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CONTENTS. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Abraniis brania, 57, 58 ; asteriscus of 

 (fig. 22), 59 



Acanthias vulgaris, 64, 458 



Accentor rnodularis, 96 



Acentropus niveus, 426 



Acerina vulgaris, 452 



Acherontia atropos, 431 



Acipenser strurio, 298 



Acquired characters, the inheritance 

 of, recent work on, 441 



Acredula caudata, 210, 230 



Acrocephalus palustris, 96 ; phrag- 

 niitis, 96 ; streperus, 96 



Acronycta psi, 430 ; tridens, 430 



Adamsia palliata, 69; sp. ?, 69 



.^Egialitis cantiana, 98 ; euronica, 98 ; 

 hiaticula, 98 



iEgithaliscus erythrocephalus, 372 



yElurichthys gronovii, 294, 295 ; oto- 

 lith of (fig. 4), 294 



iEpyceros rnelarnpus, 379 



iEschna grandis, 193 



Agrion puella, 194 ; pulchellum, 194 



Alauda arvensis, 97 ; cristata, 97 



Alcedo ispida, 463 



Alcyonarians collected in Indian 

 Ocean, 400 



Alypia octomaculata, 428 



Alytes obstetricans, 446, 449 



Amia calva, 296, 418 



Anas boscas, 97 



Anglesey and Carnarvon, ramble 

 with birds of, 310, 341 



Anguis fragilis, 185 



Animal kingdom, &c, concealing- 

 coloration in, 233 



Animals, mental powers of, 361 



Anthus pratensis, 97 ; trivialis, 97 



Aphrodite aculeata, 273 



Aplecta nebulosa, 430 



Apogon rex mullorum (Plate II., 

 fig. 3), 423 



Aporophyla nigra, 430 



Aprodemus sylvaticus, 115 



Arctia caja, 442 



Arcyptera fuscus, 299 



Ardea cinerea, 97 ; garzetta (?), 150, 

 380 



Arius gagora, 58, 293, 295, 296 ; as- 

 teriscus of (fig. 19), 59 ; otolith of 

 (fig. 19), 293 



Armadillidium album, 225 ; vulgare, 

 224 ; nasatum, 223, 224 ; pictum, 

 224 



" Asteriscus " in fishes, 57 



Auxis rochei, 292, 293; otolith of 

 (fig. 2), 293 



Avocet, 130, 196 



Bacillus geisovii (?), 197 



Bagarius yarrellii, 418 



Balaenoptera musculus, 268 



" Barramundi " (Giant Perch), 35 



Bat, Bechstein's, in Isle of Wight, 

 &c, 30, 74 ; Greater Horseshoe, in 

 Wiltshire, 307 



Bats in Islay, 113 



Bees killed by wasps, 337, 396 



Bernicla nigrans, 123 



Beryx splendens, 293, 294, 295 ; oto- 

 lith of (fig. 9), 293 



Bibliography of London birds, 386 



Bird-life in the Spessart, Bavaria, 229 



Bird, a lost British, 150, 380; and 

 mammal reservations in Alaska, 278 



Birds added to Hull Museum, 34 ; 

 of Lleyn, 41, 99— Kent, 78,— Tas- 

 mania and Dependencies, 275, — 

 New York, 317 ; observed in Den- 

 mark, 96 ; incubation and fledging 

 periods in, 117 ; slaughtered in 

 Hawaiian Islands' bird-reserva- 

 tion, 120 ; migration of, 129, 132 ; 

 Water, mechanism of plumage in, 

 201 ; in Anglesey and Carnarvon, 

 a ramble with, 310, 341 ; Land, 

 littoral feeding habits of, 323 ; 

 London, bibliography of, 386 ; re- 

 cords of rare, 393 ; Daphne-berries, 

 eaten by, 394 ; foreign, for cage 

 and aviary, 397 ; North-American, 

 check-list of, 398; list of British, 

 399 



Birds, nests, and eggs found in 

 British Isles, 294 



Blackbird, irregular appearance of, 

 116 ; strange nest of, 226 



Blackcock, observational diary on 

 the nuptial habits of, in Scandi- 

 navia and England, 23, 51, 176, 248 



Biennis gattorugine, 293, 295 *, oto- 

 lith of (fig. 4), 293 



