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CONTENTS. 



Classification of Birds: an Attempt 

 to diagnose the Subclasses, Or- 

 ders, Suborders, and some of the 

 Families of existing Birds, by 

 Henry Seebohm, 230 

 A Handbook of European Birds, 

 for the use of Field Naturalists 

 and Collectors, 231 

 The Birds of Essex : a Contribution 

 to the Natural History of the 

 County, by Miller Christy, 397 

 Nature and Woodcraft, by John 

 Watson, 399 

 Booth, late Mr. E. T., of Brighton, 

 92 ; his collection of birds, 213 ; 

 the Museum at Brighton, 447 

 Brambling and Hawfinch in Ireland, 



138 

 Breeding of Montagu's Harrier in 

 Suffolk, 76; of Pallas's Sand Grouse 

 in Moray, 180; of Siskin in Ire- 

 land, 274 ; of Woodcock in Ireland, 

 312, 353, 390; of Dunlin in Co. 

 Wicklow, 313 ; of Nutcracker on 

 Hartz Mountains, 388; of Haw- 

 finch in Wirral, 390; of Black- 

 throated Diver in Norway, 436 

 Breeding plumage of Bichardson's 



Skua, 395, 395 

 Breeds, modern, of domestic fowl, 



355 

 Bufo calamita near Valentia Har- 

 bour, 357, 395 

 Bunting, Cirl, nesting near Brecon, 



271 

 Bustard, Little, in Norfolk, 462 

 Bustards at the Zoological Gardens, 



183 

 Buzzard, Honey, in Sussex, 144, — in 

 Co. Wexford, 355, — in Shetland, 

 355 



Cat, with eyes of different colours, 



16, 70 

 Caterpillars, destructive to oaks, 317, 



359 

 Cattle, alleged antipathy to Deer, 



453 

 Connaught, on the coast of, 361 

 Cormorant, and Shag, number of 



eggs, 436 ; Pallas's, extinction of, 



100 

 Crab, Angular, at Cullen, Banffshire, 



859; Circular on Aberdeen coast, 



B69 

 Crabs, rare, in Cornwall, 145 

 Crake, Corn, extraordinary abund- 

 ance near Waterford, 437 ; Spotted, 



in Wirral, 390, — distribution and 

 period of sojourn in British Islands, 

 401, 457 

 Crakes and Bails, 457 

 Crane, near Bridgewater, 75 

 Crossbill, nesting in Co. Waterford, 



199 ; Two-barred, in Surrey, 17 

 Crossbills in Ireland, 75 

 Crustacea, foreign substances at- 

 tached to shells, 30 



Dallas, the late W. S., F.L.S., 268 



Dart-sac, position in Helix rufescens, 

 276 



Deer, Shakespeare's knowledge of, 

 349 ; of Sierra Nevada, annual 

 migrations, 382 ; alleged antipathy 

 of Cattle to, 453 



Deer Parks, English, 153, 453 



Dipper, in Gloucestershire, 182 ; nest- 

 ing habits, 314, 352, 393, 437 



Diver, Black-throated, breeding in 

 Norway, 436; Bed-throated and 

 Barnacle, reported nesting in Ire- 

 land, 352 



Dogs, number in United Kingdom, 

 70, 135 



Dolphin, White-beaked, on Norfolk 

 coast, 180, 217; White-sided, in 

 Ireland, 384 



Dove, Stock, using old nest of Thrush, 

 389 ; Turtle, late stay, 21 



Duck, King, at Hunstanton, 463; 

 Long-tailed, in Co. Waterford, 103 



Dunlin, breeding in Co. Wicklow, 313 



Eagle, Golden, nesting habits in Cali- 

 fornia, 377 



Eggs, of birds, protective colour, 310, 

 351 ; unspotted, of Spotted Fly- 

 catcher, 352 ; number laid by Shag, 

 388, 436, 464 ; by Cormorant, 436 



Evolution of bird-song, 233, 283 



Eyes, of Cat, of different colours, 

 16,70 



Falcon, Peregrine, and Great Grey 



Shrike in Lincolnshire, 106, 140 

 Feet, of Merlin, feathered, 101 

 Finch, hermaphrodite, 272 

 Finches, hybrid, 106 

 Finwhale fishery off Lapland coast in 



1889, 321 

 Flowers, selective action of bees on, 



422 

 Flycatcher, Pied, in Norfolk, 102; 



Spotted, unspotted eggs, 352, — 



scarcity, 394, 438 



