CONTENTS. 



XV11 



Golden, 112, 343 ; Ringed, curious 

 eggs of, 23 ; Ringed Sand, 15, — 

 var., 387 



Pochard, 45, 46, 47, 94, 343 



Podicipes nigricollis, 111, 153 



Polyprion cerniuin, 417 



Pond- Smelt, Japanese, 452 



Porcellio dilatatus, 468 ; lasvis, 468 ; 

 pictus, 468; scaber, 465, 468 



Porzana maructta, 94, 237 



Provincial names and resorts of cer- 

 tain birds in South of Scotland, 12 



Ptarmigan, 74 



Pterygistes noctula, 299 



Ptilopus xanthogaster, 351 



Puffin, 309 



Pyrrhocorax graculus, 158. 



Quail, 343 



Querquedula circia, 45 

 Query, bibliographical, 198 



Raia radiata, 461 



Raniceps trifurcatus, 462 ; raninus, 



457 

 Raven, 15, 73, 115, 340, 442, 443,444 

 Ray, Starry, with Skulpin in mouth, 



461; Torpedo, 461 

 Redbreast, an albescent, 104 

 Redpoll, Arctic, in Midlothian, 31 ; 



Lesser, 283, 339,— in Kent, 383,— 



nestine in Sussex, 352 ; Mealy, 15, 



283 

 Redshank, Common, 15, 324, 365 ; 



Spotted, 343 

 Redstart, 114 ; Black, 330 

 Redwing in London, 111 

 Rhicnoda natatrix, n. sp. (fig.), 223, 



226 

 Rhinolophus terrum-equinum, 288 ; 



hipposiderus, 110 

 Rhipidura squamata, 349 

 Rhombus laevis, 457 ; maximus, 141, 



457 

 Ringwood, Hants, winter notes from, 



196 

 Robin, 340 

 Roller, Indian, 190 

 Rook, 340 ; albino, 383 

 Ruff, breeding habits of, 60, 161, 367 ; 



near Chester, 386 



Salamander, Spotted, habits and de- 

 velopment of young, 16 

 Salamandra maculosa, 16 

 Salana microdon, 452 

 Salmonidse, Japanese, 451 

 Sanderling in Cheshire, 237 



Sandpiper, Bartram's, 286 ; Curlew, 

 in Surrey, 93 ; Green, 343 ; Pec- 

 toral, 286 ; Purple, 15 



Saxicola cenanthe, 69 



Scia^na aquila, 417 



Scolopax sabini, 71 



Scomber colias, 425 ; scombrus, 424 



Scombresox saurus, 142 



Scoter, Common, 15, 45 ; Surf, 285 

 Velvet, 285 



Scotland. — Macrobiotus dispar, 6 

 Provincial names and resorts of 

 certain birds, 12 ; Cuckoo, 13, 307 

 Arctic Redpoll, 31 ; Siberian Chiff 

 chaff, 80; Marked birds, 116 

 Blackbird's eggs, 151 ; Dipper, 151, 

 235 



Sea-birds of Manx, notes on, 309 



Sea-fisheries, scientific work in, 201, 

 247 



Seal, Common, on Somerset coast, 30 



Serranus cabrilla, 416 ; gigas, 417 



" Seven Sisters Bird," 188 



Sex in Crustacea, with special refer- 

 ence to the origin and nature of 

 hermaphroditism, Mr. Geoffrey 

 Smith on, 316 



Sexual selection in birds, 60, 161, 

 237, 367 



Shark, Fox, a large, 39 



Sheldrake, 343 



Shoveler, 45, 46 ; breeding in Devon, 

 22 ; nesting habits, 52, 58, 59 ; in 

 Cheshire, 275 



Shrew, Common, 299; Little, 246; 

 Oared, 246; Pigmy, 299; Water, 

 244, 246 



Shrike, Great Grey, 283, — in Dorset, 

 70 ; Red-backed, eggs of, 429 ; 

 Woodchat, 323 



Siphonostoma typhle, 116, 142, 461 



Siskin, 283 



Skua, Pomatorhine, at Yarmouth, 

 434 



Skull in Mammalia, thickness of, 

 Prof. R. J. Anderson on, 315 



Slug, carnivorous propensities of a, 

 277, 309 



Smew, 331 ; in Cheshire, 71 ; at 

 Yarmouth, 111 



Snipe, 341, 343 ; Jack, 15 ; Sabine's, 

 in Ireland, 71 



Sole, tailless (fig.), 276 



Solealascaris, 458 ; lutea, 459 ; varie- 

 gata, 459 ; vulgaris, 276, 458 



Somateria labradoria, 411 



Sorex araneus, 299 ; minutus, 246, 

 299 



