CONTENTS. 
Linota cannabina, 507; flavirostris, 
360, 481; rufescens, 507 . 
L’Intermédiaire des Biologistes, 40 
Lithodes maia, 181 
Lizard, Tuatara, development of, 488 
Lobster, Common Spiny, limit of 
northern distribution, 142 
Locustella nevia, 351 
London, birds of, 91, 189, 216, 272, 
273 
Lophius piscatorius, 365 
Loss, 398 
Loxia curvirostra, 124, 863, 505 
Lumbricus terrestris, 119 
Lusciniola schwarzi, 520 
Lutra lutra, 100; vulgaris, 262, 304 
Lyczna adonis, 455; corydon, 455 
Macrophthalmus setosus, 205 
Macrotoma palmata, 259 
Mallard and Pintail interbreeding in 
captivity, 361 
Mammalia of Great Yarmouth and 
immediate neighbourhood, 299; of 
Hampshire, 429 
Mammals, British, technical names 
of, 97 
Man, Isle of, notes from (1897), 321 
Mantis attacking Cicada, 275 
Marine Biological Stations— Liver- 
pool, 838; Port Erin, Isle of Man, 
333; Millport, 3384; St. Andrews, 
335; Jersey, 335 
Marlborough College Nat. Hist. Soc., 
375 
Martin, House, date of arrival, 267, 
317, 433 
Megascops asio, 402 
Melanippe procellata, 456 
‘Melanargia galatea, 455 
Melelonthide, 31 
Meles meles, 268; taxus, 213, 268, 304 
Melierax niger, 259 
Meregus merganser, 364; serrator, 364 
Meristic variation in Edible Crab, 220 
Mexico, New, insect visitors of 
flowers, 78, 311 
Microtus agrestis, 101, 264, 306; 
amphibius, 100, 122, 306; glareolus, 
477, 503; gregarius, 264 
Migrants in Aberdeenshire (1898), 275 
Migration at Spurn Lighthouse 
(1897-98), 345 
Micropterygidz, 291 
Millipedes, mode of progression, 365 
Mimicry, 283 
Miomantis fenestrata, 275 
Molua molva, 463 
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Monkeys, decrease, on Gold Coast, 45 
Montifringilla nivalis, 475 
Moor-hen, nesting habits, 506 
Motacilla alba, 245; lugubris, 82, 
216; rail, 82; yarrellii, 245 
Moths and their classification, 289 
Mullus surmulatus, 365 
Mus agrestis, 264; alexandrinus, 306; 
decumanus, 100, 306; gregarius, 
264; minutus, 100, 305; musculus, 
100, 264, 805; rattus, 100, 805; 
sylvaticus, 100, 264, 305 
Muscardinus avellanarius, 100, 304 
Muscicapa grisola, 190, 275, 358, 359, 
429 
MusEum ReEports :— 
Museum of Comparative Zoology 
at Harvard College, 95 
Field Columbian Museum, Chi- 
cago, 138 
Newcastle Museum, 240 
Taxidermy for Museums, 330 
Appointment of new Director for 
Nat. Hist. Dep., 8. Kensington, 
373 
South African Museum, Report for 
1897, 446 
Mus. Compar. Zool., Cambr., Mass., 
resignation of Prof. Alec Agassiz, 
451 
British Museum, recent acquisi- 
tions, 487; Ocean exploration . 
off the coasts of Cork and Kerry, 
518 
Temporary Museums, 490 
Australian Museum, 1897, 516 
Mustela erminea, 122, 187, 213, 261, 
304; martes, 100, 303; putorius, 
22, 122, 304, 503; vulgaris, 303 
Mycteris longicarpus, 207;  platy- 
cheles, 207 
Mygale, 14, 16, 29, 251; avicularia, 
251 
Mygalide, 14 
Mylabride, 31 
Myotis bechsteini, 100; daubentoni, 
100, 817, 368; mystacinus, 100; 
nattereri, 100 
Myoxus nanus, 421 
Mysis chameleon, 186; vulgaris, 186 
Mythology, ornithological, 46 
Natica, 131 
Natural History literature of Great 
Britain and Ireland, 519 
Nectocarcinus integrifrons, 204 
Neomys fodiens, 100 
Nephile, 30 
