CONTENTS. 



XI 



109 ; local lists of mammals, rep- 

 tiles, and fishes, 215, 251, 262; 

 Hump-backed Whale, 188; Stock 

 Dove, 192; Wood Wren, 225; 

 Blackcap, 225 ; White Wagtail, 226 ; 

 Basking Shark, 270 ; Curlew Sand- 

 piper, 305 ; Hairy-armed Bat, 426 ; 

 Partridge, 433; American Red- 

 breasted Snipe, 433 ; Solitary Snipe, 

 434; Merganser, 458 ; Night Heron, 

 459 ; Sabine's Snipe, 459 



Kangaroos, protection of, in Australia, 

 301 



Kent. — Breeding Parson Finches, 20 ; 

 Banded Grass Finch, 21 ; hybrid 

 birds, 103, 154, 190; Little Gull, 

 108 ; local lists of mammals, 

 reptiles, and fishes, 180, 244, 255 ; 

 Thrush's nest without mud lining, 

 225 



Kite, former abundance in London, 

 106, — preservation, in Wales, 311, 

 355 



Lakeland, Ptarmigan in, 97 

 Lancashire. — Rare birds, 150 ; local 

 lists of mammals, reptiles, and 

 fishes, 180, 244,255 ; Water Shrew, 

 302; Natterer's Bat, 457; Black 

 Tern, 458; Sabine's Gull, 459 

 Lapwings passing over London, 153 

 Lark, Shore, in Yorkshire, 4 

 Leicestershire. — Local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 181, 245, 

 255 ; ornithological notes, 450 

 Lens, crystalline, in vertebrates, 224 

 Life, animal, in East Greenland, 42 

 Lincolnshire. — Bottle-nosed Whale, 

 20 ; local lists of mammals, reptiles, 

 and fishes, 181, 245, 255; Nut- 

 cracker, 153, 191 ; Scandinavian 

 Rock Pipit, 227 ; Common Sand- 

 piper, 304 ; Green Sandpiper, 304 ; 

 Marten, 354 

 Loxia leucoptera in Herts, 27 



Magazines, Scientific, notes on, 79 

 Mammals, British, catalogue of local 



lists of, 174, 209 ; of Isle of Man, 62 

 Man, Isle of, vertebrate fauna, 61 ; 



local lists of mammals, reptiles, and 



fishes, 181, 245, 255 

 Maps, zoological, 401, 457 

 Marine biological investigations, 386; 



zoology of Irish Sea, 387 

 Marten, British, in Wales, 161, — in 



Lincolnshire, 354 



Mauritius, Tropic-bird of, 225 



Merganser, female, assuming male 

 plumage, 458 



Mice, Field, Aristotle on plagues of, 

 187 ; and apricots, 354 



Middlesex. — Kite, 106 ; Lapwing, 

 153; mongrel Ducks, 229; Black 

 Stork, 396 ; Cormorant, 434 ; Bea- 

 vers at Zoological Gardens, 457 



Migration of birds, 371 ; at Heligo- 

 land, 164 ; of Partridge, 433 



Mimicry, 379 



Moles, white, 425 



Natal, Salmon and Trout culture in, 57 



Nest, Thrush's, without mud lining, 

 225 ; of Pied Wagtail, 458 



Nesting of Redshank in Yorkshire, 4 ; 

 early, of Stock Dove in Hants, 9 ; 

 of Hobby in Hants, 10 ; of Common 

 Buzzard in Hants, 11 ; of Quail in 

 Hants, 11, — in Sussex, 268, — in 

 Somersetshire, 305 ; of Wagtail in 

 Warwickshire in Nov., 30 ; of Black 

 Scoter in Sussex, 151 ; of Coot in 

 Hants, 191 ; of Short-eared Owl in 

 Devon, 231 ; early, of Greater 

 Spotted Woodpecker, 269 ; of Com- 

 mon Sandpiper in Eastern Counties, 

 304; of Grey Wagtail in Surrey, 

 307; of Dipper in Surrey, 307; of 

 Montagu's Harrier in Cambridge- 

 shire, 312; of Lesser Redpoll in 

 Dorsetshire, 396 ; of Pied Wagtail 

 in Notts, 458; of Spotted Fly- 

 catcher in Notts, 459 



New Zealand, native birds, preserva- 

 tion of, 154 



Norfolk. — Peahen assuming male 

 plumage, 23; Sowerby's Whale, 41; 

 weight of Trout, 76 ; Purple Gal- 

 linule, 105, 147, 192 ; Ring Ouzel, 

 148; Two-barred Crossbill, 150; 

 Scarlet Grosbeak, 150 ; Ruddy Shel- 

 drake, 152 ; local lists of mammals, 

 reptiles, and fishes, 181, 245, 256 ; 

 swimming Cats, 302 ; Eider Duck, 

 458 



Northamptonshire. — Ornithological 

 notes, 89 ; local lists of mammals, 

 reptiles, and fishes, 182, 246, 256 



Northumberland. — Lesser White- 

 throat, 106 ; local lists of mammals, 

 reptiles, and fishes, 182, 246, 256 ; 

 protection of sea-birds, 222 



Norway, Meadow Pipit in, 312 



Notes, ornithological, from Redcar for 

 1891-2, 3, —from Mid-Hants for 



