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XI 



Britain, 121, 174, — in Dorsetshire, 

 230 

 Buzzard, Honey, in Co. Wexford, 428 ; 

 Rough-legged, in W. Sussex, 22, — 

 in E. Anglia, 29 ; in Hants, 147 



Canary-breeding in Germany, 366 



Caprella on the coast of Sligo, 367 



Carp, large, in Sussex, 367 



Cat, Wild, in West of Scotland, 190 — 

 in Scotland, 223 



Cattle, Wild White, Gisburne herd of, 

 143 



Chiffchaff, wintering in Somerset, 

 111, — unusual nesting of, 111, 150, 

 226 



Churchwardens' accounts, at Ham- 

 bledon, Bucks, and vermin paid 

 for, 61 ; at Dry Drayton, Cam- 

 bridgeshire, 189 



Cinclus melanogaster pyrenaicus, 

 359 



Coot, albino, 151 



Crake, Baillon's, in Hertfordshire, 27 ; 

 Spotted, in S.W. Lancashire, 361 



Crossbill, Parrot, in Ireland, 76 



Cuckoo in Grey Wagtail's nest, 331 



Curlew, Stone, in Kent, 24 



Curlews, in Worcestershire, 23 ; mi- 

 grating, 112 



Cut-throat, or Ribbon Finch, breeding 

 of, 429 



Cynthia cardui, abundance in South 

 Hants, 273 



Deer, in snowdrifts, 263; Fallow, 

 change of colour in, as observed in 

 the New Forest, 352 



Delphinus tursio in the Colne, 265 



Diver, Great Northern, off Brighton, 

 27, — in Donegal in August, 192 



Divers, motions of, on land, 226 



Dolphin, Bottle-nosed, on the Lin- 

 colnshire coast, 21 ; in the Colne, 

 265 



Dove, Turtle, nesting in a Squirrel's 

 drey, 310 



Duck, Eider, farm, 364 ; King, variety 

 of, 269; Long-tailed, off Suffolk 

 coas, in summer, 109; Tufted, in 

 Anglesea, 358,— in Norfolk, 428 



Eagle, Golden, a tame, 335 ; Spotted, 

 in Suffolk, 25, 29,— in Essex, 76 



Exportation of Larks and Thrushes, 

 409 



Falcon, Greenland, in Achill, 77 



Fallow Deer, change of colour in, as 



observed in the New Forest, 352 

 Fame Islands, a recent visit to, 293 

 Feeding wild Sea Gulls, Jackdaws 



and Pigeons, 21 

 Finch, Serin, in Devonshire, 114, — 



plumage of, 224 

 Fly, Mangel Wurzel, 273 

 Flycatcher, Spotted, buff variety, 423 

 Food of Long-eared Owl, 363 ; of 



Jay, 429 

 Fox in Australia, 189 

 Foxhounds, earliest use of, 143, 224, 



264 



Garganey in Holderness, 429 

 Geese, Wild, in West Meath, 310 

 Godwit, Bar-tailed, nidification of, 30 ; 



Black-tailed, in Co. Donegal, 361 

 Goose, Bernacle, at North Berwick, 

 33, — at Scarborough, 33; Pink- 

 footed, in Ireland, 32, 33 

 Grampus, Risso's, in the Solway, 404 

 Grebe, Eared, in Merionethshire, 

 311,— in Norfolk, 358,— in Angle- 

 sea, 358, 411, 426; Great Crested, 

 in N. Devon, 28, — nesting in North 

 of Ireland, 426; Red-necked, young 

 of, on Kingsbridge Estuary in July, 

 331 

 Ground-building birds removing egg- 

 shells, 23 

 Grouse, Red, and Ptarmigan, hybrids 

 between, 41 ; Sand, breeding in 

 captivity in Denmark, 341 

 Grouse-disease, cause of, as explained 



by Dr. Klein, 337 

 Grus cinerea, variety, in Spain, 265 

 Gull, Black-headed, note on, 363; 

 Iceland, near Aldeburgh, 114, — in 

 Moy Estuary, 193, — in Kinsale 

 Harbour, 266, — on Lough Swilly, 

 Co. Donegal, 412; Ivory, in Co. 

 Dublin, 228, 266; Sabine's, near 

 Bournemouth, 22, — in Cornwall, 

 22,— in S. Devon, 34,— in Norfolk, 

 423, — in Pembrokeshire, 423 

 Gulls, wild Sea, Jackdaws, and 

 Pigeons feeding, 21 



Habits, nestiug, of Long-eared Owl, 

 363 



Hares, importation of from New Zea- 

 land, 421 



Harrier, Hen, in E. Anglia, 29 



Heron, catching a Rat, 110; Purple, 

 supposed occurrence in Lancashire, 

 428 



