CONTENTS. 



XI 



Dormouse, status of, 69 



Duck, Long-tailed, breeding in Ork- 

 ney, 432 ; Slioveler, former nesting 

 in Warwickshire, 75 



Eagle, White-tailed, no longer breed- 

 ing in Ireland, 346 ; Golden, 348, 

 435 



Earthworms, three new species of, 

 192, 273, 274 ; angler as a factor 

 in the distribution of, 440 



Eels, 220,225, 442, 444, 447; young, 

 two hundred miles inland, 280 



Egg of Great Auk, 79 ; of Cuckoo in 

 Eobin's nest, 318, 390 ; of Falco 

 tinnunculus, 354 



Eggs of a Tree-Frog, 893 ; abnormal, 

 of Spotted Flj^catcher, 385 



Eisenia, 144; fcetida, 144; rosea 

 (mucosa), 145; veneta (hibernica), 

 144 



Emberiza citrinella, 308 ; miliaria, 

 308 ; rustica, 309 ; schceniclus, 

 309 



Eophila, 146 ; icterica, 146 



Erithacus rubecula, 216 



Eunica margarita, 16 



Bupagurus pollicarus, 404, 405 



Euryp_yga helias, 344 



Evolution, the coming of, 31 ; conver- 

 gence in, 119 



Evotomys csesarius (Plate I.), 1, 2, 4, 

 5, 6 ; glareolus, 2, 3, 4, 5 ; hercy- 

 nicus britannicus, 6 ; nageri, 2 ; 

 norvegicus, 2 ; skomerensis, 2, 5 ; 

 vasconia?, 2 



Falco aesalon, 377; peregrinus, 377; 

 subbuteo, 377; tinnunculus, 378 



Falco tinnunculus, egg of, laid 

 under remarkable circumstances, 

 recorded at Zoological Section of 

 British Association, by J. C. Pat- 

 ten, M.A., M.D., 354 



Falcon, Peregrine, in Southern Mid- 

 lands, 7, — Hants, 153, — Scotland, 

 317; attacking Curlew and Bar- 

 nacle Goose, 227 



Fauna, Vertebrate, of Scotland, 397 



Fish-life, marvels of, as revealed by 

 the camera, 471 



Fish-notes from Great Yarmouth, 11, 

 219, 441 



Fishes, pharyngeal teeth of, 132, 450; 

 Freshwater, of British Isles, 357 



Flounder, 220, 224, 444 



Flycatcher, Pied, in Northampton- 

 shire, 236,— Warwickshire, 236,— 



. Yorkshire, 889 ; Spotted, abnormal 

 eggs of, 385 



Food-fishes, the great destruction of, 

 does not materially affect the sup- 

 ply, 102 



Fox, audacity of, 27 



Fratercula arctica, 228, 881 



Fridericia peruviana, n. sp., 278 



Fringilla ccelebs, 308 ; montifrin- 

 gilla, '308 



Frog, Tree, eggs of (fig.), 393 



Fulica atra, 433 



Gadidae, 182 



Gadus aeglifinus, 133 ; luscus, 444 ; 

 merlangus, 183 ; morrhua, 132 

 poutassou (fig. 5), 135, 137 



Gallinago delicata, 269 ; stenura, 268 



Ganuet, variety of (fig.), 73,348,386 



Garrulus glandarius, 310 



Geese sitting on eggs in a kitchen, 

 326 



Gilthead, 450 



Globe-fish, 444 



Goby, White, 228 



Grebe, Crested, habits of, 9 ; Eared, 

 in Worcestershire, 434 



Greenfinch, 29 



Grouse in health and disease, 856 ; 

 Black, inWyre Forest (Shropshire 

 and Worcestershire), 387; Willow, 

 in Northamptonshire, 888 



Grus cinerea, 283 



Gull, Common, life of, told in photo- 

 graphs, 899, — sentenced to death 

 and executed by its comrades, 899 ; 

 Black-headed in Yorkshire, 390 ; 

 Glaucous, 117, — nests of Canadian 

 Geese destroyed by, 170; Great 

 Black-backed, nesting inland, 349, 

 388 ; Herring, 388 



Gulls hawking for insects, 483, 470 



Gurnard, Grey, 222 ; Streaked, 443 



Gynoecia dirce, 16 



Habits of Crested Grebe, 9, — Phea- 

 sant, 159 ; domestic, of Sparrow- 

 Hawk, 46, 104, 118, 148, 149, 176 ; 

 nocturnal, of Eedwing, 861, 429, 

 481 ; breeding and boring, of Pho- 

 las crispata, &c., 487 ; Jackdaw, 469 



Haddock, 133, 224, 446 



Hsemulon, 12 



Hake, 134 



Haliaetes albicilla, 346, 376 



Halichcerus grypus. 111 



Hare, old names of, 25 



Harelda glacialis, 432 



