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CONTENTS. 



off Acbill Island, Co. Mayo, 151 ; 



Long-tailed, in Sussex, 60, — on 



Norfolk coast, 64, — in Wales, 113 ; 



Pintail and Wild, hybrid between, 



85 ; Tufted, on Sussex coast, 61, — 



breeding in Hants, 300 

 Ducks assuming Drakes' plumage, 



153 

 Dunlin, variety, 85 

 Durham. — Otter, 108 



Eagle, Sea, mobbed by Books, 84 



Earthworms, geographical distribu- 

 tion of, 29, 195 



Echidna, structure of j r oung, 68 



Egg of Great Auk, 108 



Eggs, wild birds', new Act for protec- 

 tion, 179, 321; of Tree Sparrow, 

 228, 309 ; unusual number of, for 

 Marsh Tit and Willow Wren, 345 ; 

 large clutches, 428 



Emys lutaria turned out in Suffolk, 



3ii 



Essex.— Otter, 53; Hawfinch, 188; 

 Serotine Bat, 423 



Faeroe Isles, Albatross, 337, 338 



Falco vespertinus in Oxfordshire, 91 



Falcon, Peregrine, in Somersetshire, 

 21 ; in Oxfordshire, 91 ; attacked by 

 Eavens, 219 



Fauna of Lincolnshire, 253 



Ferret, homing instinct, 261 



Finch, Mountain, and Greenfinch, 

 hybrid between, 90 ; Saffron, breed- 

 ing in confinement, 460 ; Serin, in 

 Norfolk, 86 



Finches, hybrid, at Crystal Palace 

 Bird Show, 114 



Fishes, Marsipobranch, abnormal, 29, 

 —of Mt. Kenia, 68 



Fly, Tsetse, 68 



Flycatcher, Pied, in Wales, 115, 

 408; Spotted, nesting of, 59, — 

 abundance of, in Northampton- 

 shire, 216 



Food of Otter, 53, 108 ; of Badger, 

 108 



Fox killing Short-eared Owls, 57; 

 variation in colour, 335 



France, ornithological notes from, 

 309 



Frog, movements of, 462 



Gadwall in Norfolk, 84, 86 

 Gall-flies, 319 



Gallinngo major and Common Snipe, 

 hybrid between, 90 



Gallinule, Grey-headed, in Norfolk, 

 85 ; Black - backed Purple, in 

 Hampshire, 427 



Game, African Big, 32, 36, 202, 308 ; 

 preservation of, 201 ; in Corbin 

 Park, New Hampshire, U.S.A., 

 203 



Garganey at Eainworth, Notts, 116 ; 

 in Norfolk, 87 



Germany, migration of Partridge in, 

 18 ; Bed Grouse introduced into, 35 



Golden-eye, Barrow's, 426 



Goldfinch in Isle of Man, 64, — and 

 Bullfinch, hybrid between, 90, — 

 variety of, 150, — late nesting of, 

 344; American, on Achill Island, 

 Co. Mayo, 396 



Goosander on Sussex coast, 61 ; in 

 Northamptonshire, 219 



Goose, Brent, in Sussex, 61, — in 

 Hants 302 ; Pink-footed, in Dum- 

 friesshire, 114; Bean and White- 

 fronted, hybrid between, 214 



Gonioctena variabilis, specimens of, 

 illustrating discontinuous variation 

 in colour, 233 



Goshawk in Norfolk, 86 



Grebe, Eared, in Isle of Man, 63 ; 

 Great Crested, in Oxfordshire, 99, 

 in North of Ireland, 113, — in North- 

 amptonshire, 219, — in Hants, 302 ; 

 Bed-necked, in Hants, 300; Scla- 

 vonian, in Norfolk, 89, — in Wales, 

 113 



Greenfinch, variety of, 150 ; and 

 Mountain Finch, hybrid between, 

 90 



Greenland, ornithological notes from, 

 56 ; bird-skins from, 50 



Grouse, Bed, introduction into N.W. 

 Germany, 55 ; iu Northampton- 

 shire, 218 



Gudgeon, blind, 230 



Guillemot driven ashore in Co. Sligo, 

 21, — driven ashore in Suffolk, 

 21, — caught by baited hook 90, — 

 caught in a fishing-line, 302; 

 Black, on Solway Firth, 55, — in- 

 land in Dorsetshire, 60, — on Nor- 

 folk coast, 64, 90 



Gull, Glaucous, 90; Herring, habits 

 of, 343 ; Iceland, in Norfolk, 85 ; 

 Little, on Solway Frith, 115, — in 

 Norfolk, 85, 90; Mediterranean 

 Herring, range of, 58 



Gulls eating candle-ends, 308 



Gurnard, Sapphirine, in Solway Firth, 

 230, 270 



