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CONTENTS. 
Physeter macrocephalus, 309 
Pica rustica, 216, 508 
Pilumnopeus serratifrons, 203 
Pilumnus fissifrons, 203; hirtellus, 
181 
- Pinnotheres veterum, 183 
Pintail and Mallard interbreeding in 
captivity, 361 ' 
Pipistrellus leisleri, 100; 
100; pipistrellus, 100 
Pipit, Meadow, perching on trees, 
214, 266,—and Cuckoo, 430; Tree, 
in January, 122; Water, in Car- 
narvonshire, 187 
Pirimela denticulata, 181 
Plagusia chabrus, 206; glabra, 207 
Planorbis complanatus, 191; vortex 
var. compressa, 191 
Platyonychus bipunctulatus, 204 
Plecotus auritus, 100, 261, 302 
Plectrophenax nivalis, 508 
Pleuronectes flesus, 454 
Plocepasser mahali, 258 
noctula, 
Plover, Green, variety, 482; Kentish, | 
alleged, in Bedfordshire, 320 
Plutellida, 292 
Podicipes fluviatilis, 191 
Pogonorhynchus leucomelas, 256 
Polecat in Suffolk, 22, 122, 503 
Polycanthus sp., ABS 
Porcellana dispar, 208 ; longicornis, 
183 
Porpoises at Great Yarmouth, 504 
Portumnus. depurator, 182; varie- 
gatus, 182 
Porzana maruetta, 479 
Pratincola rubetra, 356 
Preservation of zoological specimens, 
366 
Protogoniomorpha anacardil, 254 
Protopterus annectans, 379 
Psammoryctes, 120 
Pseudocarcinus gigas, 203 
Psychina, 294 
Purpura, 131 
Putorius ermineus, 100; hibernicus, 
100; nivalis, 100; putorius, 100 
Pyralidina, 294 
Pyrrhocorax alpinus, 474 
Pyrrhula europxa, 507 
Python molurus, habits in confine- 
ment, 436 
Querquedula crecca, 508 
Rabbit, conduct of a, when pursued 
by a Dog, 413 
Raia miraletus, 220; pastinaca, 364 
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Rail, flightless, of New Zealand, 492 
Rambles, zoological, in the Trans- 
vaal, 249 
Rana adspersa, 823; temporaria, 365 
Raniceps trifurcus, 28 
Ranunculus calthefolia, 406; ficaria, 
406 
Raoulia, 217 
Rattlesnakes, habits, 93 
Redwing, food of, 504 
Regulus cristatus, 507 
Rhinoceros, artificial removal ofhorn, 
142; indicus, 172; lasiotis, 142, 
175; sondaicus, 174; sumatrensis, 
174; unicornis, 171 
Bhinolophus ferrum.- equinum, 100 ; 
hipposideros, 100 
Rhombus maximus, 365 
Rhynchocinetes typus, 209 
Riffelalp, Canton Valais, Switzerland, 
birds of, 474, 506 
Rinderpest among wild animals at 
the Cape, 47,—South African game, 
148 
Rodentia of Northumberland, 264 
Roller, Common, in Sussex, 24 
Rooks and buttercup bulbs, 124; 
feeding on Elvers, 270 
Ruticilla tythis, 475 
Sale of birds belonging to the late 
Mr. R. Ashby, 45 ; of Moa skeleton, 
45; of Lepidoptera belonging to 
the late Rey. A. Matthews, “AD 
Salix jacquiniana, 886; retusa, 386; 
retusoides, 386 
Salmo, 463; fario, 140; salar, 364 
Salmon in Natal, 285; life-history, 
284 
Sanderling in Australia, 83 
Sandpiper, Common, nest and four 
eggs, in Norfolk, 110; in St. 
James’s Park, 240; Pectoral, in 
Norfolk, 25,—in Kent, 480 
Sark, ornithological notes from, 274 
Saxby, Dr., and the breeding of the 
Tyrnstone) 435 
Saxicola cenanthe, 321 
Sonoma abnormal, in shells, 
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Scarborough, notes from, 28, 219 
Schizeerhis concolor, 258 
Sciurus vulgaris, 100, 264, 304 
Scolopax rusticula, 508 
Scomber scomber, 364; 
864 
Scorpeena dactyloptera, 88 
Scoter in Notts, 482 
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