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CONTENTS. 



Harrier, Hen, 113 ; Marsh, in Kent, 

 279 ; Montagu's, 153 



Hawfinch, 389 



Hawk, Sparrow, an observational 

 diary on the domestic habits of, 46, 

 104, 176; notes on, 113, 148, 149 



Hawks and Cuckoos, mobbing of, 

 183, 236 



Hedgehog sucking cows, 400 



Helodrilus, 146 ; elongatus, 140 ; 

 hermanni, 146 ; oculatus, 146 ; re- 

 lictus, 146 



Hemaris thysbe, 14 



Henlea, new British species of, 464 ; 

 dicksoni, 464, 468 ; hibernica, 464, 

 468 ; lampas, 465, 468 ; nasuta 

 (leptodera), 464, 468; perpusilla, 

 sp. nov., 466, 468, — compared with 

 H. tenella, 467 ; puteana, 465, 468; 

 rosai, 465, 468, — compared with 

 Enchytraeus minimus, 465 ; ten- 

 # ella, 468 ; ventriculosa, 464, 468 ; 



summary of British records of, 

 468; addenda, 468 



Heredity in the light of recent re- 

 search, 32 



Heron, 153 ; full-sized Mole, &c., in 

 stomach of, 171 



Herring, 11, 219, 221, 445, 446, 447 ; 

 hermaphrodite, 13, 448 



Hipparchia semele, 20 



Hirundo rustica, 306, 432 



Hybrid Swan x Goose, 174 



Hyperoodon rostratum, 28, 99 



Insects, vocal and instrumental music 

 of, 14 



Institutions, Zoological, recently 

 visited in Europe, miscellaneous 

 notes on, 281, 335, 416 ; Birming- 

 ham, 281 ; Brighton, 283; Brunn 

 am Gebirge, 286 ; Cologne, 287 ; 

 HaUfax, 290 ; London, 292 ; Lyons, 



335 ; Marseilles, 336 ; Munich, 



336 ; Naples, 338 ; Paris, 340 ; 

 Southampton, 344; Stuttgart, 416; 

 Vienna, 419, — Institution of Ex- 

 perimental Biology, 426 



Interbreeding of Song-Thrush and 

 Blackbird, 194, 235 



Ireland — Dormouse, 69 ; White 

 Wagtail, 197, 385 ; Sandwich-Tern, 

 200 ; Mobbing of Cuckoos and 

 Hawks, 230; White-tailed Eagle, 

 846 ; Great Black-backed Gull, 

 349, 388 ; Herring-Gull, 388 ; One 

 cause of rare birds disappearing, 

 391, 435 ; Redwing, 429 



lynx torquilla, 312 



Jackdaw, the increase and the habits 



of, in Islaj', 469 

 Jay, 153 

 John-dory, 13, 222, 443 



Kallima, 17 

 Kestrel, 354 



Kingfisher, colour of, 148 

 Kite in Scotland, and other notes, 

 317 



' L'age des Perd)ix,' 381 



LabridaB, 453 



Labrus festivus (fig. 3), 454, 455 ; 

 mixtus (fig. 1), 12, 454 ; turdus, 

 (fig. 2), 454, 455 



Lampern, River, 225 



Lamprey, 225 



Land-Leech, Dutrochet's, 155 



Langia zenzeroides, 14 



Lanius excubitor, 305 



Lapwing in pairing season, 296 



Larus cannabina, 308 ; glaucus, 117 ; 

 ridibundus, 433, 470 ; rufescens, 

 308 



Lerneonema monilaris, 11 



Libellula quadrimaculata, 22- 



Lichia amia (fig. 1), 138, 139 



Ligurinus chloris, 307 



Limpet, " Slipper," 401 



Limulus polyphemus, 407 



Linnet, migration of, in Surrey, 29, 

 69, 71,— at Bradford, 71,— in Sus- 

 sex, 71 ; distribution in Britain, 

 69, 112 



Linota cannabina, 71, 808 ; rufe- 

 scens, 308 



Littorina littorea, 408 



Locustella nsevia, 277 



Loxia curvirostra, 808 



Lumbricus, 143 ; castaneus (purpii- 

 reus), 144; festivus (rubescens), 

 143; papillosus (friendi), 143; ru- 

 bellus, 143; terrestris, 143 



Mackerel, 219, 445, 446 ; Horse 

 (Scad), 140, 222, 442, 447 ; Scrib- 

 bled, 222, 446 



Martin, House, is it decreasing?, 

 112 ; some breeding habits of, 391 



Megrim, 444 



Menageries recently visited — Brigh- 

 ton, 284 ; Halifax, 291 ; Brunn am 

 Gebirge, 287; London, 293, 294, 

 295; Lyons, 336; Paris, 848; 

 Vienna, 421 



