vi CONTENTS. 
Copury, F. 
Brood of young Starlings in mid- 
November, 24; Brent Goose in 
Warwickshire, 24; Ferruginous 
Duck in Ireland, 25; Corncrake 
in December, 25; Stoats turn- 
ing white in winter, 213 ; Mea- 
dow Pipits perching on trees, 
214 
CocKERELL, T. D. A. 
The insect visitors of flowers in 
New Mexico, 78, 311 
CoLuett, R., Prof. 
On the reported summer appear- 
ance of two species of birds in 
Lapland, 25 
ComMBER, ALFRED T. 
Hawfinch near Reigate Railway 
Station, 188 
CorsBin, G. B. 
Brambling in Hants, 123; Rough- 
legged Buzzard near Ringwood, 
124; Nesting of the Hobby in 
Hants, 125; Stoats turning white 
in winter, 261; Otters in South- 
western Hampshire, 262; Cross- 
bills in South-western Hamp- 
shire in 1898, 482 
CoRDEAUX, JOHN, F.R.G.S., M.B.0.U. 
Food of the Barn Owl, 215; Dis- 
appearance of the Lapwing in 
North Lincolnshire, 272; Mji- 
gration at the Spurn Lighthouse 
in 1897-98, 345; Occurrence of 
the Fork-tailed Petrel on the 
Yorkshire coast, 862 
CorRiE, ADAM J. 
Adder swallowing its young, 485 
CRAWSHAY, WILLIAM T. 
Rooks feeding on Elvers, 270 
CrossMAN, ALAN FAIRFAX 
Scaup in Bedfordshire, 319; Al- 
leged Kentish Plover in Bedford- 
shire, 320; Birds of Hertford- 
shire, 506 
Davenport, H. 8. 
Popular ornithological fallacies, 
27; Cuckoos sucking eggs, 87; 
Breeding sites of Chaffinch and 
Willow Warbler, 214; The pro- 
tection of wild birds and their 
eggs, 3822; Spotless eggs of the 
Spotted Flycatcher, 359 ; The so- 
called St. Kilda Wren, 413; A 
Cuckoo’s economy in question, 
430; Dr. Saxby and the breeding 
of the Turnstone, 435; Irregular 
nesting sites, 480 
Davies, BAsIL 
Varying fecundity in birds, 495 
Distant, W. L. 
Notes on the Nestor notabilis, or 
Kea Parrot, of New Zealand, 217 ; 
Zoological rambles in the Trans- 
vaal, 249; Cicada attacked by 
Mantis, 275; Southerly extension 
of the East African butterfly 
fauna, 276; Toad attacked by a 
Frog, 323; Biological suggestions 
—assimilative colouration, 377, 
451; “The Leathery Turtle ” 
(Dermochelys coriacea), 500; In- 
voluntary migration, 508 
Dresser, H. E., F.L.S., F.Z.8. 
Rare Partridges in Leadenhall 
Market, 215 
Duneoay, A. 
Mode of progression among Milli- 
pedes, 365 
D’Urzsan, W.S. M. 
Date of arrival of House Martin, 
433 
Evuiort, J. STEELE 
On the nesting of the Spotted Fly- 
catcher, 358 
Ewakt, J. C., Prof., F.R.S. 
On Zebra-Horse hybrids, 49 
Farman, Last C. 
Winter notes from Haddiscoe, 26 
Fow.Ler, W. WARDE 
Tree Pipit in January, 122; Rooks 
and buttercup bulbs, 124; On 
the date of arrival of the House 
Martin, 267; The Marsh War- 
bler in Oxfordshire, 356 
FReEston, Henry W. 
Asagena phalerata at Grasmere, 
440 ; Epeira diadema courtship, 
440 
FRIEND, Rev. HILDERIC 
Notes on British Annelids, 119 
GopFrREY, F’. R. 
Some notes on the Nestor notabilis, 
or Kea Parrot, of New Zealand, 
216 
GoupsmiTH, H. S. B. 
Early nesting of the House Spar- 
row, 123 
GrRAaBHAM, OxuEy, M.A., M.B.O.U. 
Rough nesting notes from York- 
shire, 349’; Large Bank Vole in 
Kent, 477; Economy of the 
Cuckoo, 478; Late nesting of the 
Corn Bunting, 485; Food of the 
Redwing, 504; Phasianus col- 
chicus in Yorkshire, 505 
