CONTENTS. 



Vll 



177, 225 ; the Irish Stoat in the 

 Isle of Man, 226 

 Tristram, Eev. Canon, LLD., F.R.S. 



Roller in Northumberland, 433 

 Trumball, J. 



Abnormal nesting of the Goldcrest 

 in Ireland, 432 

 Tuck, Rev. Julian G., M.A. 



Waxwing in Suffolk, 69 

 Warrand, Major- General W. E., R.E. 

 Irish Hare turning white in winter, 

 104 

 Warren, Robert 



Irish names for British animals, 

 148 ; Notable increase of the 

 Lesser Tern in Co. Mayo, 271 

 Whitaker, J. 



Variety of the Hawfinch, 72 ; Nest- 

 ing habits of the Common White- 

 throat, 310; Quails in Notting- 

 hamshire, 348 



W t hite, Taylor 



On the habits of the Kea, or 

 Mountain Parrot of New Zea- 

 land, 293 

 Winton, W T . E. de 



Seasonal changes of colour in the 

 fur of mammals, 65 ; The Long- 

 tailed Field Mouse of the Outer 

 Hebrides — a proposed new spe- 

 cies, 369, 426, 446 ; Honey Buz- 

 zard nesting in Herefordshire, 

 382 

 Witherby, Henry F. 



Wood Pigeon nesting on the 

 ground, 232 

 Wollaston, A. F. R. 



Nesting of the Marsh Warbler near 

 Bath, 304 

 Young, John, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 Note on Turdus alpestris, 66; 

 Rooks in London, 227 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Acorns dispersed by Rooks, 452 

 Adders swallowing their young, 436, 



456 

 zEpyornis, bones of, 75 

 Agrotis graminis, 343 

 Albino Weasels, 19, 302; and pied 



varieties, 234 ; Shrew, 268 

 Animals, Irish names, 148 ; wild, 



killed in Norway in 1894, 425; 



provincial names, 447 

 Antelopes of the Transvaal, 239 

 Anthus bertheloti on Salvage Islands, 



403 

 Ants, Indian, 157; "Honey," in 



Natal, 280; "Parasol," in Trini- 

 dad, 311 

 Arachnida from Arabia, 154 

 Asparagus on Salvage Islands, 408 

 Auk, Great, sale of, 193, — eggs, sale 



of, 193, 269— in St. Kilda, 285; 



Little, remarkable invasion, 68, 74, 



— on coasts of Scotland, 151, 188 

 Avocet in Kent, 349 



Barnacle in Pembrokeshire, 246 

 Bat, Barbastelle, in Cheshire, 166; 



Daubenton's, in Cheshire, 167 ; 



Lesser Horseshoe, in Yorkshire, 



65, — in Cheshire, 166; Long-eared, 

 in Cheshire, 166 ; Natterer's, in 

 Lancashire, 165, — in Yorkshire, 

 426; Noctule, in Cheshire, 167; 

 Pipistrelle, in Cheshire, 166 ; Whis- 

 kered, in Yorkshire, 65, — in Che- 

 shire, 168, — in Derbyshire, 347 



Beaver in Norway, 44 



Birds observed in S. Wales, 13 ; rare 

 British, in Humber District, 56 ; in 

 Mid- Wales, 129, 178, 221, 249 ; in 

 Pembrokeshire in 1603, 241 ; of 

 Paradise, moulting, 278 ; of St. 

 Kilda, 282 ; imitative faculty in, 

 303 ; migrating, resting upon water, 

 308; on Munio River, 326; alti- 

 tude of flight, 366 ; speed on migra- 

 tion, 366 ; rate of flight, 377, 427, 

 428, 442 



Bittern in Yorkshire, 67, — in Wales, 

 184; Little, in Norfolk, 98,— in 

 Wales, 184 



Bison, European and Caucasian, dis- 

 tribution, 1 



Blackbird marked like Ring Ouzel, 

 111 ; and Thrush, hybrid, 233 



Blnethroat in Humber District, 57, — 

 in Finland, 328,— migrating, 378 



