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CONTENTS. 



1892, 8, — from Donegal, 22,— 

 from Heligoland, 25, — from N.W. 

 Canada, 44, — from Northampton 

 and neighbourhood for 1892, 89, — 

 from Aberystwith, 104, — from the 

 Alps, 308,— from Oxfordshire, 340, 

 — from Lake of Lucerne, 432, — 

 from Leicestershire, 450 ; on sci- 

 entific magazines, 79 



Nottinghamshire. — Baillon's Crake, 

 73,459; Little Gull, 108 ; Bewick's 

 Swan, 108; Black-tailed God wit, 

 109 ; Hen Harrier, 109 ; Squirrel, 

 301 ; Mice and apricots, 354 ; Avo- 

 cet,355; Pied Wagtail, 458; Spotted 

 Flycatcher, 459 



Nutcracker in Lincolnshire, 153, 191 



Oriole, Golden, in Fseroe Islands, 355 

 Ornithological Notes (see Notes) 

 Ornithology of Tennyson, 145 

 Otter in Sussex, 102 

 Ouzel, Ring, in Scotland in winter, 

 27, — in Norfolk, &c, in winter, 

 148, — in Yorkshire in winter, 192 

 Owen, Sir Richard, memoir of, 14 

 Owl, Barn, breeding in confinement, 

 23; Short-eared, nesting in N. 

 Devon, 231, — in Hampshire in sum- 

 mer, 435 ; Snowy, on Exmoor, 226 

 Oxfordshire. — Local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 183, 246, 

 257; Marsh Warbler, 303; ornitho- 

 logical notes, 340 



Partridges migrating, 433 



Pascoe, F. P., memoir of, 320 



Peahen assuming male plumage, 23 



Petrel, Fork-tailed, in Yorkshire, 5, — 

 in Somersetshire, 22 ; Fulmar, in 

 Yorkshire, 4 ; South Pacific, 29 



Petrels seen on voyage to Monte- 

 video, 152 



Phalarope, Red-necked, in Yorkshire, 

 5, — in Anglesea, 428 



Pigeon, Wood, breeding in Hants in 

 October, 12 



Pipit, Meadow, fertility of, in Nor- 

 way, 312 ; Richard's, in Somerset- 

 shire, 267 ; Scandinavian Rock, on 

 east coast of England, 227 



Plague of Field Voles in Scotland, 

 121, 187, 426 ; in Thessaly, 139, 187 



Plumage, male, assumed by Peahen, 

 23, — by female Merganser, 458 ; of 

 White's Thrush, 267 



Polecat near Aberystwith, 102, — in 

 Cheshire, 102 



Portugal, Black Rat in, 146 

 Protection of Sea-birds on the Fame 



Islands, 222 ; of wild birds' eggs, 



389 

 Ptarmigan in Lakeland, 97 



Quail nesting in Hants, 11, — in 

 Hants in winter, 30., — nesting in 

 Sussex, 268, — nesting in Somer- 

 setshire, 305, — in Worcestershire, 

 306,— in S.W. Scotland, 306 



Rabbits, mortality amongst, in Tas- 

 mania, 102 

 Rana agilis in Channel Islands, 355 

 Rat, Black, at Bristol, 19, 71, — in 

 Portugal, 146 ; Brown, black va- 

 riety of, 103 

 Redpoll, Lesser, nesting in Dorset- 

 shire, 396 

 Redshank, nesting in Yorkshire, 4 

 Redstart, Black, at Flamborough 



Head, 224 

 Reef, Great Barrier, of Australia, 321 

 Reid, W., of Wick, death of, 264 

 Reptiles, British, catalogue of local 



lists of, 241 ; of Isle of Man, 64 

 Rossia Oweni on Anglesea coast, 436 

 Ruff in Sussex, 109 

 Butlandshire. — Local lists of mam- 

 mals, reptiles, and fishes, 183, 246, 

 257 



Salmon and Trout culture in Natal, 

 57 



Sandpiper, Common, nesting in 

 Eastern Counties, 304 ; Curlew, in 

 Co. Donegal, 305 ; Green, in Lin- 

 colnshire in June, 304, — in S.W. 

 Scotland, 305 ; Purple, in York- 

 shire, 6 



Scoter, Black, nesting in Sussex, 151 ; 

 Velvet, in Yorkshire, 5, — in Suf- 

 folk, 23 



Scotland. — Spotted Crake, 24 ; Ring 

 Ouzel, 27 ; Little Grebe, 29 ; Black 

 Rat, 71 ; Carrion Crow, 73 ; Wood- 

 cock, 109; Field Voles, 121, 266, 

 353, 426, — destroyed by Adders, 

 460 ; Waxwing, 148 ; Gadwall, 153 ; 

 local lists of mammals, reptiles, 

 and fishes, 209, 249, 260; Alpine 

 Hare, 265 ; Green Sandpiper, 305 ; 

 Quail, 306; swimming Cats, 353; 

 Squirrel, 354 ; Hare with one ear, 

 425 ; White Moles, 425 ; Whis- 

 kered Bat, 426; Fulmar, 429; 

 Bonito, 430 



