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CONTENTS. 



Borqual, Common, on east coast, 



214 ; Sibbald's, on the Irish coast, 



215, 306 

 Sandpiper, Broad-billed, in Norfolk, 



396 

 Scaup, in Leicestershire, 66 

 Seal and Whale fishery of 1890, notes 



on, 121 

 Shearwater, Greater, in Kent, 274 



Manx, near Malton, 396, — in North 



Norfolk, 428,— Notts, 428,— inland 



occurrence, 467, 468 

 Shrew, Oared, in Staffordshire, 185 

 Shrike, Great Grey, 96, 139,— at 



Spurn, 154 ; Pallas's, coloration, 



187 ; Red-backed, distribution, 190 

 Societies, Scientific : — 



Entomological, 39, 71, 119, 159, 199, 

 224, 280, 319, 360, 399, 431, 475 



Linnean, 36, 68, 117, 156, 196, 222, 

 276, 318, 473 



Zoological, 37, 69, 118, 158, 197, 

 223, 278, 474 

 Squirrels, hybernation of, 61, 100, 151, 



152, 466 

 Swallow, strange nesting-place for, 



352 

 Swans in Suffolk, 192 ; Wild, in Isle 



of Man, 218 

 Teal, breeding in Bedfordshire, 358 

 Toad, venom of, 430 

 Trout, large, in Thames, 221 

 Turdus migratorius in British Islands, 



219 



Twite, albino, in Ireland, 317 



Variety, of Bullfinch, 190 ; of Wild 

 Duck, 217; of Common Heron, 

 316 ; sinistral, of Helix hortensis, 

 399 



Viper, average length of, 276 



Vole, Water, note on, 304 



Wagtail, Grey-headed, in Warwick- 

 shire and Worcestershire, 111 ; 

 Pied and White interbreeding, 314 



Warbler, Dartford, in Dorset, 117, — 

 in winter, 215 ; Garden, in South 

 Wales, 355 ; Icterine, in Holder- 

 ness, 308, — nesting in Heligoland, 

 364; Orphean, supposed occurrence 

 in Devon, 272 ; Wood, in Midlands, 

 271, 313 



Whale, Bottle-nosed, in the Thames, 

 347 



Whitethroat, Lesser, in Devon, 309, — 

 Somersetshire, 354, — South Wales, 

 355, — distribution in S.W. England, 

 273 



Wild Cat, reported, in Shetland, 60 



Wild White Cattle, herd of, at Lyme 

 Park, 81 



Wildfowl in Devon during winter of 

 1890-1, 217,— in Essex, 66,— on 

 Rainworth Water, Notts, 472 



Wildfowling in Estuary of the Moy, 9 



Woodcock, breeding in Ireland, 191 



Wolves in France, 102 



Wren, Common, of the Shetland 

 Islands, 294, 349 ; of Iceland, 349 



LIST OF PLATES. 



I. The Serotine Bat, Vesperugo serotinus 

 II. The Fox, Vulpes vulgaris 

 III. The Polecat, Mustela putoreiis . 

 IV. The British Marten, Martes sylvatica 



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ADDITIONAL illustrations. 



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