XX111 



Blindworm in December, 2356 ; through- 

 out the year in Devonshire, 2394 



Bombycilla garrula, 2487, 2597 



Botaurus minutus, 2601 

 „ stellaris, 2600 



Brachioptilon Hamiltoni in the gulf of 

 Mexico, 2396 



Brama pinna-squamata, xxvi 

 „ Raii, xxvii 



Bream, Ray's, xxvii 



' British Reptiles,' 2575 



Broscus cephalotes, 2374 



Bubo maximus, 2596 



Bucculatrix aurimaculella, lxiv 

 „ vetustella, lxiv 



Bulimus, note on a species of, 2399 



Bull and stag, combat between, 2345 



Bulla akera, abundance of at Walton-on- 

 the-Naze, 2399 



Bullfinch, 2430, 2493 ; change in plumage 

 of, 2390, 2454 ; inquiry respecting, 

 2567 ; black variety of, 2568 



Bunting, snow, near Deal, 2388 ; arrival 

 of, 2415; cirl, at Rye, 2454, 2527 

 snow, 2489, 2536; common, 2489 

 black-headed, 2489; yellow, 2490 

 cirl, 2597 



Burdock-heads, examine the dry, 2369 



Bustard on Salisbury Plain, 2590 ; great, 

 2599 ; little, 2599 



Buteo Lagopus, 2595 

 „ vulgaris, 2595 



Buzzard, 2476 ; honey, at Udimore, 241 1 ; 

 near Worcester, 2411 ; rough -legged, 

 in Norfolk, 2452 ; common, 2595 ; 

 rough-legged, 2595 ; honey, 2596 



Calamophilus biarmicus, 2597 



Canary, singular anecdote of, 2454 



Canine instinct, 2557 



Canine patron of railway travelling, 2557 



Caprimulgus Europaeus, 2607 



Carduelis spinus, 2429 



Cat chirurgery, &c, in Spain, 2439 



Cat, wild, in Lancashire, 2408 ; in Sur- 

 rey, 2439 ; inquiry respecting, 2587 



Cats and Nemophila insignis, 2343, 2380, 

 2407, 2619 



Cats, partiality of for cigars, 2439 



Ceratina albilabris, lvii 



Certhia familiaris, 2565 



Cerura bicuspis at Preston, 2500 



Chaffinch, 2490 



Charadrina glareosa near Cromer, 2369 



Charadrius hiaticula, 2536 



„ morinellus, 2541,2611 



„ pluvialis, 2610 



Charaeas cespitis near Worthing, 2613 



Chiff-chaff, 2486 



Chimpanzee, importation of another spe- 

 cimen of, 2379 

 Chlaeneus nigricornis in Cumberland, 



2373 

 Ciconia alba, 2601 

 Cinclus aquaticus, 2478 

 Circus cineraceus, 2596 

 „ cyaneus, 2596 

 „ rufus, 2596 

 Clangula vulgaris, 2540 

 Cobra di capella, 2394 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris, 2429 

 Cockchafer, ravages of the grub of, 2555 

 Coleoptera, rare, on Leith Hill, Surrey, 



2502 ; rare, some new to Britain, 



2552 

 Colias Edusa near Exmouth, 2369 ; abun- 

 dant at Ventnor, 2612 

 Colias Hyale, septennial visits of, 2546 ; 



at Dover, 2583 ; at Lewes, 2583 ; 



non-occurrence of in 1 849, 2584 ; at 



Ventnor, 2612 ; near Brighton, 2612 

 Columba senas, 2432, 2607 



„ livia, 2598 



„ palumbus, 2606 



„ Turtur, 2607 

 Colymbetes dispar, xxiv 

 Colymbus arcticus, 2540 



„ glacialis, 2540 



„ septentrionalis, 2540 



Combat between bull and stag, 2345 

 Corallines found at Dunbar, 2464 

 Cormorant, green, near Borobridge, 2353 ; 



in Worcestershire, 2456 ; common, 



2624 ; green, 2624 

 Corvus corax, 2560, 2598 



„ comix, 2561, 2598 



„ corone, 2561 



„ frugilegus, 2430, 2561 



„ glandarius, 2564 

 „ monedula, 2563 



„ pica, 2563 

 Cossus ligniperda, pure starch discharged 



by the larva of, 2612 

 Coturnix vulgaris, 2535 

 Crake, spotted, 2602 ; in Cambridgeshire, 



2497 

 Crambus Warringtonellus, lxi 

 Crane, common, 2600 ; in Shetland, 2352 

 Creeper, 2565 

 Crex Porzana, 2602 

 „ pratensis, 2535 

 Crossbill, 2493 ; at Rye, 2418 ; two-barred, 



in Suffolk, 2419 ; at Bembridge, 2526 ; 



nesting at Durham, 2526; at Wis- 



beach, 2527 ; common, 2597 

 Crow, hooded, near Borobridge, 2353 ; at 



Drinkstone, 2454 ; carrion, 2561 ; 



hooded, 2561 , 2598 



