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of Turtle Dove with Common Dove 

 in confinement, 64 ; of Hawfinch 

 and Sandwich Tern in Norfolk, 88 ; 

 of Ked-backed Shrike and Barred 

 Woodpecker in Oxfordshire, 95, 96 ; 

 of Woodcock in Lake District, 112, 

 152, 187, 188 ; of Hooded Crow in 

 Northumberland, 227, — ill War- 

 wickshire, 344 ; of Lesser Kedpoll 

 in Somerset, 228, 265, 304, 305 ; of 

 Long-eared Owl, Tufted Duck, and 

 Stone Curlew in Hants, 298, 299, 

 300, 301 ; of Redstart in Co. Tyrone, 

 306; of Saffron Finch in confine- 

 ment, 460 ; of Rabbit above ground, 

 458 



Buceros melanoleucus, nesting habits, 

 233 



Bullfinch, "Blood-olph" a name for, 

 22, — nest of, with three eggs of 

 Bullfinch and one of Cuckoo, 23, — 

 and Goldfinch, hybrid between, 90 ; 

 Russian, in Norfolk, 85 



Bunting, Cirl, in Hants, 297, — nesting 

 in Surrey, 429 ; Lapland, at Flam- 

 borough, 19, — in Sussex, 60, — in 

 Lincolnshire, 61, — in Norfolk, 83, 

 89 ; Reed, variety of, 150 ; Snow, 

 great flight of, in Yorkshire, 20, — 

 in Oxfordshire, 99, — in Wales, 113, 

 — in Co. Kildare, 114, — in Lan- 

 cashire, 151, — in Hants, 302 



Butterflies tamed, 346; and moths, 

 cats catching, 24, 336 ; with wings 

 of male and female, 117 



Buzzard in Derbyshire, 342, — nesting 

 in Wales, 409 ; Rough-legged in 

 Norfolk, 84 



Cambridgeshire. — Varieties of Gold- 

 finch, Greenfinch, Reed Bunting, 

 and Blackbird, 150 ; Waxwing, 

 152 ; Polecat, 303 ; Otter, 423 

 Camel, wild, of Lob Nor, 234 

 Capercaillie hen assuming male 



plumage, figured, 356 

 Cats catching butterflies and moths, 

 24, 336 ; wild, in Lincolnshire, 257 

 Caterpillars mimicking fruit, 463 

 Cheshire. — Bank Vote, 109; Mam- 

 mals of, 303 ; Squirrels and Coni- 

 fers, 336 ; tamed butterflies, 346 

 Choughs, 47 



Cormorant choked by Flounder, 308 

 Cornwall. — Lumpsucker, 231 

 Coronella austriaca, 10 ; English re- 

 cords of, 229 

 Crab, Hermit, figured, 72 



Crake, Baillon's, at Brighton, 427; 

 Spotted, in Hants, 302 



Crayfish, 65 



Crossbill in Norfolk, 89 ; in Somerset- 

 shire, 346 



Crow, variety of, 215 ; Hooded, breed- 

 ing in Northumberland, 227, — 

 breeding in Warwickshire, 344, — 

 present status of, in Southern Scot- 

 land, 261 



Crows, 47; mobbing by, 116 ; attack- 

 ing Short-eared Owl, 264 



Cuckoo chased by Rook, 22 ; seen in 

 March, 97, 150, 189, 190, 191, 224, 



262 ; early arrival in 1894, 224, 



263 ; early laying, 224 ; variation 

 of plumage, 225 ; calling on the 

 wing, 264, 306, 307, 308, 338, 340 ; 

 young, reared in Swallow's nest, 

 340 



Cumberland. — Woodcock, 112, 152, 

 187, 188 ; Bank Vole, 149 ; Badger, 

 186 ; Cuckoo, 190 ; Dipper, 269 ; 

 hybrid Mallard and Sheldrake, 396, 

 427 ; Otter, 423 ; Barrow's Golden- 

 eye, 426 ; Bergylt, 431 



Curlew, Pigmy, in Hants, 300 ; Stone, 

 breeding in Hants, 301 



Cynogale bennetti, a rare mammal of 

 Borneo, 194 



Derbyshire. — Birds of, 78, 110; Buz- 

 zard, 342 ; Dotterel, 344 



Devonshire. — Black Stork, 429 



Dipper in Oxfordshire, 97 ; swimming 

 powers of, 112 ; in Northampton- 

 shire, 210 ; nesting of, in Cumber- 

 land, 269 ; in Hants, 296, 301 



Diver, Black-throated, in Norfolk, 84 ; 

 Great Northern, choked byGurnard, 

 265 ; White-billed Great Northern, 

 119 



Dolphin, White-backed, in Kilbrannan 

 Sound, Arran, 424 



Dorsetshire. — Vipers, 25 ; Green 

 Woodpecker pursued by Sparrow- 

 hawk, 58 ; White Swallows, 59 ; 

 Black Guillemot, 60 ; Cuckoo, 224 



Dotterel in Northamptonshire, 218 ; 

 in Haddingtonshire, 266; nesting 

 in Lakeland, 343 ; in Derbyshire, 

 344 



Dove, Ring, pairing with Domestic 

 Pigeon, 23 ; Turtle, breeding with 

 Common Dove in confinement, 64, 

 — breeding in Hants, 299 



Duck, Australian, 67 ; Bimaculated, 

 85 ; Eider, on Norfolk coast, 64, — 



