CONTENTS. 



XI 



Habits of Otter, 108, 457 ; of Bank 

 Vole, 149 ; of Badger, 186 ; of Her- 

 ring Gull, 343 ; of Weasel, 417, 445 



Hampshire. — Vespertilio minimis, 

 148; Badger, 221; Memorial to 

 Gilbert White, 259 ; ornithological 

 notes, 295 ; Bittern, 311 ; Fox, 335 ; 

 Cats catching butterflies and moths, 

 336 ; Green Woodpecker pursued 

 by Sparrowhawk, 340 ; Montagu's 

 Harrier, 341 ; Lesser Grey Shrike, 

 345 ; " Cape Pigeon,'' 396 ; Black- 

 backed Purple Gallinule, 427 



Hampshire, New (U.S. A), Corbin 

 Game Park in, 203 



Harrier, Hen, in Norfolk, 84, 89 ; 

 Marsh, reported nesting of, near 

 Oxford, 227, 268, 304 ; Montagu's, 

 in Hants, 341 



Hawfinch breeding in Norfolk, 88, — 

 in Epping Forest, 118 ; nesting in 

 Somersetshire, 304 ; nesting in 

 Surrey, 429 



Hawks and Owls of United States, 277 



Herefordshire. — Palmated Newt, 191 



Heron carrying off Waterhen, 150, — 

 early nesting, 152 



Hobby in Northamptonshire, 216 



Hoopoe at Hastings, 228 



Horns of Ruminants, origin and pur- 

 pose of, 241, 281 



Huntingdonshire. — Barbastelle, 395 



Hybrid Pheasant, 28 ; between Turtle 

 Dove and Common Dove in con- 

 finement, 64 ; between Pintail and 

 Wild Duck, 85 ; between Green- 

 finch and Mountain Finch, 90 ; be- 

 tween Goldfinch and Bullfinch, 90 ; 

 between Bean and White-fronted 

 Geese, 214 ; between Common 

 Snipe and Gallinago major, 90 ; 

 Sparrows, 111, 118, 154 ; Finches 

 at Crystal Palace Bird Show, 114 ; 

 between Mallard and Sheldrake, 

 396, 427 



Ireland. — Little Auk,20; Great Shear- 

 water, 22 ; Red-breasted Snipe, 63 ; 

 Little Gull, 64; Marten, 100, 134, 

 149, 187, 222, 394, 423; Badger, 

 109, 186 ; Great Crested Grebe, 113 ; 

 Snow Bunting, 114 ; Squirrel, 148 ; 

 Heron carrying off Waterhen, 150 ; 

 Waxwing, 150 ; King Eider, 151 ; 

 Surf Scoter, 151 ; Mealy Redpoll, 

 152 ; Button's Skua, 152 ; Sand 

 Martin, 305 ; Redstart, 306 ; Cuckoo, 

 308, 340; Cormorant choked by 



Flounder, 308 ; a visit to Puffin 

 Island, 308; Gulls eating candle- 

 ends, 308, 343 ; American Gold- 

 finch, 396 ; White-beaked Dolphin, 

 424; American Golden Plover, 428; 

 Woodcock, 430 



Jays, English and Irish, 61 



Kent. — Snipe, 60 ; Crayfish, 65 ; hy- 

 brid Finches, 114 ; Black Redstart, 

 226 ; Great Snipe, 429 

 Kestrel pursuing Rabbit, 87 

 Knot in Sussex, 61; great flight in 

 Norfolk, 87 



Lake District, Woodcock breeding in, 

 112, 152, 187, 188 ; Ptarmigan, 326 ; 

 Dotterel, 343 



Lancashire. — Snow Bunting, 151 ; 

 Woodcock, 188 



Lark, Shore, in Norfolk, 89 ; Sky, 

 passage of, in Northamptonshire, 

 215, 219 ; W T ood, in Sussex, 61, — 

 in Oxfordshire, 95, — nesting in 

 Hants, 299 



Larus minutus in Sussex, 60 



Larva of Sphinx Moth mimicking 

 Tree Snake, 463 



Larvae of Lepidoptera, influence of 

 environment upon colours of, 232 



Leicestershire. — American Red- 

 breasted Thrush, 459 



Lepidosiren paradoxa, 232 



Lincolnshire. — Lapland Buuting, 61 ; 

 Cuckoo, 224 ; fauna of, 253 



Lobster, reproduction of, 413 



Locust at Sierra Leone, 68 



Lumpsucker at Penzance, 231 



Madeira, Mediterranean Herring Gull 



on coast of, 58 

 Mallard and Sheldrake, hybrid be- 

 tween, 396, 427 

 Mammals of Cheshire, 303 

 Man, Calf of, naturalist's visit to, 161 

 Man, Isle of, uncommon birds in, 63 ; 



sea-bird colonies in, 386 

 Manatee, female and young, 28 

 Marten, figured, 73 ; in Ireland, 100, 



134, 149, 187, 222, 394, 423; skull 



of, 117 

 Martin, Sand, nesting in a ruin, 305 

 Middlesex. — Spotted Flycatcher, 59 ; 



Cuckoo, 306 

 Midlands, Whimbrel in, 266 

 Migration of Meadow Pipit, 426 ; of 



Partridges, 18 



