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CONTENTS. 



Moorhen and Peregrine in Devon, 185 



Moufflon in Hungary, 17 



Mouse, Long-tailed, varieties, 348 



Mus alexandrinus, 135 ; hibernicus, 

 135 



Musical sounds, effects on animals, 

 85, 170 



Musk-oxen on east coast of Green- 

 land, 178 



Mussel, Bearded Horse, at Aberdeen, 

 358 



Natterjack Toad, 357, 395 



Nest, of Lapwing made of rush, 136 ; 

 of Thrush, old, Stock Dove using, 

 389 



Nesting, reported of Black Redstart 

 in Dumfries-shire, 220 ; of Cirl 

 Bunting near Brecon, 271 ; of 

 Dipper in trees, 352 ; reported of 

 Eed-throated Diver and Barnacle 

 in Ireland, 352 ; abnormal of Sand 

 Martin and Swift, 466 



Nesting habits of the Sky Lark, 223, 

 270, 271 ; of Dipper, 314, 352, 393, 

 437 ; of Golden Eagle in California, 

 377 



Notes, on terrestrial mammals of 

 Barbados, 52 ; on Seal and Whale 

 fishery of 1889, 81 ; on Woodcock 

 and Snipe, 161 ; on birds' nests, 

 221 ; from Brecon, 386 ; from Rut- 

 landshire, 22 ; from Scarborough, 

 21 ; natural history, from Suffolk, 

 288, 325 



Nutcracker breeding on the Hartz 

 Mountains, 388 ; migration, 432 ; 

 habits, 433 



(Estrelata torquata, Macg., occur- 

 rence on the Welsh coast, 454 



Oriole, Baltimore, in Shetland, 457 ; 

 Golden, in Surrey, 144 



Ornithological notes from Mayo and 

 Sligo, 129, 273 ; from Norfolk, 55, 

 332 ; from Redcar, 136, 187 ; from 

 Co. Wexford, 103 



Ornithology, some unpublished let- 

 ters on, by the late Col. Russell, 

 51) ; of Heligoland, 455 



Osprey in Middlesex, 18 ; in Notts, 19 



Otters, destruction in Thames, 307 



Owls, attacks by, 221 



Parker, late W. K., F.R.S., memoir, 

 Partridges, hybrid between Grov and 



Bed-legged, 384 



Perch and Roach, large in Hamp- 

 shire Avon, 29 



Peregrine and Great Grey Shrike in 

 Lincolnshire, 106, 140 ; and Moor- 

 hen in Devon, 185 



Pheasant, hybrid, description of, 

 466 



Pigeons, wild, varieties in, 389; 

 Wood, in London Parks, 313 



Pipit, Richard's, and Spotted Red- 

 shank in Kent, 18 : Tree, in North 

 Wales, 20, 72, 73 



Plover, Kentish, habits, 138 ; note on 

 American Killdeer, shot at Christ- 

 church, Hants, 272; Asiatic, 311* 



Plumage, change of in Jackdaw, 

 464 



Polecat in Cornwall, 134 ; in Buck- 

 inghamshire, 178 ; in Sutherland- 

 shire, 215 



Porphyrio smaragnotus and caeruleus 

 in Ireland, 25 



Pratincole, Collared, former occur- 

 rence in Essex, 219 



Ptarmigan, introduction into Faroe 

 Islands, 392 



Puffin inland in Norfolk, 143 



Quail, Californian, introduction in 

 South Australia, 73 ; and Snipe 

 netting in Italy, 73 



Rails and Crakes, 457 



Rat v. Hedgehog, 453 ; Brown, pied 

 variety, 97 



Rats, Jackdaw killing, 437 



Redshank, Spotted, and Richard's 

 Pipit, in Kent, 18 



Redstart, increase in West Scotland, 

 437 ; Black, in Devonshire, 453, 

 — reported nesting in Dumfries- 

 shire, 20 



Roach, and Perch, large, in Hamp- 

 shire Avon, 29 



Rooks, Blackbirds and Jackdaws, 

 pied, 18 ; from Surrey, in New 

 Zealand, 141 



Ruff and Reeve in Lincolnshire, 204 



Russell, late Col., some unpublished 

 letters on Ornithology by, 59 



Sandpiper, Green, in Ireland, 138, — 

 in winter, in North of, 138 ; Pec- 

 toral, 77 



Scoter, Velvet, in Mayo, in summer, 

 354 



Seafowl at Scarborough, 385 



Sea-lochs of Inverness-shire, 460 



