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CONTENTS. 



Monmouthshire. — Water Ouzel, 23 

 Mouse, British Field, on a neglected 



species of, 441 

 Mud-fish (Protojjtcrus annectens), 



reproduction of, 195 



Nest of Bullfinch with egg of Cuckoo, 

 23; if Barn Owl, 87; Goldcrest, 

 228; Hawfinch, 228; Peewit, 23; 

 Long-tailed Tit, 86 ; of Robin in 

 house, 193; Quail, 217; Song 

 Thrush, 299; Amphirhoe littorina, 

 315 ; Swallow, with young Cuckoo 

 in, 340 ; Wasp, 196 ; curious prox- 

 imity of, 309 



Nesting of Sparrowhawk, 24; Spot- 

 ted Flycatcher, 59 ; Marsh Warbler 

 in Oxfordshire, 95, — in Somerset- 

 shire, 304 ; Quail in Oxfordshire, 98, 

 — in Northamptonshire, 217, — in 

 Hants, 301 ; Great Crested Grebe 

 in North of Ireland, 113 ; Heron, 

 152 ; Grasshopper Warbler in 

 Northamptonshire, 215, 216 ; Phea- 

 sant in a tree, 227, 266 ; Horn- 

 bill, 233; Eobin in church, 269; 

 Dipper in Cumberland, 269 ; Shel- 

 drake in Hants, 300 ; Grey Wag- 

 tail, Lesser Redpoll, and Hawfinch 

 in Somersetshire, 304; Sand Mar- 

 tin in a ruin, 305 ; Bittern in 

 Hants, 311 ; Dotterel in Lakeland, 

 343 ; Goldfinch, 344 ; Greater Spot- 

 ted Woodpecker in Scotland, 344 ; 

 Lesser Redpoll in Bedfordshire, 

 427 ; Hawfinch and Cirl Bunting in 

 Surrey, 429 ; Woodcock in Lake Dis- 

 trict, 112, 152, 187, 188— Co. Wick- 

 low, 430 ; of Buzzard in Wales, 409 



Newt, Pahnated, in Worcestershire 

 and Shropshire, 154 ; at Scar- 

 borough, 191 ; in Herefordshire, 191 



Newts, British, size of, 145, 191 



Norfolk. — " Blood-olph " a name for 

 Bullfinch, 22 ; Wildfowl, 64 ; Beard- 

 ed Seal, 81, 187 ; ornithological 

 notes, 83, 191 ; female birds assum- 

 ing male plumage, 15, 153 ; Cuckoo, 

 189, 262; Barn Owl, 226; Bergylt, 

 230 ; Razorbills and Puffins, 267 ; 

 Scoter, 292 ; Scorpaena dactyloptera, 

 430 ; Yellow-browed Warbler, 459 



Nor£/iam^o><s/Hre.-Barbastelle, 187 ; 

 Cuckoo, 189; Grasshopper War- 

 bler, 215, 216 ; Woodlark, 215 ; 

 ornithological notes, 210 ; Pheasant 

 nesting in tree, 227, 266 ; Phalarope, 

 219 ; Quail, 217 



Northumberland. — Short-eared Owl, 

 114, 226 ; Hooded Crow, 227 



Norwaj 7 , Arctic Bird-life in, 121 



Notes, ornithological, from Epsom, 25, 

 — from Greenland, 56, — from Nor- 

 folk, 83, 191,— from Oxfordshire, 

 91, 153,— from West Surrey, 110 — 

 from Northamptonshire, 210, — 

 from Hastings, 228, — from France, 

 309 



Nottinghamshire. — Garganey, 116; 

 Cuckoo, 191 ; Rooks, 269 ; Water- 

 hen, 270 ; Tree Sparrow, 309 ; 

 curious proximity of nests, 309 



Ornithological Notes (see Notes) 



Ornithoptera paradisea from Finis- 

 terre Mts., New Guinea, 197 



Osprey in Norfolk, 88, 89 ; in Bed- 

 fordshire, 395 



Ostrich taking to water voluntarily, 62 



Otter, 1, 41, 379; food of, 53, 108; 

 habits of, 108, 457 ; dimensions of, 

 423 



Ouzel, Water, swimming powers of, 

 23, 59 



Owl, Barn, eating Bat, 87 ; nest of, 

 with Rabbit's leg in, 87 ; variety 

 of, 226 ; Long- eared, in Oxford- 

 shire, 92, — breeding in Hants, 

 298, 299; Scops, in Norfolk, 84; 

 Short- eared, mortality amongst, in 

 Scotland, 57,— killed by Fox, 57 — 

 in Northumberland, 114, 226,— in 

 Solway, 264,— attacked by Carrion 

 Crows, 264 



Oxfordshire. — Bank Vole, 54 ; or- 

 nithological notes, 91, 153; Cuckoo, 

 97, 190, 263; Stoat, 148, 223; 

 Marsh Harrier, 227, 268, 334; 

 Marsh Warbler on stones, 95 ; 

 Qnail nesting, 98; eggs of Tree 

 Sparrow, 228 ; Robin, 269 



Oyster culture, Continental, 361 



Oysters, English, for South Africa, 

 '231 



Partridge, migration of, 18; variety 



of, 84, 155 

 Peewit, date of hatching, 93 ; abun- 

 dance of, in Mid-Hants, 296 

 Peregrine attacked by Ravens, 219 

 Petrel, Fork-tailed, in Norfolk, 90; 

 Leach's, on Sussex coast, 25 ; 

 Storm, in Sussex, 21 

 Petrels from Kermadec Isles, 29 

 Phalarope, Grey, : in Somersetshire, 

 21 ; in Staffordshire, 112 ; in Wales, 



