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Bridgman, W. K. 



On leaves adhering to the casts of 

 worms, 2576 

 Briggs, J. J. 



Defence of previous statements about 

 the sparrow, 2388; Notes on the 

 bat and shrew, 2408 ; Inquiry re- 

 specting the egg of the common 

 fowl, 24 19 ; The birds of Melbourne, 

 2475, 2559, 2603 

 Bull, Henry 



Cats and Nemophila insignis, 2380 ; 

 Sand lizard at Godalming, 2394 

 Bull, W. J. 



Capture of Lepidoptera at Exmouth, 

 2368 



BULTEEL, C. J. C. 



Occurrence of eight night herons in 

 Devonshire, 2528 



BURROUGHES, T. H. 



Rough-legged buzzard in Norfolk, 

 2452 ; Tufted duck in Norfolk, 2456 

 Burton, W. D. 



Caspian tern near Great Yarmouth, 

 2499 

 Bury, Rev. Charles A., M.A. 



Cat chirurgery, &c, in Spain, 2439 ; 

 Extract from Diary, 2450 ; Note 

 on the griffon vulture, 2451 ; The 

 masked gull, 2457 

 Cater, W. E. 



Minor grackle in Norfolk, 2391 ; Early 

 arrival of fieldfares, 2412; Arrival 

 of the snow bunting, 2415 ; Minor 

 grackle in Norfolk, 2496; Ringed 

 plover, turnstone, spotted crake and 

 grasshopper warbler in Cambridge- 

 shire, 2497 

 Chennell, F. A. 



Note on the length of song of some 

 of the British song birds, as re- 

 marked in the year 1848, 2355; 

 great-crested grebe near Reigate, 

 2421 ; Ring ouzel near Esher, 2567 

 Christy, J. F. 



Singular nidification of a robin, 2495 

 Cogswell, C, M.D., F.L.S. 



Combat with a swordfish, 2396 

 Collins, John 



Whistling mouse, 2474 

 Colman, J. F. 



White variety of the swallow, Late 

 stay of the martin in Suffolk, 2392 

 Cooke, H. 



Captures of Lepidoptera at Brighton, 

 2402; Capture of Glaea erythro- 

 cephala in England, 2404 

 Cooke, Nicholas 



Extraordinary nest of the song thrush, 



2453 ; Heliothis marginata at New 

 Brighton, 2547 



Couch, R. Q. 



Mailed gurnard in Cornwall, 2398 



Couch, Jonathan, F.L.S., &c. 



Description of Brama pinna -squa- 

 mata, a supposed unrecognized 

 British fish, xxvi; Description of 

 Scomber punctatus, a species of 

 mackerel not hitherto recognized 

 by naturalists, xxix 



Crewe, H. H. 



Hawfinch at Tring and Berkhamp- 

 stead, 2454 



Curtler, M. 



Honey buzzard near Worcester, Va- 

 riety of the tawny owl, 24 1 1 ; Late- 

 remaining cuckoo, Oyster-catcher 

 in Worcestershire, 2455 ; Cormo- 

 rant in Worcestershire, 2456 



Dawson, Rev. J. F., M.A. 



Capture of rare Coleoptera, some of 

 them new to Britain, 2552 



Deby, Julian 



Note on the natterjack, 2395 



Double day, Henry 



Note upon four European species of 

 the genus Cucullia, 2364 ; The ge- 

 nus Eupithecia, 2404 ; Plumage 

 of the hobby, 2409 ; Supposed early 

 arrival of the fieldfare, 2412; Rho- 

 daria sanguinalis in England, 2547 



Douglas, J. W. 



Larvae on the leaves and catkins of 

 sallows, &c, 2364; On setting 

 Micro-Lepidoptera flat, 2500, 2548 



Douglas, Rev. R. C, M.A. 



Note on Episema caeruleocephala, 

 2403 



Duff, Joseph 



Reply to Mr. Briggs on the destruc- 

 tive power of the sparrow, 2350 ; 

 Ornithological observations at 

 Bishop's Auckland, 2354 ; Extraor- 

 dinary example of the common 

 fox, 2380 ; Great gray shrike near 

 Bishop's Auckland, 2386 ; Variety 

 of the fieldfare, 2386 ; Granivorous 

 propensity of the sparrow, 24 1 5 ; 

 Mode of destroying moths in birds' 

 skins, 2450 ; Osprey near Bishop's 

 Auckland, 2452 ; Change of colour 

 in the bullfinch, 2454 ; Inquiry as 

 to the best mode of preparing ske- 

 letons, 2474 ; Spotted sandpiper 

 near Bishop's Auckland, 2499 ; 

 Singular variety of the redbreast, 

 Crossbill nesting in Durham, 2526 ; 

 Yellow-breasted marten breeding 



