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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Adams, Lionel E. 



Grey Seal (Halicluerus gryphus) 

 at the Isle of Man, 131 

 Aplin, 0. V., F.L.S., M.B.O.U. 

 Notes on the birds of Belgium, 149 

 Blackbird and ivy-seeds, 267 

 Black-breasted Partridges, 270 

 Cirl Bunting in Carnarvonshire, 

 322 ; Notes on the Ornithology 

 of Oxfordshire (1896-98), 433 

 Archibald, Charles F. 

 Food of the Eel, 558 

 Arnold, E. C. 



Icterine Warbler and Buff- breasted 

 Sandpiper in Norfolk, 475 

 Austen, H. H. Godwin-, Lieut. -Col. 

 Observations on the habits of a 

 Cuckoo during the breeding sea- 

 son, 135 

 Bankes, A. 



Nesting habits of the Moor-hen, 82 

 Bartlett, Edward 



How does the new-born Kangaroo 

 get into the mother's pouch? 368 

 Baylis, E. 



Avocet in Dorset, 32 

 Blagg, E. W. H. 



Variation in Cuckoos' eggs, 223 

 Bradshaw, George W. 



Notes from Reading (1898), 136 

 Brown, J. A. Harvie- 



Songs of birds affected by weather, 

 225 

 Bucknill, John A. 



Nesting of the Common Snipe (Gal- 

 linago ccelestis) near London, 

 225 

 Butler, A. G., Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 A stray visitor to Kent, 221 ; Avi- 

 culture and its scientific status, 

 273 ; The colour of the iris in 

 the Jay, 477 ; Chiffchaff building 

 on the top of small yew and box 

 trees, 517 



Butler, E. A., Lieut. -Col. 

 Black-game in Suffolk, 557 



BUTTERFIELD, E. P. 



Hawfinches near Bradford, 321 ; 

 Economy of the Cuckoo, 322 ; 

 Arrival of spring migrants in 

 Yorkshire, 323 ; Is the Whinchat 

 a mimic ? 369 ; Arrivals of Spot- 

 ted Flycatcher and Nightjar, 369 ; 

 The delinquencies of Starlings, 

 370 ; Abundance of the Song- 

 Thrush near Bradford, 554 



BUTTERFIELD, W. RUSKIN 



The Serotine (Vespertilio serotinus) 

 near Hastings, 266 

 Carter, Thomas 



Notes from Point Cloates, North- 

 west Australia (December, 1898), 

 139 ; Corrections to notes from 

 North-west Australia, 371 

 Chamberlain, Walter 



Longevity of the Red-headed Car- 

 dinal, 275 

 Charbonnier, H. J. 



Some interesting variations in the 

 plumage of certain birds, 138 

 Clarke, W. G. 



Early Man in Britain — spurious 

 flint implements, 18 

 Clarke, W. J. 



Great Grey Shrike at Scarborough, 

 80 ; Late stay of Land-Rail, 81 ; 

 Iceland Gull at Scarborough, 84 ; 

 White Stoat, 131 



COBURN, F. 



Early appearance of Chiffchaff in 

 Warwickshire, and late stay of 

 Whitethroat, 132 

 Coombe, Percy E. 



The Grey Seal on the coast of 

 Sussex, 320 

 Corbin, G. B. 



Nesting habits of the Moor-hen, 81 ; 

 Variety of the Song-Thrush in 

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