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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Aplin, 0. V., M.B.O.U. 



Bank Vole in Oxfordshire, 52; 

 Range of the Mediterranean 

 Herring Gull, 58 ; Ostrich taking 

 to the water voluntarily, 62 ; 

 Notes on the Ornithology of Ox- 

 fordshire, 1892 and 1893, 91; 

 Stoats in ermine dress, 148, 223 ; 

 Date of arrival of Lesser White- 

 throat, 153 ; Cuckoo seen in 

 March, 190 ; Eggs of the Tree 

 Sparrow, 228 ; Early Cuckoos in 

 1894, 263 ; Whimbrel in the Mid- 

 lands, 266 ; Marsh Harrier nest- 

 ing in Oxfordshire, 268; The 

 autumn song of birds, 410 

 Archibald, Charles F. 



Ring Dove pairing with Domestic 

 Pigeon, 23 ; Woodcock breeding 

 in the Lake District, 188 

 Arnold, Rev. F. H. 



Autumnal migration of the Meadow 

 Pipit, 426 

 Atkinson, E. W. 



Young Cuckoo reared in a Swal- 

 low's nest, 340 

 Barrett-Hamilton, G. E. H. 



English and Irish Jays, 61 ; The 

 Marten in Ireland, 134, 187 ; 

 Waxwing near Newmarket, 152 ; 

 Polecat in Cambrigeshire, 303 

 Battersby, Mrs. Frances J. 



Squirrels destructive in planta- 

 tions, 148 

 Bayly, H. L. 



Marten in Co. Wicklow, 394; 

 Woodcocks nesting in Co. Wick- 

 low, 430 

 Blagg, E. W. H. 



Water Vole at a distance from 

 water, 223 

 Blathwayt, F. L. 



Palmated Newt in Herefordshire, 

 191 

 Borrer, William, M.A., F.L.S. 

 Cuckoo seen in March, 189 



Boulenger, G. A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 

 On the variations of the Smooth 

 Snake, 10; On the size of the 

 British Newts, 145 

 Bradshaw, George W. 



Uncommon birds in Sussex, 60 ; 

 Notes from Hastings, 228 ; Avo- 

 cet in Sussex, 346 

 Brown, J. A. Harvie, F.R.S.E. 

 Albatross at the Foeroe Islands, 337 



BUCKNILL, J. A. 



Cats catching butterflies and moths, 

 24; Notes from Epsom, 25; Early 

 nesting of the Heron, 152 ; Birds 

 nesting near Epsom, 429 

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



Breeding of the Saffron Finch in 

 confinement, 460 

 Butler, Lt.-Col. E. A. 



Cuckoos calling on the wing, 338 ; 

 Late nesting of the Goldfinch, 

 344 

 Cambridge, Rev. O. P., M.A., F.L.S. 

 Early arrival of the Cuckoo in 

 1894, 224 

 Cameron, Allan Gordon 



The origin and purpose of the horns 

 and antlers of Ruminants, 241, 

 281 ; Cuckoo calling on the wing, 

 307 

 Campbell, John M. 



White-beaked Dolphin in Kil- 

 brannan Sound, Arran, 424 

 Carter, James 



Cuckoo seen in March, 190 ; 

 Habits of the Otter, 457 

 Chapman, Alfred C. 



Habits of the Otter, 108; Short- 

 eared Owls in Northumberland, 

 114, 226 ; Hooded Crow breeding 

 in Northumberland, 227 

 Christy, Miller, F.L.S. 



Food of the Otter, 53; On an early 

 notice and figure of the Great 

 Auk, 142 ; Serotine Bat in Essex, 

 423 



