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Chlorestes caerulea, 445 

 Chlorophanes spiza, 447 

 Chlorostilbon carribaeus, 445 

 Chrysolampis mosquitus, 444 

 Chrysophrys aurata, 544 

 Cicadidae and Orthoptera, stridula- 



tion, 432, 516, 517, 519, 520 

 Clupea alosa, 562 ; finta, 562 ; ha- 

 rengus, 561 ; pilchardus, 562 ; sprat- 

 tus, 562 

 Coassus nemorivagus, 345 

 Coccidae, food-plants of, 486 

 Coccystes glandarius, supposed occur- 

 rence in Ireland, 574 

 Cockroach, Common, changes of co- 

 lour, 370 

 Coelogenys paca, 343 

 Ccereba caerulea, 447 ; cyanea, 447 

 Coloration, directive, in birds, 531 

 Conger vulgaris, 563 

 Conilurus boweri, 197 ; hirsutus, 195 ; 



penicillatus, 196 

 Cormorants in Lower California, 243 ; 



destruction, in Australia, 384 

 Corncrakes breeding in confinement, 



35 

 Cornwall and Devon, neolithic life, 49 

 Coronellalaevis in New Forest, 431, 475 

 Corsica, ornithological notes from, 254 

 Cottus bubalis, 545 ; gobio, 545 ; scor- 

 pius, 545, — var. grcenlandicus, 545 

 County Eecords: — 



Bedfordshire — Daubenton's Bat, 



326 ; Black Eat, 328 

 Berkshire — Frog attacked by a 



Kat, 169 

 Cambridgeshire — Albatross, 363 ; 



birdsnesting in August, 430 

 Cheshire — Landrail, 86 ; Lesser 



Shrew, 231 ; Noddy Tern, 510 

 Cornivall — Neolithic life, 49 

 Cumberland — Eared Grebe, 83 

 Derbyshire — Daubenton's Bat, 

 326 ; Night Heron, 329 ; Black- 

 throated Diver, 426 

 Devonshire — Neolithic life, 49 ; 

 Shore Lark, 365, 471, 574 ; Lesser 

 Shrew, 467 ; Lesser Spotted Wood- 

 pecker, 470 ; Pigmy Shrew, 507 

 Dorsetshire — Icterine Warbler, 



332 ; Osprey, 508 

 Durham — Asterias tessellata, or 

 Scutellated Star-fish, alleged oc- , 

 currence, 170, 340 ; Common 

 Cockroach, 370 

 Essex — Long-eared Owl, 232; 



Tunny, 579 

 Gloucestershire — Summer mi- 



grants, 274 ; unusual position for 

 eggs of Starling, Song Thrush 

 and Sparrow, 334 



Hampshire — Winter notes, 34 ; 

 Worm-eating Slugs, 89 ; Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo, 142 ; Red-legged 

 Partridge, 233 ; Badger, 327 ; 

 Hedgesparrow, 427 ; Crossbills, 

 428 ; Smooth Snake, 431, 475 ; 

 notes, 460 ; Aquatic Warbler, 471 ; 

 Pied Wagtail, 513; Grey Wagtail, 

 513 ; Common Redshank, 575 



Hertfordshire — Kingfisher, 469 



Kent — Common Bittern, 86; Com- 

 mon Snipe, 271 ; Blue Titmouse, 

 333 ; Starling, 334 ; American 

 Nonpareil Finch, 335 ; Mon- 

 tagu's Harrier, 363 ; Lesser Grey 

 Shrike, 427 ; Wryneck, 511 ; 

 Green Sandpiper, 573 



Lancashire — Scaup Duck, 329 



Leicestershire — Grey Wagtail, 336 



Lincolnshire — Greenish Willow 

 Warbler, 5 ; Common Rorqual, 

 142; Grey Wagtail, 274, 336; 

 Great Plover, 511. 



Middlesex — Wood Pigeons, 87 ; 

 Rooks in West End of London, 

 87 ; Magpie Moth eaten by birds, 

 169 ; House Sparrow, 273 ; avi- 

 cultural notes, 338 ; Curlew, 364 ; 

 Wild Geese, 487 



Norfolk — Pallas's Warbler, 5, 8 ; 

 skulls of early Man, 33 ; breeding 

 Corncrakes in confinement, 35 ; 

 ornithological record for 1896, 

 121 ; human bones, 164 ; among 

 the birds, 168 ; Knot, 232 ; 

 Cuckoo Ray, 235 ; Stone Curlew, 

 248; Sapphirine Gurnard, 275, 

 339; Nightingale, 332; Lesser 

 Weaver, 339 ; Turbot, 339 ; Ang- 

 ler Fish, 340 ; Common Mackerel, 

 340 ; Pilchards, 340 ; Edible Crab, 

 340 ; twenty years in the Fens, 

 351; "Kentish Crow," 356, 428; 

 Fen versus Marsh, 437 ; nesting 

 sites, 449 ; Common Swift, 468 ; 

 Ringed Plover, 502 ; Barbel in 

 Great Ouse, 534 ; Marine and 

 Fresh-water Fishes of Great Yar- 

 mouth, &c, 539; Cuckoo, 568; 

 Great Bustard, 289, 572 ; Medi- 

 terranean Herring Gull, 572 



Nottinghamshire — Little Owl, 329 ; 

 Grasshopper Warbler, 333; Red- 

 backed Shrike, 334 



Oxfordshire — Spotted Flycatcher's 



