CONTENTS. 



Xlll 



113 ; in Northamptonshire, 219 ; in 



Hants, 302 

 Pheasant, Common, variety of, 68 ; 



nesting in a tree, 227, 266 

 Pheasants, hybrid, 28 

 Pigeon, Cape, at Bournemouth, 396 ; 



Domestic, pairing with liing Dove, 



23; Wood, large nights of, 85, 91, 



210, 218, 220,— killed and eaten by 



Hawk, 92 

 Pintail and Wild Duck, hybrid be- 

 tween, 85 

 Pipit, Meadow, flock of, settling in 



trees, 93 ; autumnal migration of, 



426 

 Plover, American Golden, in Ireland, 



428 ; Grey, on Yorkshire moors in 



August, 429 ; Kentish, in Sussex, 60 

 Plumage, male, partly assumed by 



female birds, 15, 153 ; variation of, 



in Cuckoo, 225 

 Polecat in Cambridgeshire, 303 

 Porphyrio, Grey-headed, in Norfolk, 



85 ; Black-backed, in Hants, 427 

 Proctotrypes. figured, 77 

 Ptarmigan in Lakeland, 326 ; and 



Grouse, hybrid, figured, 359 

 Puffin driven ashore, 21, 84, 90, 267 ; 



in Oxfordshire, 96, 99 ; Island, a 



visit to, 308 



Quail in Norfolk, 90 ; nesting in Ox- 

 fordshire, 98, — in Northampton- 

 shire, 217,— in Hants, 301 



Eabbit, young, pursued by Kestrel, 

 87 ; historical and geographical, 

 notes on, 401 ; breeding above 

 ground, 458 



Eats, Black, on ships in port, 186 ; 

 gnawing through leaden pipe, 462 



Ravens attacking Peregrine Falcon, 

 219 



Razorbill cast ashore, 267 



Redpoll, variety, 90 ; Lesser, breeding 

 in Somerset, 228, 265, 304, 305 — 

 nesting in Bedfordshire, 427 ; 

 Mealy, in Achill Island, Co. Mayo, 

 152, — in Northamptonshire, 220, — 

 in Worcestershire, 345 



Redstart breeding in Co. Tyrone, 

 305; Black, in Norfolk, 84,— in 

 Kent, 226,— in Sussex, 228 



Redwing, large flock of, 92 ; variety 

 of, 220 



Reptiles from Mt. Kenia, 68 



Rhinoceros, Burchell's, in Mashona- 

 land, 194 



River-hog of Madagascar, 119 

 Robin nesting in a church, 269; 



nests, abnormal situation, 193 ; 



white, in Surrey, 150 

 Rooks, 47 ; varieties, 269 ; mobbing 



Sea Eagle, 84 ; ejecting pellets, 67 ; 



law as to, 50 

 Ruminants, horns and antlers, their 



origin and purpose, 241, 281 



Sandpiper, Curlew, in Hants, 300 ; 

 Green, in Northamptonshire, 216, 

 219 ; Wood, in Norfolk, 89 



Scorpsena dactyloptera on Norfolk 

 coast, 430 



Scoter, Common, in Norfolk, 85, — 

 in Warwickshire, 63 ; variation 

 in beak of, 292 ; Surf, off Achill 

 Island, Co. Mayo, 151 ; Velvet, on 

 Sussex coast, 61 



Scotland. — Short-eared Owl, 57 ; 

 Otter, 108; Pink-footed Goose, 

 114; Squirrel, 260 ; Hooded Crow, 

 261 ; Cuckoo, 263, 306, 307 ; Dot- 

 terel, 266 ; Short-eared Owl, 264; 

 Great Northern Diver choked by 

 Gurnard, 265 ; Whiskered Tern, 

 268; bifid Worm, 271; Greater 

 Spotted Woodpecker, 344 



Sea-birds, storm-driven on Suffolk 

 coast, 21 ; colonies of, in Isle of 

 Man, 386 



Seal, vision of, 28 ; Bearded, on Nor- 

 folk coast, 81, 187 



Seal and Whale Fishery of 1893, 

 notes on, 128 



Serin Finch in Norfolk, 86 



Shag on Somersetshire coast, 267 



Shearwater, Greater, in Killala Bay, 

 Co. Mayo, 22,— in Norfolk, 85 



Sheldrake in Sussex, 60, — in North- 

 amptonshire, 219 , — nesting in 

 Hants, 300, — and Mallard, sup- 

 posed hybrid between, 396, 427 ; 

 Ruddy, in Norfolk, 89, — in Hants, 

 302 



Shrew, Water, piscivorous habits, 65 



Shrike, Great Grey, in Worcester- 

 shire, 21, — in Northamptonshire, 

 210, — in Hants, 295 ; Lesser Grey, 

 in Hants, 345 ; Red-backed, breed- 

 ing in Oxfordshire, 95, 97 



Shropshire. — Cuckoo, 150 ; Palmated 

 Newt, 154 ; Bank Vole, 223 



Skua, Buffon's, off Achill Island, Co. 

 Mayo, 152 ; Pomatorhine, in So- 

 mersetshire, 21, — in Norfolk, 84, 90 



Snake, variations of Smooth, 10, 229 ; 



