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CONTENTS. 



Swans, Wild, in the Moy Estuary, 

 193 



Supplementary notes, on the birds of 

 Donegal, 32, 108, 128, 191, 270 ; on 

 the birds of Oxfordshire, 241 



Teal and Wild Duck, hybrid between, 

 109, 148 



Tern, Arctic, in Warwickshire, 26, — 

 in Devon, 34 ; Common, in Devon, 

 34 



Thrush, pairing with Blackbird, 270 ; 

 American Red-breasted, a white, 

 227; Song, and Blackbird, sup- 

 posed hybrid between, 145 



Thrushes, exportation of, 409 



Tortrix viridana, plague of, in N. 

 Wales, 274 ; in the Midlands, 313 



Varieties, white and albinos, 25 ; of 

 Wild Duck, 227 ; of Stoat, 265 ; of 

 Jackdaws, 361 



Variety, white, of American Red- 

 breasted Thrush, 227 ; of Common 

 or Ringed Snake, 232 ; of Grus cin- 

 erea, in Spain, 265 ; of King Duck, 

 269 ; black, of Water Vole, 281 — 

 in Northumberland, 329 ; pied, of 

 Blackbird, 358 ; buff, of Spotted 

 Flycatcher, 423 ; of Swallow, 423 



Velella, at Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal, 

 414 



11 Vermin," paid for by Church- 

 wardens in a Buckinghamshire 

 parish, 61 



Viper, an investigation into the vari- 

 ations of, in Great Britain, 87, 152 ; 

 of Markwick, 272, 312 



Viper-bite, results of, 336 



Vole, Bank, breeding in confinement, 

 329 ; Field, plague of, in the South 

 of Scotland, 161, — in Thessaly, 



310 ; Water, black variety, 281,— 

 in Northumberland, 329 



Warbler, Barred, in Holderness, 424 ; 

 Grasshopper, in S.W. Scotland, 

 333 ; Marsh, in Oxfordshire, 303,— 

 in Notts, 332; Reed, in S. Devon, 

 408; Willow, in London, 363; 

 Yellow-browed, in Lincolnshire, 

 413 



Wagtail, Blue-headed, in Oxfordshire, 

 332; Grey, Cuckoo in nest of, 

 331 ; Pied, with three broods, 362 ; 

 White, in North Wales, 148,— in 

 Suffolk, 192,— in S. Devon, 408; 

 Yellow, migration of, 389 



Water-bird, an unidentified, 151 



Whale and Seal fishery of 1891, notes 

 on, 100 



Wheatear, rare, seen near Spurn, 424 



White varieties and albinos, 25, 191 



Wild, Sea-Gulls feeding with Jack- 

 daws and Pigeons, 21; White 

 Cattle, Gisburne herd of, 143 ; Cat, 

 in Cumberland, 223,— in W. Scot- 

 land, 190; Swans in Moy Estuary, 

 193 ; Duck, varieties of, 227, — and 

 Teal, hybrid between, 109, 148; 

 Geese, in Co. West Meath, 310 ; 

 hybrid birds, 335 



Winter notes from Switzerland and 

 North Italy, 258 



Wolves in France, 354 



Woodchat, in Sussex, 229 ; status of 

 in Great Britain, 345 ; in S. Devon, 

 412 



Woodcocks, breeding in Worcester- 

 shire, 226 ; marked, 427 



Woodpeckers, variation in plumage 

 of, 35 



Zamenis viridiflavus, 19 



