CONTENTS. 



Vll 



Oxford, 227 ; Eggs of the Tree 



Sparrow, 309 

 Thomas, Oldfield, F.Z.S. 



Unusual abundance of the Bank 



Vole in 1898, 54 

 Tuck, Eev. Julian G., M.A. 



Storm-driven sea-birds, 21 ; Blood- 



Olph, a name for the Bullfinch, 



22; Wildfowl on the Norfolk 



coast, 64 



USSHER, W. J. 



Kedstart breeding in Co. Tyrone, 



306 

 Warren, Robert 

 Little Auk in Co. Sligo, 20 ; Great 



Shearwater in Killala Bay, Co. 



Mayo, 22 ; Sand Martins nesting 



in a ruin, 305 ; Cormorant choked 



by a Flounder, 308 

 Whitaker, J., F.Z.S. 



Garganey at Rainworth, Notts, 



116; Varieties of the Goldfinch, 



Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, and 



Blackbird, 150 ; Varieties of 

 Rooks, 269 ; Variety of Water- 

 hen, 270; Curious proximity of 

 nests, 309 

 Whitlock, F. B. 



The birds of Derbyshire, 110 

 Wickham, Miss F. M. 



Pheasant nesting in a tree, 227, 266 

 Williams, Edward 

 American Golden Plover in Ireland, 

 428 

 Williams, W. 



Turtle Dove breeding with Com- 

 mon Dove in confinement, 64 

 Winton, W T . E. DE 

 On a neglected species of British 

 Field Mouse, 441 

 Withe rby, Harry F. 



Woodcocks breeding in the Lake 

 district, 152 ; Dotterel in Had- 

 dingtonshire, 266 

 Wykeham, Rev. H. W. 



Robin nesting in a church, 269 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Adams's Northern Diver, 119 

 Adder, curious accident to, 64 ; iEpy- 



ornis, remnins of. 119 

 Africa, South, preservation of Big 



Game in, 201 ; English Oysters for, 



231 

 Albatross in Faeroe Isles, 337, 338 

 Amphithoe littorina, nest in a bottle, 



315 

 Antelope, Crawshay's, 28 ; Dwarf, 



194; new from Somaliland, 195; 



Indian, period of gestation, 250; 



Sable head of, 32 ; Waterbuck, 33 ; 



of Pungue Valley, 119 ; S. African, 



350, figured 

 Antlers of Ruminants, origin and 



purpose, 241, 281 ; of Fallow Deer j 



affected by removal of testis, 315 

 Ants and plants associated, curious 



examples, 65 

 Auk, Great, egg, 108, — early notice | 



and figure, 142 ; Little, in Co. Sligo, 



2 >, 64— in Suffolk, 21,— in Isle of 



Man, 63,— in Norfolk, 90 

 Auerhahn, derivation of the name, 177 

 Avocet in Norfolk, 86 ; in Sussex, 346 



Baden, contributions to an Avifauna, 

 166 



Badger, food, 109 ; habits, 186 ; period 

 of gestation, 186, 221, 458 



Bat, Barbastelle, in Northampton- 

 shire, 187, — in Huntingdonshire, 

 395 ; Mouse-coloured, correction of 

 error respecting, 148 ; Serotine, 

 near Hastings, 261, — in Essex, 423 



Bedfordshire. — Osprey, 395 ; Lesser 

 Redpoll, 427 



Beetle, Goliath, 28, 463 



Bergylt on Norfolk coast, 230 ; off 

 Whitehaven, 431 



Big Game, African, 32, 36, 202, 

 348 



Bird-life in Arctic Norway, 121 



Birds, female, partly assuming male 

 plumage, 15, 153, 356 ; small, punc- 

 turing flowers to attract insects, 271 ; 

 sea, storm-driven, in Suffolk, 21 ; 

 uncommon, in Somersetshire, 21, — 

 in Sussex, 60, — in Isle of Man, 63 ; 

 of Derbyshire, 110 ; of Baden, 166 ; 

 observed at Tooting-Beck Common, 

 near London, 178 ; Wild, Protection 



