CONTENTS. 



IX 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Aberdeen, notes from, 197 



Aberrancies, piscine, 78 



Acanthis cannabina, 422 ; linaria, 



270 

 Accentor niodularis, IB, 124, 422 

 A.ccipiter cirrhocephalus, 431 ; nisus, 



128, 215, 422 ; virgatus, 215 

 Acridotheres cristatellus, 249, 250 ; 



ginginianus, 205 ; tristis, 204 

 Acrocepbalus durnetorum, 203; pa- 



lustris, 23 ; pbragmitis, 13, 59, 124; 



streperus, 59, 22b 

 Addax nasomaculatus, 368 

 iEgialitis alexandrina, 387 ; cantiana, 



62; dubia, 387; hiaticula, 28, 62, 



275, 308, 316, 374, 424 ; mongolioa, 



387 

 iEgithina tiphia, 202 

 jEsalon cbicquera, 215 

 jEthiospar fuscus, 205 

 Aex galericulata, 72 ; sponsa, 72 

 Agama sp., 393 

 Alario alario, 248 

 Alauda arvensis, 60, 127, 197, 422 ; 



gulgula, 208 

 Alca torda, 16, 422 

 Alcedo ispida, 27, 68, 127, 149, 210, 



228, 422 

 Arnadina, 244 ; fasciata, 251 

 Amaurornis phcenicurus, 386 

 Ampelis garrulus, 25, 113, 227 

 Amydrus morio, 190 

 Anas boscas, 61, 128, 195, 451 ; pce- 



cilorhyncha, 451 ; strepera, 112 

 Anastomus oscitans, 450 

 Anglesea, birds of, 401 

 Animal blood-relationship, 38 ; sense 



perceptions, 161, 392, 394 

 Animals, dumb, panic of, previous to 



eruption at Martinique, &c, 237 ; 



Vertebrate, of Oxfordshire, 440 

 Anser albifrons, 337 ; brachyrhyn- 



chus, 128 ; cinereus, 306 ; erythro- 



pus, 273, 337 ; gambeli, specific 



validity of and position as a British 



bird, 337; indicus, 451, paludosus, 



421, — fig., 425 ; segetum, 306 

 Antelope, Addax, Brindled Gnu, 



Eland, and Boan, in confinement, 



363, 364 

 Antennae of Coccidse, 437 



Anthropoides virgo, 386 



Anthus cervinus, 25, 269, 313 ; rnacu- 

 latus, 207; obscurus, 13, 125, 422; 

 pratensis, 13, 60, 125, 269 ; rufu- 

 lus, 208 ; spipoletta, 465 ; trivialis, 

 112 



Antlers and horns, evolution of, 158 



Apis mellifica, 221 



Aqnila ehrysaetus, 150, 425 ; hastata, 

 213 



Arachnechthra asiatica, 208 



Ardea cinerea, 61, 128, 422, 450; 

 manillensis, 450 



Ardeola grayi, 450 



Ardetta cinnamomea, 450 ; minuta, 

 305 ; sinensis, 450 



Argya caudata, 202 



Arvicola amphibius, 66, 111 



Asio accipitrinus, 128, 213 ; otus, 113, 

 128, 229, 435 



Astur badius, 215 



Athene brama, 212 ; noctua, 112 



Australia, collecting in, 152; Green 

 Frog of, 158 ; spiders of, 152 ; pro- 

 tective coloration of birds and their 

 nests, 139 



Avicola amphibius, 232 



Avicultural notes, 99 ; experiences of 

 birds in captivity, 241 



Bardsey Island and Lleyn, birds of, 

 8, 107, 108 



Batis molitor, 189 



Bee, constancy of, 220 



Bengal, birds of, collected and ob- 

 served in the Darbhanga District, 

 Tirhoot, 201, 384, 449 



Bernicla leucopsis, 806, 426 



Biological Suggestions — animal 

 sense perceptions, 161 



Birds of Bardsey Island and Lleyn, 

 8, 107, 108; rare in Surrey, 32; 

 of Isle of Man, 32 ; British, statis- 

 tics relating to, 55, — Mr. F. Co- 

 burn's collection of, 118; of Dun- 

 geness, 59 ; pairing manoeuvres of, 

 71 ; migration of, 121, 233 ; of the 

 Transvaal, 189 ; Australian, pro- 

 tective coloration of, 199 ; of the 

 Darbhanga District, Tirhoot, Ben- 

 gal, 201, 384, 449; in captivity, 



