CONTENTS. 



IX 



Fur-bearing Animals in Nature 

 and Commerce, by Henry Poland, 

 356, 397 

 The Amphioxus and its Develop- 

 ment, by Dr. B. Hatschek, 398 

 The Great Sea Serpent, an His- 

 torical and Critical Treatise, by 

 A. C. Oudemans, 399 

 Zoology of the Invertebrata, a 

 Text-book for Students, by A. E. 

 Shipley, 440 

 A Dictionary of Birds, by Alfred 

 Newton, assisted by Hans Gadow, 

 465 

 Breeding of Stone Curlew in Hants, 

 11 ; of Crossbill in Hants, 12 ; of 

 "Wood Pigeon in Hants in October, 

 12 ; of ParsonFinch, 20 ; of Shoveller 

 hi Donegal, 22; of Barn Owl in con- 

 finement, 23 ; of Dunlin in Wales, 

 269; of Lesser Whitethroat in Car- 

 narvonshire, 395 ; of Fulmar in 

 Shetland, 429 ; of Tufted Duck in 

 Warwickshire, 429 ; of Goldfinch 

 in captivity, 431 

 British Association Eeports, 386 

 Bulbul feeding Blue-birds in cap- 

 tivity, 227 

 Bullfinches and lilac-seeds, 29 

 Bunting, Lapland, at Brighton, 108, — 



in Yorkshire, 225 

 Bustard, Macqueen's, on Yorkshire 



coast, 21 

 Buzzard, Common, nesting in Hants, 

 11 ; Rough-legged, in Hants, 8, 9 



Cambridgeshire. — Barn Owl breed- 

 ing in confinement, 23 ; Sheldrake 

 in captivity, 24; accident to a 

 Greenfinch, 25 ; Waxwing, 109 ; 

 local lists of mammals, reptiles, and 

 fishes, 176, 241, 252; Montagu's 

 Harrier, 312 



Canada, birds of N. Western, 44; 

 American Bittern in, 228 



Catalogue of local lists of British 

 mammals, reptiles, and fishes, 

 arranged under counties, 174, 209, 

 241 



Cats swimming, 302, 353 



Cephalopoda, luminous organs in, 

 387 



Channel Islands, Rana agilis in 

 355 



Cheshire. — Polecat, 102 ; Dauben- 

 ton's Bat, 103 ; local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 177, 242, 

 252 ; Black Tern, 227 



Chough, " Russet-pated," of Shake- 

 speare, 332, 390, 393, 409, 427 



Colias edusa in Holderness, 76 



Colour, variation of, in Field Voles, 

 266, 302 



Coot, nesting of, 191 ; on Hampshire 

 Avon, 430 



Coral, transportation of, by Gulf 

 Stream, 352 



Cormorant with parasitic worms, 75 ; 

 in St. James's Park, 434 



Cornwall. — Local lists of mammals, 

 reptiles, and fishes, 177, 242, 252 



Crake, Baillon's, in Notts, 73, 459; 

 in Dorsetshire, 396; Spotted, in 

 Yorkshire, 6, — in Hants, 12, — in 

 Somersetshire, 22, — in Scotland, 24 



Crane in Suffolk, 313 



Crossbill breeding in Hants, 12 ; 

 American White- winged, in Herts, 

 27 ; Two-barred, in Norfolk, 150 



Crow, Carrion, in Island of Coll, 73 



Cumberland. — Ptarmigan, 97 ; local 

 lists of mammals, reptiles, and 

 fishes, 177, 242, 253 ; hybrid Grey 

 Geese, 190 ; Sabine's Gull, 429 



Curlew, Stone, breeding in Hants, 11, 

 — in Hants, 12 



Deer of British Guiana, 19 ; Deer 

 Forests Commission, 147 



Derbyshire. — Local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 177, 242, 

 253 



Devonshire. — Local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 178, 243, 

 253; Snowy Owl, 226; Short-eared 

 Owl, 231 ; Sheldrake and other 

 birds, 267 ; Lesser Fork-beard, 436 



• Dictionary of Birds,' Prof. Newton's, 

 222, 465 



Differentiation, migration, and mim- 

 icry, 361 



Dipper in Hants, 13, — nesting in 

 Surrey, 307 



Distribution, geographical, of ani- 

 mals, scheme for mapping, 401 



Diver, Red-throated, in Somerset- 

 shire, 22 ; Black-throated, in Done- 

 gal, 23 



"Dor-beetle," origin of name, 313 



Dorsetshire. — Bittern, 29 ; local lists 

 of mammals, reptiles, and fishes, 

 179, 243, 254; Blackbird, 189; 

 Lesser Redpoll, 396; Baillon's 

 Crake, 396 



Dove, Stock, early nesting of, in 

 Hants, 9 ; in Co. Wicklow, 192 



