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CONTENTS. 



Peewit, 133 ; of Black-headed Gull, 



216 ; nesting, of Blackbird, 200 ; of 



South African Hares, 432 

 Haematopus ostralegus, 15, 130, 308, 



375, 390, 422, 425 

 Halcyon orientalis, 189; pileata, 210; 



smyrnensis, 149, 210 

 Haliaetus albicilla, 230, 427 ; indus, 



214 ; leucoryphus, 214 

 Hammering of Great Spotted Wood- 

 pecker, 94 

 Hampstead and neighbourhood, 



fauna and flora, 240 

 Harelda glacialis, 273 

 Hares, South African, 432 

 Harrier, Montagu's, plumage of, 435 

 Hartebeest, Bubaline, in confine- 

 ment, 365 

 Hawfinch nesting in Breconshire, 465 

 Helix pomatia, duration of life in. 



151 

 Herodias alba, 450 ; garzetta, 450 ; 



intermedia, 450 

 Heron, cruel treatment of, 120 

 Heronry at Reedham, fig., 84 ; a 



former Warwickshire, 195 

 Hierococcyx varius, 211 

 Himantopus candicus, 387 

 Hippotragns equinus, 364 

 Hirundo nepalensis, 207 ; rustica, 13, 



60, 125, 207 

 Holopterna alata, 392 

 Hoopoe near Wick, 435 

 Hoplopterus ventralis, 387 

 Hornbill, Ground, or Brom-Vogel, 



fig., 49 

 Hybrids between Donkey and Bur- 



chell's Zebra, 192 ; Pintails, 100 

 Hydrochelidon hybrida, 388; leuco- 



ptera, 389 

 Hydrophasianus chirurgus, 387 

 Hydroprogne caspia, 389 

 Hyphantornis, 257 

 Hj'pochera, 244 

 Hypothymis azurea, 205 



Ibis, Glossy, in Ireland, 467 ; melano- 

 cephala, 389 



Icterus jamacii, 248, 249 



Inocotis papillosus, 449 



Insects, temperature of, 287 



Ireland — Moor -hen, 27 ; Golden 

 Eagle, 150 ; Raven, 194 ; Grass- 

 hopper Warbler, 278 ; Holboell's 

 Redpoll, 278 ; Red-throated Pipit, 

 313 ; Black-tailed Godwit, 316 ; 

 Cirl-Bunting, 353 ; Glossy Ibis, 

 467 ; Water-Rail, 467 



Isle of Man, Wood Warbler in, 23 



birds of, 32 

 Iyngipicus hardwickii, 209 

 lynx torquilla, 209 



Jay in London, 279 ; migration of, 

 434, 466 



Kingfisher near Aberdeen, 27, — 

 curious accident to a, 68, — a little- 

 known action of, 149 ; White - 

 breasted, notes on, 149 



Knot inland in Cheshire, 467 



Lacerta agilis, 113 ; vivipara, 113 

 Lagonosticta rubricata, 190 

 Lagopus albus, 274 ; scoticus, 307 

 Laniarius cubla, 190 ; senegalus, 190 

 Lanius argentatus, 310 ; canus, 310 ; 



collurio, 433 ; cristatus, 203; major, 



271 ; minor, 433 ; nigriceps, 203 ; 



pomeranus, 227 ; ridibundus, 310 ; 



tephrenotus, 203 

 Lapwing feigning injury to protect 



its young, 29, 70 

 Lark flying at an extraordinary 



height, 400 ; Shore, in Lincoln- 

 shire, 112 

 Larus argentatus, 16, 65, 132, 381, 



422, 424 ; brunneicephalus, 388 ; 



fuscus, 381, 422, 423 ; ichthyaetus, 



388 ; leucopterus, 113, 468 ; mari- 



nus, 16, 109 ; ridibundus, 64, 216, 



379, 391 

 Lasiurus borealis ,297 ; cinereus, 297 

 Leistes superciliosus, 245 

 Leptoptila wellsi, 246 

 Leptoptilus dubius, 449 ; javanicus, 



449 

 Lepus arnericanus, 296 ; capensis,432 ; 



crassicaudatus, 433 ; saxitilis, 433 

 Lighthouse, a month in, 319 

 Ligurinus chloris, 60, 422 

 Limosa belgica, 316, 387; lapponica, 



131 

 Linota cannabina, 14, 60, 126 ; flavi- 



rostris, 126, 227 ; rufescens, 66, 



193, 227, — breeding on Wimbledon 



Common, 313 

 Liopicus mahrattensis, 208 

 Liothrix lutea, 251 

 Liotriges, 254 

 ' List of British Diptera,' second 



edition, 320 

 Lizard, Sand, at St. Leonards-on- 



Sea, 113 

 Lleyn, birds of, 8, 108 

 Locustella nsevia, 226, 278 



