CONTENTS. 



XV 



North Wales, 115, — in Northamp- 

 tonshire, 214, 217, — abundant in 

 Hants, 296, 302, — nesting in Somer- 

 setshire, 304 ; White, in Worces- 

 tershire, 24, — in Oxfordshire, 93, — 

 in Anglesea, 227 



Wales.— Dipper, 112 ; Wildfowl, 113 ; 

 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Pied 

 Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail, 115 ; 

 White Wagtail, 227 ; birds of Bar- 

 mouth district, 328 ; Sparrowhawk, 

 341 ; Marsh Tit, Willow Wren, 

 345 ; Mid-, birds of, 406 



Warbler, Barred, in Yorkshire, 58 ; 

 Grasshopper, in Oxfordshire, 95, — 

 meeting in Northamptonshire, 215, 

 216; lcterine, in Norfolk, 89; 

 Marsh, nesting in Oxfordshire, 95, 

 — in Somersetshire, 304 ; Yellow- 

 browed, in Yorkshire and Norfolk, 

 459 



Wanvickshire. — Common Scoter, 63 ; 

 Bank Vole, 303; Cuckoo, 307; 

 Hooded Crow, 344 



Waterbnck, head of, 33 



Waterhen carried off by Heron, 150 ; 

 variety, 270 



Waxwing in Worcestershire, 24 ; early 

 mention in England, 62 ; in Co. 

 Down, 150 ; near Newmarket, 152 ; 

 in Norfolk, 86 



Weasel, 417, 445 



Weir, John Jenner, death of, 184 



Whimbrel in Norfolk, 87, — in North- 

 amptonshire, 216 ; in the Midlands, 

 266 



White, Gilbert, memorial to, 2519 



Whitethroat, Lesser, date of arrival, 

 93, 153 



Wild Birds Protection Act (1880) 

 Amendment, 179, 321 



Wildfowl on Sussex coast, 60 ; on 

 Norfolk coast, 64; in Merioneth- 

 shire, 113 



Woodcock breeding in Lake district, 

 112, 152, 187, 188 ; in Co. Wick- 

 low, 430 



Woodlark, rare in North Hants, 

 215 



Woodpecker, Barred, breeding in Ox- 

 fordshire, 96— in Hants, 295, 296 ; 

 Greater Spotted, in North Wales, 

 115, — nesting in Scotland, 344 ; 

 Green, pursued by Sparrowhawk, 

 58, 340 



Worcestershire. — Great Grey Shrike, 

 21 ; White Wagtail, Sparrowhawk, 

 Waxwing, 24 ; Water Ouzel, 59 ; 

 Palmated Newt, 154 ; Bank Vole, 

 223, 303 ; Mealy Kedpoll, 345 



Worm, bifid, 271 



Wren, Willow, unusual number of 

 eggs for, 345 ; Wood, in Oxford- 

 shire, 95,— in Hants, 299, 300 



Yorkshire. — Lapland Bunting, 19 : 

 Barred Warbler, 58 ; Cuckoo, 190 

 225, 340; Palmated Newt, 191 

 Gudgeon, numbers of Blind, 230 

 Grey Plover, 429; Otter, 457 

 Babbit breeding above ground, 458 

 Yellow-browed Warbler, 459 



