VI 



CONTENTS. 



More, A. G., F.L.S. 



Supposed occurrence of Vespertilio 

 murinus in England — Correction 

 of an error, 148 

 Murdoch, G. W. 



Woodcock breeding in the Lake 

 district, 112 

 Neave, Newman 



Unusual abundance of the Bank 

 Vole in 1893, 109 

 Ogilvie, F. Menteith, M.A., F.Z.S. 



Cuckoo calling on the wing, 307 

 Oldham, Charles 



Mammals of Cheshire, 303 

 Patterson, Kobert 



The Marten in Ireland, 141 ; Wax- 

 wing in Co. Down, 150 

 Payne, J. W. 



Cuckoo calling on the wing, 306 

 Percival, J., F.L.S. 



Grey Plover on the Yorkshire 

 Moors in August, 429 

 Playne, Herbert C. 



Nesting of the Marsh Warbler 

 near Bath, 304 ; Lesser Kedpoll 

 breeding in Somersetshire, 305 ; 

 Cuckoo calling on the wing, 

 306; Ornithological notes from 

 France, 309 

 Pleydell, J. C. Mansel, F.L.S. 

 An assembly of Vipers, 25 ; Green 

 Woodpecker pursued by Spar- 

 rowhawk, 58 ; A brood of white 

 Swallows, 59 ; Black Guillemot 

 inland in Dorsetshire, 60 

 Popham, H. Leyborne 



Albatross at the Faeroe Islands, 

 338 ; Habits of the Herring Gull, 

 343 

 Pratt & Sons 



Leach's Petrel on the Sussex coast, 

 25 ; Wildfowl on the Sussex 

 coast, 60 

 Raeburn, Harold 



Mobbing by Crows, 116 ; The pre- 

 sent status of the Hooded Crow 

 in Southern Scotland, 261 ; Birds 

 observed in Mid- Wales, 406 

 Ealfe, P. 



Uncommon birds in the Isle of 

 Man, 63 ; A naturalist's visit to 

 the Calf of Man, 161 ; Sea-bird 

 colonies in the Isle of Man, 386 

 Eamsbotham, K. H. 



Curious accident to an Adder, 64 

 Eawlings, F. C. 



A list of birds observed in the 

 district of Barmouth, 328 



Bobertson, K. S. 



Ornithological notes from West 

 Surrey, 110 

 Kope, G. T. 



Emyslutaria turned out in Suffolk, 

 311 

 Salter, J. H. 



Period of incubation of the Spar- 

 rowhawk, 341 ; Nesting of the 

 Dotterel in Lakeland, 343 ; Un- 

 usual number of eggs for the 

 Marsh Tit and Willow Wren, 

 345 

 Sapsworth, A. D. 



The Hawfinch in Epping Forest, 

 188 

 Service, Bobert 



The Black Guillemot on the Solway 

 Firth, 55 ; Mortality amongst 

 Short-eared Owls in Scotland, 

 57 ; The Squirrel in the Southern 

 Highlands, 260 ; Homing in- 

 stinct in Ferrets, 261 ; Short- 

 eared Owls in Solway, 264; 

 Great Northern Diver choked 

 by a Gurnard, 265; A bifid 

 worm, 271 

 Sheridan, J. E. 



King Eider off Achill Island, Co. 

 Mayo, 151; Surf Scoter off Achill 

 Island, 151 ; Mealy Kedpoll in 

 Achill Island, 152 ; Button's Skua 

 off Achill Island, 152 ; American 

 Goldfinch on Achill Island, 396 

 Smith, J. N. 



Cuckoo chased by a Rook, 22 ; The 

 Crayfish, 65 

 Southwell, T., F.Z.S. 



Early mention of the Waxwing in 

 England, 62 ; On the occurrence 

 of the Bearded Seal on the Nor- 

 folk coast, 81, 187 ; Notes on the 

 Seal and Whale Fishery of 1893, 

 128 ; Cuckoo seen in March, 189, 

 262 ; The Bergylt on the Norfolk 

 coast, 230; Scorpaeua dactylop- 

 tera on the Norfolk coast, 431 

 Spears, John R. 



The Corbin Game Park in New 

 Hampshire, U.S.A., 203 

 Spence, A. C. 



Rabbit breeding above ground, 458 

 Stott, C. E. 



Snow Bunting at Bolton-le-Moors, 

 151 

 Swann, Henry K. 



Nesting of the Spotted Flycatcher, 

 59 ; Maish Harrier nesting near 



