CONTENTS. 



tibles, par Arnould Locard ; (4) 

 Les Societes chez les Animaux, 

 par le Dr. Paul Girod ; (5)L'Evo- 

 lution des Formes Animales 

 avant l'apparition de l'homme, 

 par Fernand Prieixi, 236 

 An Introduction to the Study of 

 Mammals, Living and Extinct, 

 by W. H. Flower and B. Lydek- 

 ker, 433 

 A Vertebrate Fauna of the Orkney 

 Islands, by T. E. Buckley and 

 J. A. Harvie Brown, 435 

 An approved Treatise of Hawkes 

 and Hawking, by Edmund Bert, 

 with an Introduction by J. E. 

 Harting, 436 

 An Introduction to the Study of 

 British Birds; explaining the 

 distinction between many allied 

 species, by Rev. H. A. Macpher- 

 son, 437 

 A Catalogue of Local Lists of 

 British Birds, arranged under 

 Counties, by Miller Christy, 438 

 A List of the Birds of Worcester- 

 shire, and the adjoining Counties, 

 by J. W. Willis Bund, 439 

 A Briefly Annotated List of the 

 Birds of Hampshire and the Isle 

 of Wight, by Rev. J. E. Kelsall, 

 440 

 Fremde Eier im Nest ; ein Beitrag 

 zur Biologie der Vogel, von Paul 

 Leverkuhn, 440 

 Bream, Ray's, near Penzance, 35 

 Breeding of Woodcock in Ireland, 

 191 ; of Crossbill in Co. Waterford, 

 218, 311 ; of Hawfinch in Devon- 

 shire, 272; of Montagu's Harrier 

 in Sussex, 310; of Siskins in Co. 

 Waterford, 311 ; of Pallas 's Sand 

 Grouse in captivity in Denmark, 

 351 ; of Syrian and White-eared 

 Bulbuls in confinement, 355; of 

 Teal in Bedfordshire, 358 

 Bulbuls, Syrian and White-eared, 



breeding in confinement, 355 

 Bullfinch, variety, 190 

 Bunting, Cirl, destruction of, 190, — in 

 Cardiganshire, 353; Lapland, in 

 Lincolnshire, 217 

 Bustards, recent visitation of, 103 

 Buzzard, Common, in Surrey, 63 

 Cat, Wild, reported in Shetland, 60 

 Cattle, alleged antipathy to Deer, 34 

 Cmffchaff, unusual nesting, 470 

 Cornish, Thomas, death of, 33 



Crake, Spotted, distribution in British 

 Islands, 88, — at Scarborough, 275, 

 473,— in Somersetshire, 117,— Staf- 

 fordshire, 117 



Crossbill, breeding in Co. Waterford, 

 218, 311 ; Parrot, in Ireland, 112 



Crow, Carrion, nesting, 351 



Curlew, Stone (or Thick-knee), habits 

 (with illustration), 441 



Deer, alleged antipathy of Cattle to, 

 34 ; and other animals, eating yew, 

 151, 186, 214 



Dipper, in Kent, 274, — nesting in 

 March, 317 



Diver, Red-throated, and other birds 

 in Notts, 216 



Dolphin, White-beaked, 395 



Dove, Turtle, hybrid, 113 



Duck, King, at Hunstanton, 67 ; 

 Long-tailed, on coast of Somerset, 

 66 ; Tufted, in Notts, 315, — Hants, 

 357 ; Wild, dispersal of oak trees 

 by, 350, — removing her eggs, 396, — 

 variety, 217 



Duncan, Dr. Martin, memoir, 269 



Eagle, Golden, measurement of a nest, 

 353 ; Spotted, near Colchester, 470 ; 

 White-tailed, at Scarborough, 470 



Eggs, blue, of Nightingale, 427 



Emu, habits, as observed in confine- 

 ment, 272 



Evolution of bird-song, 216 



Falconry, Japanese treatise on, 161 



Farm crops, insects injurious to, 359 



Finches, hybrid, -at Crystal Palace 

 Bird Show, 188, 274, 352 



Fishes of Northumberland and Dur- 

 ham, 195; development of, 275 



Flycatcher, Pied, near Harwich, 112; 

 Red-breasted, at Scarborough, 471 



Fox (Plate II.), 321 



Frere, Rev. H. T., death of, 59 



Geomalacus maculosus, new locality, 

 35 



Goosander in West Sussex, 117 



Goose, Bernacle, near Scarborough, 

 68, — comparative scarcity, 193; 

 Egyptian, in Devon, 393 



Grebe, Eared, in N. Devon, 67 ; Red- 

 necked, at Scarborough, 193 



Grouse, Pallas's Sand, photographs, 

 188, — breeding in captivity in Den- 

 mark, 351 



Guillemot, Black, in breeding plu- 

 mage in February, 194 



Gulls, Bonaparte's, in Cornwall, 35; 

 Glaucous, dimensions and weight, 

 355 ; Sea, former value of in Sussex, 

 194 



