CONTENTS. 



i 

 IX 



Warren, Eobert 



Wildfowling in the Estuary of the 

 Moy, 9; Pomatorhine Skua in 

 Co. Mayo, 62 ; Ornithological 

 notes from Mayo, 210 



Weir, J. Jenner, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 Hybrid Finches at the Crystal 

 Palace Bird Show, 274 ; Colour 

 of iris in albino birds, 358 



Whitaker, J., F.Z.S. 



Ked-throated Diver and other birds 

 in Notts, 216 ; Variety of the Wild 

 Duck, 217 ; Unusual nesting- 

 place for a Magpie, 309 ; Red- 

 wings singing in April, 313 ; 

 Tufted Ducks nesting in Notts, 

 472; Wildfowl on Rainworth 

 Water, Notts, 472 



Whitlock, F. B. 



Notes on the birds of Leicester- 

 shire, 21 ; On lines of migration, 

 179 ; Wood Warbler and White 

 Wagtails in the Midlands, 313 ; 

 Manx Shearwater inland, 468 



Williams, Edward 



Sabine's Snipe in Ireland, 112; 

 Parrot Crossbill in Ireland, 112 ; 

 American Bittern in Co. Kildare, 

 218; Golden Oriole in Co. Gal- 

 way, 318 ; Wilson's Petrel in Co. 

 Fermanagh, 428 ; Fork-tailed 

 Petrel in Ireland, 469 



WlTCHELL, CHAS. A. 



Evolution of bird-song, 216; Song 

 of the Redwing, 398 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Albino Ring Ouzel, 116; Twites in 

 Ireland, 317 ; birds, colour of iris, 

 358, 426 



Avifauna, of Faeroe Islands, addition, 

 66 ; Irish, rare additions, 186 



Bat, Barbastelle, supposed occurrence 

 in Suffolk, 347; Daubenton's, near 

 Edinburgh, 214, — in Yorkshire, 

 395 ; Natterer's, in Co. Donegal, 

 271,— Irish localities, 304 ; Noctule, 

 in Cornwall, 347, — Kent, 305 ; Sero- 

 tine (Plate I.), 201, — in Cornwall, 

 395,— Hampshire, 395,— Kent, 305, 

 424 



Bird-song, evolution of, 216 



Birds, of Leicestershire, 21 ; small, 

 great flight to westward, 63, 106, 

 107, — mortality, during recent frost, 

 102, 113 ; albino, Ring Ouzel, 116 — 

 Twites, in Ireland, 317, — colour of 

 iris, 358, 426 ; of Papa Stour, with 

 account of Lyre Skerry, 126 ; rare, 

 in Gloucestershire, 195 ; of prey, 

 Welsh names, 173 ; of Heligoland, 

 216, — and British Islands, compa- 

 rative list, 261 ; of Greenland, 241 ; 

 of Donegal, notes on, 297, 334, 377, 

 421, 459 ; non-zygodactyle, zygodac- 

 tylism in, 357; rare British, in Hum- 

 ber district, 361; spring migration, 

 in Humber district, 409 ; at Kissin- 

 gen, 415 ; of Devonshire, new work 

 on, 425 ; migration, at night, 429 



Bittern, in N. Devon, 67, — Glamor- 

 ganshire, 116,— Somersetshire,116 ; 

 American, in Co. Kildare, 218 

 Blackcap, in winter, 61,— in Sussex, 

 216; in mid-winter, in Gloucester- 

 shire, 193,— Wiltshire, 106 

 Books reviewed: — 



The River-side Naturalist; Notes 

 on the various forms of Life met 

 with either in, on, or by the water, 

 or in its immediate vicinity, by 

 Edward Hamilton, 72 

 The Birds of Norfolk, with remarks 

 on their habits, migration, and 

 local distribution, by Henry 

 Stevenson, continued by Thomas 

 Southwell, 76 

 The Natural History of Selborne, 



edited by C. Davies, 79 



Wild Life on a Tidal Water; the 



Adventures of a House-boat and 



her Crew, by P. H. Emerson, 225 



The Birds of Sussex, by William 



Borrer, 227 

 The Birds of Devonshire, by Wm. 



E. H. Pidsley, 232 

 BibHotheque Scientifique Contem- 

 poraine : — (1) La Geographie 

 Zoologique, par le Dr. E. L. 

 Trouessart; (2) Les Facultes 

 Mentales des Animaux, par le Dr. 

 Foyeau de Courmelles ; (3) Les 

 Huitres et les Mollusques Comes- 



