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CONTENTS. 



in Northamptonshire, 53, — in Nor- 

 folk, 172, 175 ; Bed-necked, nesting 

 in Devonshire, 120; Sclavonian, 

 in Norfolk, 171, 172 



Greenshank at Rye, 409 



Greyhen in Northamptonshire, 51 



Grouse, Black, food of, 39 ; Eed, 39, — 

 and Ptarmigan, hybrid, 438 ; Sand, 

 in Outer Hebrides, 142, — breeding 

 in captivity, 298, — in Holland, 327 



Gryllus campestris, 439 



Guillemot, Black, in Norfolk, 172; 

 Brimnich's, specific validity of, 

 229, 255 ; Einged, in Norfolk, 

 177 



Gull, malformed leg of, 169 ; Black- 

 headed, on Eomney Marsh, 251, — 

 at Eye, 411 ; Glaucous, in Norfolk, 

 169, 171, 177; Great Black-backed, 

 in London, 18 ; Iceland, in Co. 

 Sligo, 305, 358 ; Little, in Sussex, 

 23, — in Norfolk, 178, — on Solway 

 Firth, 385; Boss's, 144, — NanseD's 

 discovery of the breeding haunts 

 of, 436 ; Sabine's, near Weymouth, 

 23, — in Norfolk, 168, 177, — on 

 Steart Island, 234, — at Aberyst- 

 wyth, 385, — in Cornwall, 475 



Gulls, soaring of, 22 



Gymnura, dentition of, 237 



Gyps fulvus in Algeria, 123; rueppelli 

 from Egypt, 238 



Habits, roosting, of House Sparrow, 

 77; variation, in Blue Tit, 103; 

 nesting of Cormorants, in Co. Do- 

 negal, 231 ; of Stoat, 253 ; carni- 

 vorous, of Limax agrestris, 264, 

 307 ; of Cuckoo in confinement, 

 357 ; nesting, of birds, changes 

 in, 435 



Haliaetus albicilla, 18; leucocephalus 

 in Canada, 343 



Harrier, Hen, in Northamptonshire, 

 56, — in Sussex, 144, — in Berwick- 

 shire. 272 ; Marsh, in Sussex, 

 144,— in Norfolk, 173 ; Montagu's, 

 in Norfolk, 174 



Hartebeest, Bubaline, at Woburn 

 Park, 365 



Hawfinch breeding in tall lime trees, 

 54, — in Oxfordshire, 220 ; nests of, 

 at Hastings, 234 ; nesting in Lin- 

 colnshire, 257, 303 ; increase around 

 Bath, 304 



Hebrides, Long-tailed Field Mouse 

 of, 76 ; Fauna of Outer, 139 



^Hedgehogs in winter, 76, 98 



Hedgesparrow breeding on Bass 

 Eock, 304 



Helix pomatia in Holland, 332 



Heredity, influence of, 278 



Heron in Northamptonshire, 53 ; 

 early nesting of, 99 ; Buff-backed, 

 in Ireland, 194 ; Night, in Co. 

 Cork, 382 



Heronry in Northamptonshire, 53; 

 near Beckley, Sussex, 100, 229 ; at 

 Brede, 248 ; in Berwickshire, 272 



Herons and watercresses, 261 



Hesperia comma, 440 



Hesperidae, revision of, 238 



Hibernation of butterflies, 288 



Hippolais icterina, H. potyglotta, and 

 H. pallida in Algeria, 124, 132, 133 



Hoatzin, anatomy of, 266 



Hobby in Northamptonshire, 54, 58 ; 

 near Scarborough, 387 



Holland, bird-life in water-meadows, 

 262 ; Spoonbills and Storks in, 321 ; 

 and Belgium, a naturalist's journal 

 in, 324 



Holothurians, New Zealand, 439 



Honey-bees, 3 ; races and relation- 

 ships of, 201 



Hoopoe in Algeria, 129 ; at Hastings, 

 234 



Horse, age of a, 377 



Humming-birds and Sun-birds, me- 

 tallic colours of, 107 



Hybrid Crows, 77 ; Linnet and Sis 

 kin, 102 ; Carduelis spinus and 

 Linota cannabina, 106 ; Black 

 Grouse and Pheasant, 106 



Hydroids, British, 153 



Hymenoptera, Exotic Fcssorial, 151 ; 

 minute aquatic, 235 ; from New 

 Mexico, 440 



Hyracodon fuliginosus, 29 



Ibex, 34 ; laws for protection of, 318 ; 

 efforts of King Victor Emanuel to 

 save from extinction, 319 

 Imitation, influence of, 279 

 India, range of Lion in, 281 

 Insectivores, dentition of, 237 

 Insects, impalement of, by birds, 156 

 Ireland — Marten in Co. Limerick, 

 17; Goldcrest near Drogheda, 20; 

 Jay, 22 ; early nesting of Herons, 

 99 ; Gold-vented Thrush and Spot- 

 ted Eagle Owl, 161; Buff-backed 

 Heron, 194 ; Wood Wren in Co. 

 Donegal, 195 ; nesting habits of 

 Cormorants in Co. Donegal, 231 ; 

 Squirrel killing small birds, 298 ; 



