CONTENTS. 



XV 



Seal and Whale fishery of 1889, notes 

 on, 81 



Seal, Grey, on the Norfolk coast, 

 432 



Seals in the Wash, 383 



Sebright, Sir John, commentary on 

 his observations upon Hawking, 

 417 



Serin and Greenfinch, similar habits, 

 388 



Shag, number of eggs laid by, 388, 

 436, 464 



Shakespeare, his knowledge of deer, 

 349 



Shearwater, Manx, on the Saltee 

 Islands, 275, — inland in Sussex, 

 391 ; Sooty, at Hastings, 436 



Sheldrake, Ruddy, in West Sussex, 

 395 



Shells, of Crustacea, foreign sub- 

 stances attached to, 30 



Shoveller and Mallard, hybrid, 23 



Shrews, Water, in North Ayrshire, 

 215 



Shrike, Great Grey, near Harwich, 

 20, — and Peregrine Falcon, in 

 Lincolnshire, 106, 140, — large race, 

 108; Pallas's, colour of, 27 



Siskin breeding in Ireland, 274 



Skua, on Yorkshire coast, 100 ; Great, 

 in Foula, 297, 354, 391, 392, 434, 

 435 ; Pomatorhine in Co. Mayo, 

 464 ; Kichardson's, breeding plum- 

 age, 395 



Smith, the late Cecil, J.P., F.Z.S., 

 428 



Snipe, and Quail netting [in Italy, 

 73 ; and Woodcock, notes on, 161 ; 

 Jack, in Norfolk in summer, 139, — 

 increase in N. Lincolnshire, 224 ; 

 Sabine's, 101 



Societies, Scientific : — 

 Linnean, 31, 78, 109, 146, 188, 225, 



277, 317, 469 

 Zoological, 33, 79, 110, 148, 190, 



225, 278, 318, 469 

 Entomological, 35, 80, 111, 149, 



191, 227, 279, 319, 360, 396, 439, 



471 



Squid, gigantic, on Achill Island, 

 29 



Stilt, Black-winged, reported occur- 

 rence near Nottingham an error, 

 25 



Stoat, habits, 380 



Stork, Black, in the Scilly Islands, 

 353 



Swift and Sand Martin, abnormal 



nesting, 466 

 Sylvia nisoria in Ireland, 310 



Tern, Gull-billed, erroneous record 

 in Ireland, 270; Roseate, dimen- 

 sions and weight, 20 



Terns, Black, in Co. Wicklow, 275 



Thick-knee, in Herefordshire, 224 



Thrush, Stock Dove using old nest 

 of, 389 ; Rock, in Cheshire, 187 



Tit, Crested, occasional appearance 

 in England, 210 ; Great, variety, 

 107 ; Long-tailed, feigning death, 

 392 



Titmice, young, Greater Spotted 

 Woodpecker eating, 435 



Toad, Natterjack, 357, 395 



Tortrix viridana, destruction of oaks 

 by, 317, 359 



Trout, effect of thunder on, 358 



Turnstone, note on, 275 



Varieties, of Hare in Ireland, 70 ; of 

 Arvicola amphibia, 216 ; of Water 

 Vole and Long-tailed Field Mouse, 

 348 ; in wild Pigeons, 389 



Variety, of Field Vole, 16 ; grey, of 

 Hare in Dorsetshire, 17 ; black, of 

 Fox, 97, — in New Forest, 17 ; white, 

 of Little Gull, 19 ; pied, of Brown 

 Rat, 97 ; mouse-coloured of Mole, 

 97; pied, of Jay, 106; of Great Tit, 

 107 ; new, of Limax flavus, Linn., 

 145 ; pied, of Red Grouse, 182 ; of 

 Water Vole, 348,— black in Wirral, 

 384 ; of Long-tailed Field Mouse, 

 348 



Vermin, destruction in Pennsyl- 

 vania, 71 



Vitrina pellucida, observations on, 

 467 



Vole, Bank and Short-tailed, in 

 North Cheshire, 98 ; Field, variety 

 of, 16 ; Water, albino, 179, 216, 

 — varieties, 348, — black varietv, 

 384 



Wagtail, Grey, habits, 461 



Wagtails, Grey and White, in Ox- 

 fordshire, 371 



Wapiti in Europe, 134 



Warbler, Barred, in Ireland, 310 ; 

 Blue-throated at Sheerness, 438; 

 Orphean, supposed occurrence in 

 Devonshire, 467 



Whale and Seal fishery of 1889, 

 81 ; off Lapland coast, 321 



