THE YOUNG NATURmST. 



iii. 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 Classification of . . . . 65 



VERTEBRATA. 

 Classification of . . . . 229 



Birds. 



Birds' Nests and Eggs 239 

 British Birds, their Nests 



and Eggs 7. 57- 59. 83. 106, 



134, 227, 251, 271. 



Dartford Warbler. Nest 



of 279 



Dipper and Black Grouse 



at Wyre Forest. . . . 239 

 Eagle in Herefordshire 21, 47 

 Goldcrest. Number of 



Eggs laid by . . . . 279 

 Grebe. The Little. . .. 189 

 ,, Sclavonian at 



Hartlepool 22 



Grey Phalarope at Carn- 



forth 22 



at Harwich. . . . 22 

 Great Northern Diver 



at Poole 47 



Jack Snipe 72 



Migration at Harwich. . 11 



Nest. A late 263 



Notes 118 



Owl in ship's rigging . . 47 

 Rare Birds at Harwich 47 

 Red-breasted Merganser 72 

 Sparrow's nest. Strange 



place for a . , . . 189 



Mammals. 

 Classification of , . . . 230 

 Collecting and preparing 



specimens 254 



Mole and its castle . . 192 

 Mouse's winter store . . 46 



Fish. 



Hermaphrodite Haddock 144 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES, &c. 

 Haggerston Entomologi- 

 cal Society . , , , 264 



Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Entomological Society 117 



Royal Agriculturol So- 

 ciety 117 



Yorkshire Naturalists' 



Union 117. ^39 



NOTICES OF BOOKS, &c. 



Chapters on Popular 

 Natural History .. 238 



Illustrated Varieties of 

 British Lepidoptera . . 166 



International Scientists' 

 Directory 187 



Science 215 



Young Collectors' Hand- 

 books 238 



Exchange 24, 48, 72, 144, 168, 



192, 216, 240, 264, 

 280 



Queries and Replies .. 16,45,71,94,119, 

 144, igo, 240 



To Correspondents .. 24, 48, 71, 120, 144, 

 168, 216, 240, 264, 

 280 



INDEX TO CONTRIBUTORS. 



Andrews, H 



Baldwin, J. W 95 



Bates, J 216 



Bath, W. H 23, 96, 143, 239, 



262, 263, 



Battersby, Mrs 71, 279 



Berry, R. G. .. .. 280, 



Bignell, G. C 14, 58, 120, 253 



Bond, F 46, 47 



Cambridge, J.J 263 



Cambridge, O. P., Rev. 96 



Carter, J. W 22, 23, 96, 262 



Dixon, James .. .. 189,190,263 



Ellis, F 24, 



Ellis, J. W 22, 71, 209 



Ellis, Dr., & Smedley, Mr. 



12. 33. 53. S7, loS 

 133. 15S, 175. si2i 

 226, 250 



