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CONTENTS. 



Trachinus draco, 546 ; vipera, 546 



Trachurus trachurus, 548 



Transvaal, zoological rambles in and 

 around, 157 



Trapping Shrews and Voles, 507, 571 



Trichosurus vulpecula, 205 



Trigla cuculus, 545 ; gurnardus, 546 ; 

 lineata, 546 ; poeciloptera, 545 ; hi- 

 rundo, 545 



Trinidad, mammals of, 424 



Trogon meridionalis, 447 



Tunny on Essex coast, 579 ; Long- 

 finned, or Germon, in British 

 waters, 580 



Turbot, albino, 339 



Turdus gymnophthalmus, 448 



Turtle, gigantic, on coast of Natal, 382 



Varanus niloticus, 162 



Variety, Bull- dog, of Sapphirine Gur- 

 nard, 275, 339 ; Grasshopper War- 

 bler, 333 ; Common Mackerel, 340 



Vertebrates, origin of, 531 



Vipers before birth, 148 



Voices of Blackbird and Nightingale 

 compared, 331 



Vole Bank, in Jersey, 141 ; in Den- 

 bighshire, 328 



Voles and Shrews, trapping, 507, 571 



Vultures and Towers of Silence, 143 



Wagtail, Grey, nesting in Lincoln- j 

 shire, 274, 336, — in Leicestershire, I 

 336,— in Itchen Valley, 513 ; Pied, 

 in Itchen Valley, 513 ; White, in j 

 Warwickshire, 337, — nesting in 

 Suffolk, 233 ; Yellow, in Argyllshire, 

 167, — breeding range in Ireland, 

 346 



Wales. — Grey Seal in Carnarvon- 

 shire, 141 ; Lesser Shrew in Angle- 

 sea, 326 ; Bank Vole in Denbigh- i 

 shire, 328; Black Tern in Anglesea, i 

 329 ; Alpine Pipit in Carnarvon- ' 



shire, 366 ; garden list of birds in 

 Pembrokeshire, 419 



Warbler, Aquatic, in Hampshire, 471 ; 

 Grasshopper, variety, 333 ; Greenish 

 Willow, 5 ; Icterine, at Lyme Begis, 

 332; Pallas's Willow, in Norfolk, 5, 

 8, 136, — figured, 136; Yellow- 

 browed, 5. 



Warblers, rare, in Sussex, 333 



Washington National Museum, 1896, 

 485 



Wasp, Tipula, and Spider, 475 



Weasel attacking Frog, 369 



Weaver, Lesser, strange position of a, 

 339 



West Indian birds, notes on some, 444 



Whale, Sperm, captured near Azores, 

 145 ; parasites on, 145 ; and Seal 

 fishery, 1896, 56, 142 



Whales, enormous stranding at Falk- 

 land Islands, 47 



Winchester water-meads, notes, 34 



Winter life of animals and plants in 

 United States, 242 



Wolmer Forest, preservation, 534 



Woodpecker, Green, boring in Novem- 

 ber, 573 ; Lesser Spotted, habits, 470 



Worm, Aster, 349 



Wren,Willow, singing in autumn, 513 



Wryneck, egg-producing powers, 511 



Xyphias gladius, 549 



Yarmouth, Great, marine and fresh- 

 water fishes of, 539 

 York School Nat. Hist. Keport, 188 

 Yukon District of Canada, birds, 430 



Zebras, revised list of, 380 

 Zeugopterus punctatus, 556 

 Zeus faber, 548 

 Zoarces viviparus, 551 

 Zoology, Man in, 13 

 Zygaena malleus, 564 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. Ostrich, "bromming" and "rolling" . . • to face 97 



,, II. Bhinolphus hipposideros, Bechst. : sleeping positions ,, 537 



Labels, locality, &c, in use at the Brussels Museum .... 81 



Pheasant with upper mandible prolonged 122 



Pallas's Willow Warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus .... 136 



Bull-dog Variety of Sapphirine Gurnard 276 



Meristic variation in the Edible Crab ....... 340 



Skull and horns : Bos sondaicus — Bull 492 



„ „ —Cow 495 



Sketch Map of Water Area in neighbourhood of Great Yarmouth . . 539 



