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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



iEgialitis asiatica in Norfolk, 311 

 Amphibian integument, observations 

 upon toxic properties, 281 ; defen- 

 sive nature of, 357 

 Animals, effects of musical sounds 



on, 85, 170 

 Ardea virescens in Cornwall, 105, 181 

 Arvicola amphibia, varieties of, 216 

 Auk, Little, at Scarborough, 143 



Barnacle, and Bed-throated Diver, 

 reported nesting in Ireland, 352 



Bat, Kestrel chasing and killing, 107 ; 

 Long-eared, albino, in Lancashire, 

 349; Noctule, food, 349; Great 

 Noctule, habits, 217 ; Pipistrelle in 

 confinement, 99 ; Serotine in Kent, 

 380; Whiskered, in Cumberland, 

 99, — in Shropshire and Lanca- 

 shire, 349 



Bats, food of, 71 



Bears in the Tyrol, 17 ; and Wolves 

 in France, 134 



Beavers on the Bhone and on the 

 Elbe, 177 



Bee-eater in Devon, 100 



Bees, selective action on flowers, 422 ; 

 Humble, 188 



Bird-life at Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, 

 355 



Bird-song, evolution, 233, 283 



Birds, of Jan May en Island, 1, 41 ; 

 of Devonshire, 21, — uncommon in, 

 23 ; protection of on Fame Islands, 

 26 ; flying against window-panes, 

 108, 144, 186 ; rare, in N. Devon, 

 108 ; supposed cause of migration, 

 141 ; of Ireland, 145 ; the late Mr. 

 Bond's collection, 187 ; the late 

 Mr. E. T. Booth's collection, 213, 

 447; and the fruit-crops, 218; 

 British, catalogue of local lists, 

 247 ; protective colour of eggs, 310, 

 351 ; killed by electric lights at 

 Girard College, Philadelphia, 316 ; 

 of Sussex, unpublished MS. of Wm. 

 Markwick on, 335, 379 ; observed 

 in Shetland, 345 



Birds-nesting curiosities, some, 389 



Birds' nests, notes on, 221 



Bison, American, extermination of, 

 164 



Bittern, American, in Co. London- 

 derry, 24, — in Co. Kildare, 26; 

 Common, in Co. Down, 24, — in 

 Devon, 185, — in Cornwall, 185; 

 Little, in Devon, 105, — in Derby- 

 shire, 357 

 Blackbirds, Books, and Jackdaws, 



Pied, 18 

 Bond, late Mr. F., his collection of 



birds, 187 

 Books reviewed: — 



Notes on Sport and Ornithology, 

 by His Imperial and Royal 

 Highness the late Crown Prince 

 Rudolf of Austria ; translated, 

 with the Author's permission, 

 by C. G. Danford, 36 

 The Birds of Oxfordshire, by O. V. 



Aplin, 39, 112 

 Index Generum Avium : a List 

 of the Genera and Subgenera 

 of Birds, by F. H. Waterhouse, 

 40 

 The Birds of Berwickshire : with 

 remarks on their local Distribu- 

 tion, Migration, and Habits, and 

 also on the Folklore, Proverbs, 

 Popular Rhymes and Sayings 

 connected with them, by George 

 Muirhead, 114 

 The Vertebrate Animals of Leices- 

 tershire and Rutland, by Mon- 

 tagu Browne, 116 

 A Tabulated List and Description 

 of the Birds of East Kent, with 

 Anecdotes and an Account of 

 their Haunts, by Geo. Dowker, 

 118 

 An Authenticated List of the Birds 

 of Herefordshire, compiled by 

 George Home, 120 

 The Fauna of British India, in- 

 cluding Ceylon, and Burinah, 

 edited by W. T. Blanford:— 

 Birds (vol. i.), by Eugene W. 

 Oates, 150 

 Our Cats; and all about them: 

 their Varieties, Habits, and 

 Management, and, for show, the 

 standard of excellence described 

 and pictured, by Harrison Weir, 

 228 



