CONTENTS. 



XIX 



Starlings, delinquencies of, 268, 870 ; 



nesting in fir trees, 370 

 Stenorrhynchus longirostris, 530 

 Stercorarius catarrhactes, 76 ; crepi- 



datus, 68, 76 

 Sterna arctica, 32 ; dougallii, 83 ; nia- 



crura, 67, 74 ; minuta, 32, 182 

 Stipiturus rnalachurus, 140 ; rufipes, 



371 

 Stoat, white, 79, 131, 179 

 Stonechat in Malta, 257 

 Storms and song-birds, 43 

 Stray bird in Kent, 221 

 Strigops habrobtilus, 307 

 Strix delicatulus, 141 

 Stroniatopoda, 290 

 Sturnus uuicolor, 256 ; vulgaris, 64, 



73, 85, 159, 162, 268, 370 

 Sula bassana, 73 

 Suricata tetradactyla, 516 

 Suricate in the Transvaal, 516 

 Swallows and Hobbies, 476, 517 

 Swan, Whooper, in Malta, 255 

 Swifts fighting, 418 

 Sydney, a ramble near, 407 

 Sylvia atricapilla, 60, 154, 161 ; ci- 



nerea, 72, 132, 154, 161, 508 ; hor- 



tensis, 154, 161 ; locustella, 221 

 Syrnium aluco, 86, 160 



Tabanidae, 309 



Tachonidae, 454 



Tait, Lawson, and animal life, 336 



Tanganyika, Lake, fauna of, 42 



Tanager, Superb, on sexual diffe- 

 rences in, 325 



Tapirus indicus, 818 



" Taxidermist," derivation ? 96 



Taxus baccata, 310 



Tern, Little, in Ireland, 182 ; Roseate, 

 habit of, 83 



Terns in Isle of Man, 32 



Tetrao tetrix, 557 



Thomisus, 533 ; onustus, 538 



Thrush in Malta, 257 ; nest of, piled 

 up with ivy berries, 320; Mistle, 

 nesting of, 180 ; Song, variety, 417, 

 — abundance near Bradford, 554 



Titanophasma fayoli, 292, 293 



Toad in nest of Titlark, 87 ; Com- 

 mon, observations on, 97 



Todirhamphus pyrrhopygius, 141 ; 

 sanctus, 139 



Totanus calidris, 65 ; hypoleucus, 66, 

 74 



Trachypetes aquila, 308 



Trek-Bokke of Cape Colony, 213 



Tremella, 463 



Tremellodon gelatinosum, 468 



Tres Marias Islands, Nat. Hist., 286 



Trichogaster fasciatus, 318 



Tringa alpina, 66, 74, 271 ; striata, 

 66 ; temmincki, 66 



Triton alpestris, 318 ; taeniatus, 318 



Troglodytes parvulus, 72, 85, 157, 162 



Tryngites rufescens, 475 



Tuberculosis among animals in Zoo- 

 logical Society's Gardens, 336 



Tubifex rivulorum, 852 



Turdus iliacus, 7, 58 ; merula, 13, 85, 

 152, 161, 181, 267 ; musicus, 85, 

 151, 320, 417, 554 ; pilaris, 58, 557 ; 

 torquatus, 59, 198, 271, 408 ; visci- 

 vorus, 1, 180 



Turnix velox, 140 



Turnstones in Malta, 255 



Turtle in dry mud, 431 



Turtur communis, 160, 163 



Typhlopsylla hexactenus, 58 



Uria grylle, 68, 76 ; troile, 76 



Ursus torquatus, 316 



Utriculariae, 456 



Vanellus cristatus, 74 ; vulgaris, 225, 



271 

 Vanessa atalanta twenty miles from 



land, 422 

 Varanus albigularis, 226, 272, 421 ; 



niloticus, 226, 272, 421 

 Variety of Stoat, 89, 131, 179 ; Book, 



118 ; Partridge, 126; Squirrel, 132; 



Helix ericetorum, 148 ; Beaver, 220 ; 



Starling, 256; Song-Thrush, 417; 



Green Woodpecker, 419 

 Vertebrates of Berkshire, 148 

 Vespertilio serotinus, 131, 266 

 Vesperugo leisleri, 266 

 Viper feeding in confinement, 518 ; 



killed by a mouse, 519 

 Vipera verus, 518 



Wagtail, Blue-headed, in Cumber- 

 land, 267 ; Pied, abnormal occur- 

 rence, 268 ; White, in Co. Cork, 418 



Wagtails (Blue-headed, Grey, and 

 White) in Malta, 255, 256 



Wales.— Crossbill, 28, 182 ; Flamin- 

 go, 29; Polecat, 79; Pied Fly- 

 catcher, 134 ; Grasshopper Warbler, 

 221 ; Cirl Bunting, 322 



Walton's ' Compleat Angler,' sale of 

 first editions, 48 



Warbler, Grasshopper, in Brecon- 

 shire, 221 ; Icterine, in Norfolk, 475 



Wasp, Great Wood-boring, in Ireland, 

 184, 421 



Weldon, W. F. R., new Linacre Prof, 

 at Oxford, 144 



