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CONTENTS. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Adder, dimensions of, 397 ; useful in 

 destroying Moles, 460 



Albino Squirrel, 426, 457 



Alps, ornithological notes from the, 

 308 



Ampelis, wax-like tips in feathers of, 

 230 



Animals, wild, destruction of, in 

 India, 394 ; Vertebrate, scheme for 

 mapping the geographical distribu- 

 tion of, 401 



Aristotle on plagues of Field Mice, 

 187 



Audubon Monument in New York 

 city, 217 



Australia, protection of Kangaroos in, 

 301 ; Great Barrier Keef of, 321 



Avocet in Notts, 355 



Bat, Daubenton's, in Cheshire, 103, — 

 in Bedfordshire, 354 ; Great, in 

 Sussex, 458 ; Hairy-armed in Co. 

 Dublin, 426; Natterer's, in S. Lan- 

 cashire, 457 ; Serotine, in Sussex, 

 223, 458 ; Whiskered, in Scotland, 

 426 



Beavers, European, at the Zoological 

 Gardens, 457 



Bedfordshire. — Local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 176, 241, 

 252 ; Daubenton's Bat, 354 



Birds of Donegal, additional notes on, 

 22,75; adult and immature, propor- 

 tion of, amongst accidental visitors 

 to the British Islands, 26, 71, 73 ; 

 of North-Western Canada, 48; of 

 prey, in the New Forest, 428; of 

 Pembrokeshire, 460 



Bittern in Wilts, 24,— in Dorset, 29,— 

 in Sussex, 108 ; American, notes 

 on, 228 



Blackbird marked like Ring Ouzel, 

 189 



Blomefield, Rev. Leonard, memoir of, 

 394, 413 



Blue-birds, Bulbul feeding, in cap- 

 tivity, 227 



Bonito in river Deo, 436 



Books REVIEWED: — 



Text-Book of the Embryology of 

 Man and Mammals, by Dr. Oscar 

 Hertwig, 37 



The Life of a Foxhound, by John 

 Mills, 39 



Delagoa Bay, its Natives and Natu- 

 ral History, by Rose Monteiro, 39 



Sporting Sketches in S. America, 

 by Admiral Kennedy, 114 



Phases of Animal Life, Past and 

 Present, by R. Lyddeker, 116 



The Birds of Lancashire, by F. S. 

 Mitchell, 2nd edition, revised and 

 annotated by Howard Saunders, 

 117 



Manipulations de Zoologie, Ani- 

 maux Vertebres, par le Dr. Paul 

 Girod, 119 



A Descriptive List of the Deer 

 Parks and Paddocks of England, 

 by Joseph Whitaker, 197 



Horn Measurements and Weights 

 of the Great Game of the World, 

 being a Record for the use of 

 Sportsmen and Naturalists, by 

 Rowland Ward, 199 



Animal Coloration, an Account of 

 the principal Facts and Theories 

 relating to the Colours and Mark- 

 ings of Animals, by F. E. Bed- 

 dard, 235 



Idle Days in Patagonia, by W. H. 

 Hudson, 236 



Short Stalks, or Hunting Camps, 

 North, South, East, and West, 

 by Edward North Buxton, 238 



Elements d'Anatomie Comparee, 

 par Remy Perrier, 275 



L'Evolution et l'Origine des Es- 

 peces, par T. H. Huxley, 277 



L'Amateur d'Oiseaux de Voliere, 

 Especes indigenes et exotiques, 

 par Henri Moreau, 278 



La Peche et les Poissons des Eaux 

 douces, par Arnould Locard, 280 



Castorologia, or the History and 

 Traditions of the Canadian Bea- 

 ver, by Horace T. Martin, 314 



Wild Spain, Records of Sport with 

 Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural 

 History and Exploration, by Abel 

 Chapman and Walter J. Buck, 

 817 



The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, 

 by W. Saville Kent, , 321 



