CONTFJNTS. 



XI 



Food of Dolphin, 105 ; Bank Vole, 

 186, 227; Boar-fish, 194; Fire- 

 crest, 228; Little Bustard, 228; 

 Woodpeckers, 228 ; Toad, 385 



Fowl, Domestic, language and in- 

 stincts of, 271 



Fox swimming, 217 



Frogs, South American, nursing 

 habits of, 156 



Frost-fish of New Zealand,195 



Fulmar in Wales, 254, — in St. Kilda, 

 286 



Gastropacha neustria, 343 



Gazelle, Loder's, in Western Egypt, 

 278 



Gecko on Salvage Islands, 415 



Godwit, Bar-tailed, in Finland, 334 



Goldcrest, abnormal nesting of, 385, 

 431, 432, 448 



Goldeneye nesting in Washburn 

 Valley, 449 



Goosander in Finland, 332 



Goose, Gray-lag, breeding in Notting- 

 hamshire, 111 ; White-fronted, in 

 St. Kilda, 348; Lesser White- 

 fronted, in Finland, 331 



Goshawk, eggs, in Finland, 330 ; 

 alleged former nesting in England, 

 450 



Grampus on Norfolk coast, 65, — in 

 Cheshire, 248 



Grebe, Eared, in Hebrides, 66 ; Great 

 Crested, in Yorkshire, 66 ; Red- 

 necked, on Solway Firth, 66 ; Scla- 

 vonian, in Yorkshire, 66 



Greenfinch appropriating Thrush's 

 nest, 275 



Greenshank in Finland, 334 



Grosbeak, Pine, in Finland, 329 



Grouse, notes on, 20, 21, 106, 187; 

 migration in winter, 69, 108 ; Black, 

 in Cardiganshire and Radnorshire, 

 183, — in Finland, 332 ; Red, scarce 

 in Mid- Wales, 183 ; Willow, in Fin- 

 land, 332 



Guillemot, Black, in Merionethshire, 

 22 ; Briinnich's, on Yorkshire coast, 

 70, 74,— at Filey, 70,— in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, 109 



Gull, Black-headed, with hood in 

 winter, 192 ; Common, breeding in 

 Shetland, 349 ; Glaucous, in Wales, 

 250; Iceland, in Wales, 250; Ivory, 

 in Iceland, 23, — in Whales, 252; 

 Little, in Kent, 74 ; Sabine's, in 

 Wales, 250; Yellow-legged Her- 

 ring, on Salvage Islands, 414 



Gulls, Sea, in London, 109 



Habits of Macropisthodon rhodome- 

 las, 112 ; and structure of Sea- 

 Otter, 239; Kea, or Mountain 

 Parrot, 293 



Hare, Alpine, in Cheshire, 176, — in 

 S.W. Scotland, 375 ; Irish, turning 

 white in winter, 104, 149, 185 ; 

 white, in Essex, 375 



Harrier, Hen, in Wales, 179, — in 

 Sussex, 189 ; Marsh, in Wales, 179 ; 

 Montagu's, in Wales, 179 



Hartbeest, Somali, figured, 317 



Hawfinch, variety, 72 ; nesting mate- 

 rials used by, 232 ; in Sussex, 272 ; 

 nesting, 273 ; in Hampshire, 308 



Hebrides, Eared Grebe in, 66 ; Terns, 

 235 ; Long-tailed Field Mouse, 369, 

 426, 446 



Hedgehog in Cheshire, 169 ; new, from 

 Somaliland, 239 ; white, in York- 

 shire, 346 



Heligoland, the ornithologist in, 361 



Helix caperata figured, 207 ; nemo- 

 ralis figured, 205 ; nivosa on Sal- 

 vage Islands, 403 ; paupercula on 

 Salvage Islands, 404 ; rotundata 

 in Middlesex, 350 ; truncatula, 

 figured, 203; ustulata on Salvage 

 Islands, 415 



Hen, Hazel, in Finland, 332 



Heronry at Reedham, 98 



Hobby breeding in Norway, 292, — in 

 Wiltshire, 383 



Hoopoe in Wales, 142, — on Salvage 

 Islands, 404 



Humber District — Rare British birds, 

 56 ; Ruddy Sheldrake, 59 



Humming-bird from Columbia, 278 



Huxley, Prof. T., memoir of, 263 



Hyastenus, a new Crab, 156 



Hybernia defoliaria, H. aurantiaria, 

 341, 343 



Hybrid Swans, 24; Duck, 75, 239; 

 Finches at Crystal Palace Bird 

 Show, 110 ; Blackbird and Thrush, 

 233 ; Manx Cats, 375 



Hyperoodon rostratus, 247 



Ice-plant on Salvage Islands, 408 

 Insect migration, 276, 335, 386, 387, 



388, 389, 434, 534 

 Insects, aquatic, 437; from Arabia, 154 

 Ireland. — Irish Hare turning white 

 in winter, 104; Two-barred Cross- 

 bill, 110; European White- winged 

 Crossbill, 195 ; Wood Pigeon, 232 ; 

 Lesser Tern, 270; Marten, 301; 

 Goldcrest, 385, 431, 432, 448 



