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CONTENTS. 



Prolochus longiceps, 357 

 Prosthemadera novae-zealandite, 317 

 ProtophasmidaB, 293 

 Psalidoprocne holomelasna, 147 

 Psittacula galgula, 317 

 Puffinus anglorum, 77 ; major, 31 

 Pyrrhula europaea, 139, 159 ; major, 61 

 Python sebae, 519 



Quail in Malta, 255, 256 

 Querquedulacircia,115,136 ; crecca,73 



Bau\ Land, late stay, 81 



Eainworth, notes from, 557 



Rana esculenta, 150, 156, 318; opis- 



thodon, 361 ; temporaria, 97, 98 

 Ray, Eagle, or Devil-fish, a mon- 

 strous (with Plate), 145 

 Razorbill in Malta, 255 

 Reading, notes from (1898), 136 

 Recurvirostra avocetta, 32 

 Redbreast, white eggs of, 221 ; in 



Malta, 256 

 Redshank in Malta, 258 

 Redstart, Black, in Malta, 255, 257 ; 



Common, in Malta, 255 

 Regulus cristatus, 154; ignicapillus, 



154 

 Rhinoceros bicornis, 469 ; simus, 469 ; 



sumatrensis, 318 ; unicornis, 470 

 Rhinolophus hipposiderus, 474 

 Rhomalea speciosa, 452 

 Rhombus lasvis, 273 ; maximus, 273 

 Ricinus, 464 

 Rissa tridactyla, 76, 343 

 Rook, singular, 118 

 Rooks for South Africa, 335 ; in the 



West-End of London, 370 

 Rotterdam zoological collection, 318 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus, 58, 170, 210; 



titys, 151, 152, 161 



Sabella, 462 



Salamandramaculata, 308 ; maculosa, 



318 

 Salmon in the Tweed and Teviot, 46 ; 



Severn, 284 ; Welsh, 285 

 Salmonidae, 304 

 Salticoidae, 357 

 Salvelinus, 304 

 Sandpiper, Buff-breasted, in Norfolk, 



475 ; Common, in Malta, 258 

 Saunders, John, testimonial to, 559 

 Saxicola cenanthe, 58, 72, 132, 152, 



170, 200, 321 

 Scale-insects, 383 

 ' Science Gossip,' 47 

 Sciurus vulgaris, 132 



Scolopax rusticula, 370 



Scops capensis, 420 



Scoters in South Hants ? and Isle of 

 Wight, 30, 80 



Scotland. — Lapwings, 225 ; Songs of 

 birds affected by weather, 225 ; 

 Whinchat, 267 ; Pied Wagtail in 

 Aberdeenshire, 268 ; ornithological 

 notes, 271; Woodcock, 370; Cuc- 

 koo, 371 ; Skylark, 517 



Seal and Whale Fishery (1898), 103 



Seal, Grey, at Isle of Man, 131 ; on 

 Sussex coast, 320 



Seals, destruction of, 192; in the 

 Wash, 417 



Serajevo, Bosnia, ornithological meet- 

 ing at, 511 



Serpentarius secretarius, 460 



Sesia bombyliformis, 454; fuciformis, 

 454 



Shag or Green Cormorant in Malta, 

 257 



Shearwater, Great, at Lowestoft, 31 



Sheldrake, Ruddy, in Malta, 258 



Shetland birds, notes on, 72 



Shrike, Great Grey, in Warwick- 

 shire, 79, — at Scarborough, 80, — 

 in Malta, 255 ; South African Bush, 

 strange nest of, 80 



Silurus glarus, 317 



Sirex gigas, 184, 421 



Siskin in Malta, 256 



Sisymbrium sophia, 348 



Sketches, original, of British birds, 1, 

 198, 506 



Skylark in Malta, 256 ; singing in 

 October, 517 



Snipe, Common, nesting near Lon- 

 don, 225 ; Great, in Malta, 258 



Societies. — Royal Microscopical, 281 ; 

 Zoological, Report (1898), 282,— 

 new President, 382 



Sokotra, Island of, Scientific Expedi- 

 tion to, 560 



Somateria mollissima, 70, 73 



Solea lascaris, 273 



Songs of birds affected by weather, 

 135, 183, 225, 324 



Sphongophorus, 452 



Spiders, British and Irish, 281 



Spiloglaux boobook, 141 



Spoonbill near Great Yarmouth, 270 



Spreo bicolor, 307 



Spirobis, 535 



Squatarola helvetica, 142, 419 



Squilla mantis, 290 



Squirrel, albino, in Wiltshire, 132 



Starling in Malta, 255 ; variety, 255 



