pride- 



auxiana, 150; seciu-ifrons, 150; 



spinus, 148; Thompsoni, 150; 



varians, 149 



Immigration of Fieldfares, 28 

 Inachus dorynchus at Penzance, 116 



Jackdaw, jpaired varieties, 196; 

 taking possession of Magpie's nest, 

 267 



Kestrel, plumage, 112, 113, 154; and 



Slow-worm, 263 

 Knot on the West Coast of Scotland, 



428, 464 



Lacerta agilis, 57; vivipara, 58 



Lacertidse, 57 



Lampern, 61 



Lamprophis aurora, 177 ; fiskii, 177 ; 



rufiilus, 177 

 Leicestershu-e, Vertebrate animals 



of, 57 

 Leptodira piinctata, 178 ; rufescens, 



178 ; semiannulata, 179 

 Leuciscus cephalus, 60 ; erythrop- 



thalmus, 60 ; phoxinus, 60 ; rutilus, 



60; vulgaris, 60 

 LimnaeidiE, secretion of a violet- 

 coloured fluid by certain, 309 

 Linnet and Greenfinch, hybrid, 303 

 Lizard, Common, 58 ; Sand, 57 

 Loach, 60 : Spined, 60 

 Long-eared Owl laying in Book's 



nest, 304 

 Lota vulgaris, 59 

 Lumpsucker on the Welsh coast, 



273 

 Lycophidium capensis, 177 



Magpie's nest. Jackdaw taking pos- 

 session of, 267 

 Mares and Foals versus Wolves, 151 

 Marine MoUusca of Kerry, 115 

 Marten Cat in Breconshire, 190 

 Martin, Sand, attempt to keep in 



confinement, 347 

 Martins, House, nesting in October, 



194 ; late stay, 467 

 Martins' nests. Swifts nesting in, 348, 



391, 428 

 Migration, autumnal, of birds at 



Teesmouth, 270 ; report on, 432 

 Migration of Wildfowl, 3 

 Miller's-thumb, 59 

 Mimicry of the Corn Bunting, 800 

 Minnow, 60 



Mole, Talpa europaea {Linn.), 441 

 Moles, Weasels killing, 68 

 MoUusca, Marine, of Kerry, 115 ; 



Middlesex, 354 

 Moorhen nesting in a disused punt, 



77; wing-spur of the, 107 

 More, Mr. A. G., retirement, 355 

 Mouse, Long-tailed Field, habits of 



the (with plate), 201 

 Mursenidse, 61 

 Myoxus glis, sleep, 281 



Naia haie, 179 



Nemachilus barbatulus, 60 



Nest of Woodpecker, Dormouse in, 

 69 ; of Thrush, Blackbird laying 

 in, 194; Woodcock and Pheasant 

 laying in the same, 194 ; of Mag- 

 pie, Jackdaw taking possession of, 

 267; Chiffchaff's, ciu-ious site, 304; 

 Eook's, Long-eared Owl laying in, 

 304; bird's, singiilar, 306; Fly- 

 catcher's, unusual site, 306 ; Swal- 

 low's, unusual site for, 467 



Nesting of Sedge Warbler, 28; of 

 Lesser Kedpoll in Surrey, 69, — in 

 Middlesex, 428 ; of Moorhen in a 

 disused punt, 77; of Thrush on 

 the ground, 112 ; of Hoitse Martins 

 in October, 194 ; of Stock Dove in 

 East Lotliian, 235 ; of Marsh War- 

 bler in Gloiicestershire, 264; of 

 Hawfinch in Surrey, 265 ; of Nor- 

 folk Plover in Nottinghamshire, 

 269 ; of Hawfinch in Kent, 303 ; 

 of Common Sandpiper, 305 ; of 

 Tufted Duck in Kirkcudbright- 

 shire, 342 ; of Wryneck in holes 

 in the ground, 391 ; late, of Green- 

 finch, 429 ; habits of the Hum- 

 ming-bird, 459 ; of Montagu's 



