CONTENTS, 



XI 



Habits, of Moose in the far north of 



British America, 206 ; of Emu as 



observed in confinement, 272 ; of 



Polecat, 344 ; of Stone Curlew (or 



Thick-knee), 441 ; nesting, of Mag- 

 pie, 430 ; of Einged Plover, 447 

 Hare, Irish, leaping powers, 60 

 Harrier, Marsh, in N. Devon, 62 ; 



Montagu's, breeding in Sussex, 310 

 Hawfinch, breeding in Devonshire, 



272, — immigration, 367, 430, — in 



Middlesex, 471 

 Helix hortensis, sinistral variety, 399 

 Heron, Common, variety of, 316; 



Squacco, hi Wales, 471 

 Herpetology of the Grand Duchy of 



Baden, 13, 53, 138, 179, 255, 338, 



380 

 Hybernation of Squirrels, 61, 100, 151, 



152, 466 

 Hybrid Finches at Crystal Palace 



Bird Show, 188, 274, 352 ; Turtle 



Dove, 113 

 Hyla arborea, homing instinct, 221 

 Immigration of Hawfinch, 430 

 Insects injurious to farm crops, 359 

 Iris, colour in albino birds, 358 

 Jamrach, Mr. Charles, death of, 391 

 Kestrel, Lesser, in Ireland, 152, — at 



Scilly, 153 

 Kingfisher, curious resting place for, 



116 ; destruction of, 154, 194 

 Kite, in Lincolnshire, reminiscences 



of, 313 

 Lacerta viridis, new locality, 156 

 Landrail, in Hampshire in winter, 188 

 Lanius excubitor and L. major, 310 

 Locusts in India and Egypt, 221 

 Mackerel, large catches, on Cornish 



coast, 195 

 Magpie, introduction into Ireland, 



247, — unusual nesting-place for, 



309, 353,— nesting of, 351, 430 

 Mammals, melanism in, 59 

 Marten, British (Plate IV.), 401, 450, 



—in Co. Down, 304 

 Martin, House, as a cage-bird, 397 

 Melanism in mammals and Irish 



Rat, 59 ; of Water Rail, 67 

 Migration, lines of, 103, 153, 176; 



spring, in Humber district, 409 ; of 



birds at night, 429 

 Moose, habits, in the far north of 



British America, 206 

 Moth, Diamond-back, 359 

 Mouse, Long-tailed, swimming, 185 

 Mullet, large catches on Cornish 



coast, 195 



Nesting of Blue Robin in confine- 

 ment, 154; of Dipper in March, 

 317; of Carrion Crow, 351; of 

 Magpie, 351, 353, 430 ; of Pallas's 

 Sand Grouse in captivity in Den- 

 mark, 351; of Swallow, 352; of 

 Tufted Duck in Hants, 357; of 

 Ringed Plover, 447; unusual, of 

 Chiffchaff, 470 



Nightingale, blue eggs of, 427 



Notes, on Seal and Whale fishery, 

 121 ; ornithological, from Corsica, 

 371,— Christchurch, Hants, 471, — 

 Devon, 110, — Essex, 116, — Har- 

 wich, 115,— North of Ireland, 183, 

 —Co. Mayo, 210,— Norfolk, 136, 

 144, — Northamptonshire, 41, — 

 Redcar, 242, — Shoreham, 220 — 

 Somerset, 189,— Sussex, 219, 472,— 

 Wales, 108,— Co. Wexford, 170 — 

 Great Yarmouth, 316; natural 

 history, from E. Suffolk, 165 



Notoryctes typhlops, the Australian 

 Mole-like Marsupial, 393 



Opah on the Norfolk coast, 431 



Oriole, Golden, in Co. Galway, 318, — 

 colours of adult female, 466 



Ornithological notes (see " Notes") 



Osprey in Warwickshire, 116 



Ouzel, Ring, in Ireland, in winter, 

 67,— albino, 116 



Owl, Scops, in Norfolk, 315 ; Short- 

 eared, in Essex in May, 315 



Pastor, Rose-coloured, in Warwick- 

 shire, 112 



Petrel, Fork-tailed, in Ireland, 468, 

 469; Wilson's, in Co. Down, 427 — 

 Co. Fermanagh, 428 



Phalarope, Grey, in Essex, 116 ; Red- 

 breasted, in Hants, 191 



Plover, Kentish, supposed occur- 

 rence at Scarborough, 397 ; Ringed, 

 nesting habits (with illustration), 

 447 



Polecat (Plate III.), 281, 342, 344, 

 392, 424,— habits, 344 



Porpoise, White,425 

 ( Rail, Water, in Middlesex, 66,- me- 

 lanism, 67 

 I Rat, Irish, identity and distribution, 



1 ; melanism, 59 

 j Redpoll, Lesser, in South Wales, 355 

 ! Redstart, Black, in Hants, 194 



Redwing, singing in April, 313, — song 

 of, 352, 398 



Robin, Blue, nesting in confinement, 

 154 

 i Roller, in Co. Antrim, 430 



