IV. 
Index. 
Nuthatches, 157; Rabbit Traps, 23; Rare 
Birds shot near London, 19 ; Swifts, 
Martins, Sparrows, 157; Tits versus Nut- 
hatches, 118; Wasps, 19; Wood Pigeon, 58, 
98. 
Daubeny, G. A., Fernwebs, 138; Forestry and 
Agriculture, 202; his Sirength a 7 id Decay 
0/ Nations^ 92 ; Lightning, 21 1. 
Davis’s, J. and W., Larvce Collector s Guide 
and Calendar^ 178. 
Dighton, C., Bramble Finch, 158, 217 ; Can- 
nibalism of Dormice, 75 ; Spotted Fly- 
catcher, 37; Tameness of Birds, 37; 
Wryneck, 158. 
Dispersal of Fruits and Seeds, 185. 
Docking Horses, 2, 22. 
Dog : Faithfulness and Sagacity, 196 ; Story, 37. 
Donkey, A Tale for a, 129. 
Dormice, Cannibalism of, 75, 95, 115. 
Doves, 20T. 
Drake, A Humane, 118. 
Dress in Relation to Animal Life, 141. 
Duppa, C. M., Cannibal Dormice, iig. 
Dutt, W. A., A Sea of Glory, 9; East 
Anglian “ Hanger,” 28 ; his Highways^ 
Byways.^ and IVaterways 0/ East Aftglia, 
115 ; Pallas’s Sand Grouse, 167. 
Eagle Owls at the Zoo, 38. 
Editorial, i. 
Eggs, Dropped, 118, 136, 157, 198. 
F^lepbants, Appeal for the, 2, 21. 
Emu at Lyndhurst, Death of, 36. 
English Bull Fights, 181. 
Enots, Cannibalism of Dormice, 95. 
Essejc Naturalist, 196. 
F>ans’s, A. H., Birds, 72. 
Exmoor, Hind-Hunting on, 129. 
“ Fairy,” 31. 
Farmer's, J. B., Practical Introduction to the 
Study 0/ Botany, 214. 
Farrer, Death of Lord, 201. 
Fashions, The, 222. 
Ferns, Wholesale l^xtermination of, 25, 45, 
Fernwebs, 138. 
Field Club; Rambles. 100, 119, 139, 159, 179, 
200, 220; Report of, 121. 
Field Mice and Eggs, 157. 
Financial Statement, 124, 142. 
Finnock? What is a, 99. 
Flowers and Fertilisation, 164. 
Flycatcher, Pied, 171 ; .Spotted, 37. 
Forest Administration, 68, 83. 
Forestry and Agriculture, 202. 
Foster-parents, Strange, 156. 
Fowler, W. Wardc, The Goldfinch, 183, 230. 
Frogs, 38, 57 , Cruel 'I'reatment of, 83 ; In Rock, 
39; Tree-frogs in Winter, 219. 
Frohawk, F. W., Rare birds Shot near London, 
5?- 
I'ungi on Water Plants, 232. 
Gardener, W. F., Albinism in the House-spar- 
row, 1 18. 
Gardiner’s, L., Sylvia xn Plowcrland, 228, 
Gartrell, J. IL, Shoots a Kingfisher, 43. 
Germination, 'I he Study of, 12. 
Gibbons, F., Frogs in Rock, 59. 
(iillman.A. N., Birds Singing at Night, 718. 
Goldfinch in Danger, Tlte, 161, 182, 230. 
Great JJai, The, 217. 
Grebcj 201. 
Greening’s, K. O., One and all Gardening, 74. 
(}rcen, N., The Mild Winter, 58. 
(irecn 'J’ree-Frogs in Winter, 219. 
Greenwood, A. NL, Swallows and their Nests, 77. 
Grey, Sir E., International Congress of Women, 
Grouse, Pallar’s Sand, 167 ; \\ illow-, 184. 
Gulls in a Garden, 59. 
“ Hanger,” An East Anglian, 38. 
Hawes, O., A “Cuckoo Myth,” 116: Sister as 
Foster-Mother, 116. 
Hawk, 37 ; in the City, 78, 104. 
Hedge-Sparrow, 98. 
Henslow, G., Observations for Young Botanists 
12, 25, 46, 70, 85, 105, 130, 152, 164, 185 
206, 222. 
Heron on the Norfolk Broads, 129. 
Hett’s, C. L., Glossary of Popular Names o 
British Bird<>, 177. 
Hiam, J., A “Cuckoo Myth,” 18, 97, 136, 197 ; 
Bees not swarming, 219; Birds and Fruit 
Buds, 198 ; Birds Singing at Night, 197, 
230: Bullfinches, 58 ; Goldfinch, 182; Hor- 
net’s Instinct or Reason, 219; Little Twit- 
ters, 98; Summer Migrants, 117. 
Hind-Hunting on Exmoor, 129. 
Hippophae rhamnoides, ii, 39, 78. 
Hitchcock, E. K., White Spider, 159, 199. 
Hoare’s H., Calendar of Flo 7 vering Trees and 
Shi'ubs, 229. 
Hobart, B., Jenny, 107. 
Hodges, PL, Slaughter of Starlings, 82. 
Hoffman’s, R., Tiveniy-six Common Birds, 74. 
Hornet’s Instinct or Reason, 219. 
Horses, Docking, 2, 22. 
Hubbard, E., Appeal for the Elephant, 2; 
Cuckoo, 198; Lightning, 17. 
Hudson, A, W., P'ungi on Water Plants, 232. 
Hughes, (7. C., The Toad, 99. 
Humane Monarch, A, 63. 
Humanitarian League, 63. 
Humanity, 35. 
Humming-Bird, Hawk-Moth, 199. 
Hutton’s, F. W., DaKiviftism and Lamarckism, 
Old and New, 178. 
Ida Hill, 163. 
Inflorescences, 152. 
Insecticide, Abol, 184. 
Insectivorous Birds and the Cabbage White, 
138. 
Insects as Meteorologists, 210, 232. 
International Congress of Women, 141, 162. 
“ Jenny,” 107. 
Johnson, W., London Birds, 37. 
Kearton’s Wild Life at Home, 16. 
Kent and Surrey Commons and P'ooipaths Pre^ 
servation Society's Report, 196. 
Killarney, 222. 
Kindred Societies, 82. 
Kingfisher, Shooting a, 43 ; Wholesale Slaughter 
of, 129. 
lying's, J., Nesting Boxes Jor Birds, 74. 
Kno 7 vledge, 36, 74. 
Kynoch's, J., Wild P'lowers of Barmouth, 176. 
Leasowe, Wild Flowers at, 217. 
Leaves: and Stipules, 70; The Functions of» 
105; Special Modifications of, 130. 
Lemon, F. PL, Dress in Relation to Animal Life, 
M3- 
Leucojum a.sUvum, 87. 
Lightning, 17, 18, 21 1. 
Little Twitters, 08. 
Locusts Exterminated by Inoculation. 39. 
Loddon Lilies, 87. 
London : Birds, 37 ; Notes on, Birds in 1898, 55,. 
96; Rare Birds Shot near, 19, 58. 
Lowerison’s, \\., Field and Folklore, 215. 
iaibbock’s, Sir John, On Buds and Stipules, 91. 
Mackintosh's, R., P'rom Comte to Benjamin 
Kidd, 178. 
Maepherson, A. llollc, Notes on London Bird.s^ 
55; Ornithology and Cycling, 32. 
