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CONTENTS. 



nest in nest of Hawfinch, 426, 

 473 ; proximity of Magpie's and 

 Wood Pigeon's nests, 427 ; Spar- 

 rowhawk, 508 ; Cuckoo, 426, 513 

 Shropshire — Tit's nest, 167 ; Long- 

 eared Bats, 231 ; Wasp, Tipula, 

 and Spider, 475 

 Somersetshire — Garden lists of 

 birds, 418, 431 ; Hedgesparrow, 

 427 ; Black- winged Stilt, 511 

 Staffordshire — Honey Buzzard, 

 232, 271, 328 ; Daubenton's Bat, 

 326 

 Suffolk — White Wagtail, 233 ; 

 Snails, 236 ; Swallow-tailed Kite, 

 270, 363; Cuckoo's egg in nest 

 of Song Thrush, 364 ; Honey 

 Buzzard, 425 ; garden lists of 

 birds, 474 ; Thresher Shark, 475 ; 

 Angel-fish, 475; Ringed Plover, 

 502 ; Fork-tailed Petrel, 509 ; 

 Green Woodpecker, 573 

 Sussex — Rare birds, 86 ; Serotine 

 Bat, 141 ; Black-headed Bunt- 

 ing, 273; Rare Warblers, 333; 

 Hawfinches, 365 ; Quails, 366 ; 

 Little Gull, 468; Red-necked 

 Phalarope, 468 ; Common Roller, 

 469 ; Hypolais polyglotta, 513 ; 

 Common Seal, 571 

 Wartuiehshire — Black Tern, 330 ; 



White Wagtail, 337 

 Yorkshire — Little Auks and Little 

 Gulls, 166 ; Red-legged Part- 

 ridge, 166 ; polydactylism in the 

 Horse, 270 ; Blackbird, 330 ; 

 trapping Shrews and Voles, 571 ; 

 Dipper, 575 ; Notes, 578 

 Crab, Edible, meristic variation in, 



figured, 340 

 Crocodiles, " mystic singing," 288, 



289 

 Crossbills near Bournemouth, 428 

 Crow, Kentish, 356, 428 

 Cuckoo, South African Golden, egg in 

 nest of Cape Wagtail, 142 ; Yellow- 

 billed, in Isle of Wight, 142 ; an 

 unfortunate, 272 ; egg in nest of 

 Song Thrush, 364 ; young, in nest 

 of Twite, 365 ; popular fallacy con- 

 cerning, 512 ; does it suck eggs ? 

 513, 568 ; Great Spotted, supposed 

 occurrence in Co. Kerry, 574 

 Curlew laying five eggs, 364 ; Stone, 

 as observed around Thetford, 248 

 Cyclopterus lumpus, 550 

 Cyprinus auratus, 559 ; carpio, 559 ; 

 carassius, 559 



Darwin, Buffon to, 312 



Dasyprocta aguti, 342 ; cristata, 342 



Dasyurus hallucatus, 206 



Deep-sea animal life in past epochs, 184 



Dermestes lardarius eating speci- 

 mens of moths, 433, 521 



Devon & Cornwall, neolithic life, 49 



Didelphis marsupialis, 342 



Dik-Dik in nature and as preserved, 

 434 



Diomedea melanophrys, 364 



Dipper, egg-producing powers, 575 



Dirk Hartog and the Houtman's Ab- 

 rolhos Islands, Western Australia, 

 293 



Diver, Black-throated, nesting in 

 Shetland, 364, 425, 509,— in Derby- 

 shire, 426 ; Great Northern, nest- 

 ing in Shetland, 425, 509 



Dog, Cape Hunting, breeding in cap- 

 tivity, 186 



Dogs of draught in Belgium, 33 



Dove, Stock, in Ireland, 88 



Dreschel, Prof., 533 



Duck, Pintail, large number in Co. 

 Mayo, 143 ; Scaup, inland in Lan- 

 cashire, 329 



Eagle resting on a balloon, 384 ; 

 Golden, in Ross-shire, 425 



Earthworm studies : dorsal pores, 

 149 ; oviposition and embryology, 

 258 ; phosphorescence and lumi- 

 nosity, 304 ; check-list of British 

 Earthworms, 453 



Egernia (Silubosaurus) stokesii, 301 



Egg of South African Golden Cuckoo 

 in nest of Cape Wagtail, 142 ; of 

 Cuckoo in nest of Song Thrush 

 364 ; -producing powers of birds 

 511, 574, 575 



Eggs of Great Auk, sales, 241, 382 

 of Starling, Song Thrush, and 

 Sparrow, unusual position for, 334 

 five, laid by Curlew, 364 ; white, 

 of Hedgesparrow, 427 ; of Roseate 

 Tern, 165, 467, 510 



Echidna aculeata, 199 



Echimys trinitatis, 345 



Editorial Address, 1 



Eel, Common, transformations, 287 



Elanus cieruleus, 158 



Elephants in South Africa, destruc- 

 tion of, 532 



Emberiza cioides, 6 



Emu, protection, in Australia, 385 



Enchytraeus parvulus, a new British 

 Worm, 349 



