CONTENTS. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Atkinson, Rev. John. 



Keen scent of the stoat, 344 ; Nests 

 of tlie swallow, 354 ; Dates of mi- 

 gration at Kelvedon, 355 ; Singular 

 locality for a redstart's nest, 355 ; 

 Habits of the barn owl, 384. 

 Atkinson, Rev. J. C, B.A. 



Habits of the nuthatch, 213 ; Habits 

 of the redshank, 233 ; Late depar- 

 ture of the fieldfare, 246 ; Nests of 

 martins on sandstone rocks, 246 ; 

 Notes on Ephemerae, 272 ; Manners 

 of the water-rat, 293; Nesting-place 

 of the swallow, 354 ; Migration of 

 swifts, 354 ; Migration of martins 

 and sand-martins, 354 ; Observa- 

 tions on previous notes on the grey 

 wagtail, 358. 

 Baird, W., M.D. 



Luminous appearance of the sea^ 55 ; 

 Descriptions of British Entomos- 

 traca, 193 

 Banister, Rev. J. D. 



Voracity of the eel, 108 ; Rare British 

 birds, 145 

 Baetlett, John Pemberton 



White shrew mouse, 287 ; Harvest 

 mouse, 289 ; Poaching propensity of 

 snakes and adders, 322 

 Bates, Henry Walter 



Coleopterous insects frequenting damp 

 places, 1 14 ; Enquiry respecting cri- 

 tical papers, 156; Seasons of ap- 

 pearance of Polyommatus Argiolus, 

 199 ; Occurrence of Colias Edusa 

 in Leicestershire, 330 

 Bedell, George 



Capture of Thera juniperata, 94 

 Bell, Robeet John 



Bats flying by daylight, 75 ; Early 

 nests of the sparrow, 76 ; Occurrence 

 of the locust near Derby, 123; Ra- 

 pid increase of the polymorphous 

 mussel, 253 ; Carnivorous propensi- 

 ty of mollusks, 257 

 Bell, Thomas, F.R.S. 



Glass bee-hive of a singular construc- 

 tion, 113 ; Peacock killed by a com- 

 mon hen, 360 



Beynon, W. L. 



Economy of a fossorial Hymenopter- 

 ous insect, 265 



Bladon, James 



Affection of the sparrow for its young, 

 16 ; Nest of Vespa britannica, 32 ; 

 On wasps, 32 ; Sertularia, 32 ; Rea- 

 soning power in a cat, 74 ; Varia- 

 tion in Scoliopteryx libatrix, 260 



Bond, Frederick 



Birds shot at Southend, 39 ; Water- 

 birds occurring at Kingsbury reser- 

 voir, 102; Occurrence of rare British 

 insects, 125; Occurrence of rare 

 British birds, 148 ; Cure of grease 

 in insects, 175 



Bree, Rev. W. T., M.A. 



Late departure of the swallow, 101 ; 

 Occurrence of certain butterflies 

 near Dover, 113; Mancipium Da- 

 plidice, 201 ; Occurrence of Colias 

 Edusa, 258 



Briggs, J. J. 



Occurrence of rare British birds in the 

 county of Derby, 178 ; Capture and 

 appearance of certain British birds, 

 311 ; Capture of large fishes in the 

 Trent, 323 



Brown, Edwin 



Occurrence of Coleopterous insects 

 during floods, 177; Entomological 

 collecting boxes, 177; Use of the 

 lantern in collecting moths, 178; 

 Piscivorous habits of the brown rat, 

 212; Keen scent of the weasel tribe, 

 213; Enquiry — Does the female 

 sky-lark sing ? 219 ; More frequent 

 occurrence of the woodcock, 249 ; 

 Multiplication of Dreissena poly- 

 morpha, 255 



Claeke, G. 



Aphides and the larva of a fly which 

 destroys them, 123 



Clifford, Rev. Frank 



Anecdote of a robin, 357 



Couch, Jonathan 



Occurrence near Polperro of a fish new 

 to the British catalogue, 81 ; Bats 

 by daylight, 343 



