CONTENTS. 



Valvata, 304 ; piscinalis, 315 



Valvatidae, 315 



Vanellus vulgaris, 40, 61, 187, 210 



Vanessa atalanta, 33 ; io, 33, — and 

 urticae, strange hybernating quar- 

 ters for, 559 



Variety of Partridge, 14, 23, 25, 26, 

 101, 111 ; Hooded Crow, 101 ; 

 Black-throated Diver, 101 ; Bram- 

 bling, 103; Hedge-Sparrow, 108; 

 Green Woodpecker, 109 ; Mole, 

 186; Sparrow-Hawk, 215, Jackdaw, 

 233; Fox-cub, 233; Weasel, 235; 

 Sole, 241 ; Stoat, 517 



Vipera berus, 393 



Vitrina pellucida, 291 



Vitrinidae, 291 



Vole, Bank, in Berks, 381, 421 



Wagtail, White, on the Kigi, 269 

 Wales, Mid, ornithological notes from, 

 76; North Wales, Vertebrate Fauna, 

 414 

 Warbler, Barred, in Oxfordshire, 26 ; 

 Blackcap, on the Rigi, 268 ; Icter- 

 ine, in Norfolk, 109 ; Marsh, in 

 Oxfordshire, 15, — nest, containing 

 egg of Cuckoo, fig., 20, — in Wilt- 

 shire, 555 ; Melodious, in Sussex, 

 518 ; Sardinian, 518 

 Whale and Seal Fishery (1899), 65 

 White, Gilbert, and his recent Editors, 

 Prof. Newton on, 391 



Whitethroat, 259 



Wildfowl at Breydon, 157, 159,— at 

 Fritton Decoy, 160, 239 ; and other 

 birds, at Great Yarmouth market, 

 99, 100, 165, 166, 167 



Wilsden District (Yorkshire), orni- 

 thological notes from, 432 



Wing-feathering of House- Sparrow, 

 sexual differences in, 74, 249 



Woodpecker, Great Spotted, 278, — in 

 Surrey, 322 ; Green, with beak like 

 Crossbill's, 109, — and sp. ?, on the 

 Rigi, 268 



Worms, Horse, 340 



Yarmouth, Great, and neighbour- 

 hood, Birds of, 153, 397, 529,— area 

 of distribution, fig., 154, — principal 

 works relating to, 177 ; notes from, 

 241 



Yorkshire, Natural History notes 

 from, for 1899, 229, 432 



Young and nest, care of, 247 



Zonotidae, 291 



Zoological Meeting of Pavia, 265 



Zoology, teachings of, brought to the 



aid of practical warfare, 152; at 



British Association, 527 

 Zosterops lutea, 418 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate I. Macropus giganteus ...... to face 



,, II. Perdix cinerea var. montana, Briss. ... ,, 



,, III. Spinning Molluscs ,, 



,, IV. Neptunus pelagicus, M.-Edw. .... ,, 

 ,, V. (Map). Former Breeding Range in England of Panurus 



biarmicus ........ ,, 



FACE 



49 



97 



289 



345 



374 



Nest of Marsh Warbler 



Map showing area of distribution of Birds of Great Yarmouth and 



Neighbourhood ........ 



Sketch showing distended throat of Cuckoo .... 



"Hawkesbury Sandstone " tunnelled by Termites 



Nest of Bearded Titmouse (after Pike) 



Bearded Titmouse feeding young (after Pike) , 



,, ,, cleaning out nest ,, ... 



,, ,, map showing general distribution . 



Dilated oesophagus of Adder {Vipera berus) .... 



Sea-Elephants : disturbed rest 



Nest of Tufted Duck (Fuligula cristata) .... 



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