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FOURTH SHRIES.—VOL. X. EDITED BY W. L. DISEANT. ” {‘ £4 xi) 4 3" 4% % Lane. LONDON : WEST, NEWMAN, & CO.,.54, HATTON GARDEN. SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., Lrp. WSO) (ic PREFACE. Ovr contributors may justly feel satisfied with the present volume, for they have considerably increased our knowledge of British Zoology, and have kept up the reputation of ‘ THE Zoouocist’ as the storehouse of bionomical and observational record. Ornithology has been even more than usually to the fore. Tf we instance the excellent paper on the Birds of Seilly, it is to recognize how readily these records can be written in a narrative form without any loss to scientific reference. Mr. Warde Fowler’s detailed observations for fourteen years on the breeding of Acrocephalus palustris is a piece of work not likely to be forgotten in the annals of British Ornithology. The Rey. F. C. R. Jourdain has focused our knowledge on the hybrids which have occurred in Great Britain between Black- game and Pheasant, and Mr. M. J. Nicoll has done a similar service in bringing together what is known of Anthus spipoletta as a visitor to England. In Pisces, the discussion on the Loch Broom Sea Monster is notable by the unanimity of opinion that the animal seen was a Basking Shark (Selache maxima) ; it is also illustrative of the good results arising from submitting such questions to competent opinion. A similar procedure with the reports on “Great Sea Serpents’? might result in a considerable loss of myth, and a guidance to probability. Mr. Patterson’s energy at Yarmouth has resulted in the record of a new fish to our 1V PREFACE. British list in Scomber thunnina, Cuv. The same contributor has referred to an old report of a Flying Fish caught on the Norfolk coast, while Dr. Murie has drawn attention to a similar record of the Flying Fish being taken near Ramsgate. Professor MeIntosh’s memoir on Photogenic Marine Animals takes us to a subject too little represented in our pages, and is written by a great authority on these creatures. Mr. A. H. Waters’s notes on Marine Crustacea in confinement are a direct incentive to other marine zoologists. The aim of ‘THe Zoonoaist’ is a lofty one. But, to use the words of Goethe, ‘‘ Nature understands no jesting; she is always true, always serious, always severe; she is always right, and the errors and faults are always those of man. Him, who is incapable of appreciating her, she despises; and only to the apt, the pure, and the true does she resign herself, and reveal her secrets.” CONTENTS. a ALPHABETICAL LIST Apams, Lionet E., B.A. The flight of Flying Fish, 145; Pugnacious propensities of Rana esculenta, 154; Some names in Surrey, 438 ALEXANDER, H. G. Fire-crest near Tunbridge Wells, 149; Continental Long-tailed Tit in Yorkshire, 149; Avocet near Rye, 152 Apiin, O. V., F.L.S., M.B.0.U. Thrush laying twice in the same nest, 312; Bramblings in April, 313; Black-necked Grebe breed- ing in Great Britain, 315; Notes on bats, 848; Does the Black- bird eat snails ? 349; Corrigenda, 354; Notes on the Ornithology of Oxfordshire (1904), 410, 445; Distribution of the Corn-Bunt- ing in Wales, 430 BANKES, ARTHUR Knot in Wiltshire, 152 Barrett-Hamitton, G. KE. H., Major British distribution of the Whis- kered Bat, 349 BepForD, Mary DUCHESS OF Black-throated Diver at Woburn, 36 ; Redshank in Bedfordshire, 469 BeEnson, Rev. CHartes W., LL.D. Bird-notes in Switzerland and Ger- many in Juneand July, 1905, 65 Birp, Rey. Maurice C. H. Colour of eyes in Fuliguia nyroca, 75; Goldsmith as a naturalist, 439 Buarr, ERNEST Some of King James’s laws against Rooks, 275 BuatHwayt, Rey. F. L., M.A., M.B.O.U. Notes on the Kite in Somerset, 377; File Fish on the coast of Somerset, 470 British 8. AFRICA TARY, THE Hippopotami in Rhodesia, 188 local | ‘OMPANY SECRE- | OF CONTRIBUTORS. BUNYARD, PERCY F. Au ornithological visit to the Fe- roes, 81; Does the Blackbird eat snails ?, 390; A remarkable Cuckoo clutch, 430 | Burr, MaLcoLm Note on the Swift, 314; Notes on the Mole-Cricket, 357 Butter, Lieut.-Col. H. A. ‘¢ Aremarkable Cuckoo clutch,” 469 BUTTERFIELD, E. P. Cuckoo’s egg in nest of Twite, 110; The breeding range of the Twite, 189 BUTTERFIELD, ROSSE Cuckoo’s egg in nest of Twite, 31 BUuTrERFIELD, W. RUSKIN A plea for the further recognition of subspecies in Ornithology, 62 CAMBRIDGE, Rev. O. PIcKARD Does the Blackbird eat snails ?, 343; Noteson Mole-Cricket, 470 CHARLTON, Huau V. Chiffchaff in December, 27 CLARK, J. A. Shore-Lark near Herne Bay, 430 Cuark, JAMES, M.A., D.Se. The birds of Scilly, 241, 295, 335 | CuaRKE, W. J. Increase of Goldfinches, 109 Curve, H. P.O. Breeding of the Hen-Harrier in Cornwall, 384; Ornithological notes from Plymouth, 286 Cosurn, F. The Geese of Europe and Asia, 150 Cocks, ALFRED HENEAGE, M.A., ESAS. EE ZS. Me BO jUe Bats in Berkshire, 185; Pelicans reported in Oxfordshire, 193; Strange disappearance of a Wea- sel, 347 Corsin, G. B. Stoats in winter dress in South- western Hants, 187; Varieties of Yellow Bunting and Chaftinch, 190; Notes from Ringwood, 190 ; Strange death of a Hen-Harrier, b V1 CONTENTS. 191; A small Sparrow-Hawk, 192; Colour of birds’ eyes, 194; Large Chub in Hampshire Avon, 435; The poor Mayfly, 437 Cowarp, T. A. Shore-Lark in Cheshire, 72; Knot inland in Cheshire, 76; Baillon’s Crake near Stockport, 395 Cummines, Bruce F. Winter ornithological notes from Barnstaple, 237; Goldsmith asa naturalist, 880, 471 Cummines, 8. G. Cirl-Bunting in Cheshire, 71; An- glesea bird-notes, 94; Late stay of Bramblings in Cheshire, 188 DALGLIESH, GORDON Ornithological notes from Surrey, 114; Field notes on some of the smaller British Mammalia, 168; Pigmy Shrew in Surrey, 187; Harvest-Mouse in Surrey, 188; Colour of Pochard’s eyes, 236 ; Notes on Surrey mammals, 274; Observational notes on the Wild Duck andthe Little Grebe, 281 ; Notes on the Mole-Cricket, 357; Notes on the Dabchick, 396 ; Notes on Surrey mammals, 274, 429 Distant, W. L. Arctus ursus & Thenus orientalis, 78; ‘‘ Curiotis experience with a savage cock,” 354; Loch Broom sea monster, 356; Chub in Trout streams, 436 DoNISTHORPE, HORACE A yre-discovered British beetle (Lomechusa strwmosa), 317 Dresser, H. H., F.L.S., F.Z.8. Obituary notice of Canon Henry Baker Tristram, 155 Duntop, Eric B. Whooper Swan at Carlisle, 193 Eastwoop, G. H. Pied Flycatcher in Surrey, 813 Evuiott, J. STEELE Some notes on birds of Donegal, 158; Extracts from Church- wardens’ Accounts of Bedford- shire, 161, 253 ; Blackbird laying twice in the same nest, 312 ELuison, Rev. Auuan, M.A., M.B.0.U. The breeding haunts of the Twite, 29, 150; The Cuckoo and its foster-parents, 72 Eis, HE. F. M. Economical nesting habits of the Willow-Warbler and the Wren, 27; Curious nesting habit of the Long-tailed Tit, 28 Forrest, H. EB. Melanism in the Bank- Vole, 108 Fow.er, W. Warps, M.A. Two days with the birds of the Somme, 266 ; Acrocephalus pa- lustris—a breeding record of fourteen years, 401 GARDNER, JAMES The Hoopoe, 191 Grant, W. R. Ociiviz, M.B.O.U. The birds of Scilly, 470 GUERMONPREZ, H. L. F. Occurrence of Twursiops tursio on the Sussex coast, 390 Gurney, J. H., F.L.S., F.Z.8. Ornithological report for Norfolk (1905), 121 ; Wild Swans in Nor- folk, 236; Flamingo in Suffolk, 432, GYNGELL, W. Late Martins’ nests, 28; The Twite, 29; Late stay of Swift, 31; Early records, 35 Hancock, RicHARD A note on the Aranez around Yar- mouth, 58 Harvey, P. W. Accident to young Crow, 2385 Harvit-Brown, J. A., F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. Identification downs, 370; monster, 397 HeEnpeERSON, Jos. T. Loch Broom sea monster, 305 JACKSON, ALFRED Notes on the nesting of Tringa alpina, 21 JOURDAIN, Rey. Francts C. R., M.A., M.B.O.U. Rough notes on Derbyshire Orni- thology (1904-1905), 139; On the hybrids which have occurred in Great Britain between Black- game and Pheasant, 321, 483 Joy, Norman H. Mimical song of the Blackeap, 108 ; Hoopoe on Lundy ea 235 Kerr, GRAHAM W. The birds of the district of ieee 179, 280, 307, 386 of Wild Ducks’ Loch Broom sea CONTENTS. Knicuts, J. E. The Pearlsides up river, 155; Crane | near Great Yarmouth, 194 LEWIs, STANLEY Double brood of Great Tits, 28; | Late stay of Swift, and notes on the species, 30; Cuckoo’s eggs in Finches’ nests, 33; Notes on Cave Bats, 69; Bittern in Somerset, 314; Unusual clutches of eggs, 315 Lister, G. Fire-crested Wren in Dorset, 149 Lopes, R. B. How does the Osprey carry its prey ?, 35; Pelicans as observed | in Eastern Europe, 361; The Great White Heron (Ardea alba) in Albania, 441 MASEFIELD, JoHN R. B. White-tailed Eagle in Stafford- shire, 74; Notes on the Mole- Cricket, 437 McIntosu, Professor, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.S., L. & E. Photogenic Marine Animals, 1 ; Ichthyology in Japan (economic species), 143 McCriymont, J. B. Names of birds of uncertain origin or meaning, 271 MerIKLeJoHN, A. H. Does the Blackbird eat snails ?, 312 Metxiesoun, M. J.C. Peculiar habits of Gallinula chlo- ropus, 76 Meyrick, Lieut.-Col. H. The Rough-legged Buzzard in Somerset, 469 Morris, ROBERT Fire-crest in Sussex, 188; Black- bird laying twice in same nest, 274 Movritz, L. B. Upupa epops in Norfolk, 191; | Richmond Park notes, 434 Moritz, James, M.D., LL.D., F.L.S. Flying Fish near Ramsgate, 36; Loch Broom sea monster, 396; Supposed Flamingo near Alde- burgh, Suffolk, 395 NeEwstTEAD, ALFRED Interesting acquisitions by the Grosvenor Museum, Chester,77 ; Hoopoe in Cheshire, 892; Hobby in Cheshire, 393 vil Nicuors, W. B. Colour of eyes in Fuligula nyroca, 112 Nicoutt, M. J., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. The Water-Pipit as a visitor to England, 463 Nor@ats, F. Notes on the Noctule Bat, 26 OLDHAM, CHARLES Whiskered Bat and Lesser Horse- shoe Bat in Denbighshire, 70; Hider in Cheshire, 75 ; Anglesea bird-notes, 94; Common Scoter in Cheshire, 277; Notes on the Little Grebe, 351 Pappock, G. H. Colour ofthe eyesin Coccothraustes vulgaris, 109 PaTTEN, C. J. Obituary notice of Edward Wil- liams, 117 Patterson, ArnTHUR H., A.M.B.A. Mus alexandrinus at Yarmouth, 71; Interesting hybrid Duck, 75; Sea-going Pigeons, 76; Fly- ing Fish reported from Yar- mouth (?), 77; Interesting birds in Yarmouth market, 115; Some crustacean gossip from Yar- mouth, 831; Rare fish at Yar- mouth, 854; Red-crested Po- chard at Yarmouth, 394; An- chovy at Yarmouth, 455, 457; Rare species of Crustacea at Yarmouth, 436; Some Fish- notes from Yarmouth for 1906, 453 Prarson, CHARLES E. Breeding of the Twite in Devon- shire, 71 Porter, EH. G. Eggs of Razorbill, 351 Rafe, P. G. Leach’s Fork-tailed Petrel in the Isle of Man, 194; White Wag- tail and Common Redstart in the Isle of Man, 275; Blackbird laying twice in the same nest, 390 RamssotTHam, R. H. Song of Cuckoo at night, 235 Reap, Rosert H. Natterer’s Bat in Somersetshire, 312; Birdsnesting in August, 3598 REensuAW, GRAHAM, M.B., F.Z.S. The Pigeon Hollandais, 49 b 2 Vill Ropp, Francis R., J. P. The birds of Scilly, 241, 295, 335 Rops, G. T. Curious experience with a savage cock, 354; Stoat and Ferret hy- brids, 468 RuMBEtow, P. EH. Long-eared Bat at Yarmouth, 26; | The Black Rat at Yarmouth, 26; | Anchylosed spine of a Bull-Dog, 311; Pigmy Shrew at Yar- mouth, 429 RusseLu, FLora Whoopers in Islay, 74 RussELL, HaRoup Brambling in Surrey, 110 SAUNDERS, SIBERT Pelecanus onocrotalus at Whit- stable, 431 Saxpy, T. HDMONDSTON Bird-notes from Shetland (May to | November, 1905), 35 SELOUS, EDMUND Observations tending to throw light on the question of sexual selec- tion in birds, including a day-to- day diary on the breeding habits of the Ruff, 201, 285, 419 SMALLEY, FRED Colour of eyes in Fuligula nyroca, 112; King-Hider 2 in Orkney, 113 SMITH, SYDNEY Yorkshire notes on the Tufted Duck, 432 SOUTHWELL, THomas, F.Z.S. Notes on the Arctic Whaling Voy- age of 1905, 41; Loch Broom sea monster, 356; Newfoundland | Sealing (1906), 875; Hybrid Black-game, 3895; Thresher Shark on the Norfolk coast, 398 SoUTHWORTH, JOEL Tynx torquilla in Cheshire, 392 Swarnson, H. A. Distribution of the Corn-Bunting in Wales, 350 TooGooD, CLIFFORD Ornithological notes from Lewes, 153 Tuck, Rev. JuLIAN G., M.A. Tawny Owl in a chimney, 34; Mus flavicollis in Suffolk, 108 ; Crossbill in captivity, 189; The | Cuckoo andits eggs, 276; Three Cuckoos’ eggs in one nest, 276; CONTENTS. Great Crested Grebe breeding in Essex, 315; Notes on nest-boxes, 316 Urqunart, A. Grasshopper- Warbler thian, 468 WarbDE, Dob Ley F. Spring arrivals near Canterbury, 195 in Midlo- | WarREN, RoBERT Remarkable change in habits of Herrings visiting Killala Bay, Co. Mayo, 105; White Wagtails in Co. Mayo, 275; a new Irish breeding haunt of Sandwich Terns, 277; Disappearance of many of our home-bred birds in autumn, 459 Waters, ALBERT H., B.A. Notes on Marine Crustacea in con- finement, 53, 174 Wescue, W., F.R.M.S. Notes on the habits of some caged birds, 220 WESTELL, W. PERCIVAL Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Whinchat in Herts, &e., 31 WHIsTLER, H. Variety of Common Wren, 391 WHITAKER, J. Late stay of Swift, 392 Warvyte, G. A. Lesser Redpoll nesting in Ross- shire, 468 Wayts, R. B. Grasshopper-Warbler in Midlo- thian, 468; Lesser Redpoll nest- ing in Ross-shire, 468 Wituiams, W. J. Snowy Owl in Ireland, 351 WILSON, W. Migratory notes from Aberdeen, 196 WincGe, HERLUF Great Skua at the Feroes, 152 Workman, W. H. Greenland Falcon in Co. Antrim, 112; Blackbird laying twice in same nest, 235; Loch Broom sea monster, 355 Wricut, F.S. Arctus ursus (better known as Scyllarus arctus) in Guernsey, 78 Wricut, W. C., M.B.O.U. Glossy Ibis on Twin Island, Belfast Lough, 393 CONTENTS. 1X ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. Accentor, Hedge, 138 Accentor modularis, 182, 480 Accipiter nisus, 192, 309 Acredula caudata, 28, 182 Acrocephalus arundinaceus, 269 ; palustris, 267, 401; phragmitis, 181; streperus; 181, 270 AXigialitis hiaticola, 87 Agelena labyrinthica, 60 Alauda arborea, 232; arvensis, 35, 232; cristata, 67 Albania, Great White Heron in, 441 Alea torda, 351 Alcedo ispida, 233 Alectorcenas nitidissima, 49 Alopecias vulpes, 398 Amathilla homari, 3382 Anas boscas, 86, 281, 386 Anchovy at Yarmouth, 435, 457 Anglesea Bird-notes, 94 Animals, Marine, phytogenic, 1 Anser brachyrhynchus, 115; sege- tum, 116 Antelope, Blaauwbok, 49 Anthus campestris, 463; obscurus, 35, 85, 466; pratensis, 85, 183; rupestris, 466; spipoletta, 124, 463; trivialis, 183 Aranez around Yarmouth, 58 Arctic Whaling Voyage of 1905, notes on, 41 Arctus ursus (Scyllarus arctus) at Guernsey, 78 Ardea alba, 361, 441; cinerea, 115, 309; ralloides, 365 Ardetta minuta, 362 Arnoglossus laterna, 332, 453, 456 Asio accipitrinus, 309 Auk, Little, 139, 345 | Blackeap, 65, 244, 268; Avocet, 123, 129,130; near Rye, 152 | Balistes capriscus, 470 Barnstaple, winter ornithological notes from, 237 Bat, Daubenton’s, in Surrey, 429; Lesser Horseshoe, in Denbighshire, 70; Long-eared, 348,—at Great Yarmouth, 26; Natterer’s, in Somersetshire, 312; Noctule, notes on, 26,—in Surrey, 429; Whis- kered, in Denbighshire, 70,—Brit- ish distribution of, 348, 349; Pipi- strelle, 348 | Bats in Berkshire, 185; notes on, 348 ; Cave, notes on, 69 Bedfordshire, Churchwardens’ counts of, 161, 2538 Bee-eater, 297 Beetle, British, a re-discovered, 317 Belone vulgaris, 455 Bird records, early, 35; notes from Shetland, 35; migration at Scar- borough, 381; notes in Switzerland and Germany in June and July, 1905, 65; notes from Anglesea, 94 Birds, local variation of habits in, Ac- 111; interesting, in Yarmouth market, 115; of Donegal, some notes on, 153; imported into United States (in 1904), 160; of Staines district, 179, 230, 307, 386; sexual selection in, 201, 285, 419; caged, habits of some, 220; with only one leg apiece, 237; of Scilly, 241, 295, 385, 470; of Somme, 266; names of, uncertain in origin or meaning, 271, 303, 439; home- bred, disappearance of many, in autumn, 459 Birds’ eyes, colour of, 75, 109, 112, 118, 194, 286 Birdsnesting in August, 353 Bittern, American, 302; Common, 302,—in Somerset, 314; Little, 302 Blackbird, 188, 243, 268, 386; nest in pasture-field, 140; laying twice in same nest, 235, 274, 312, 390; does it eat snails ?, 312, 849, 390 mimical song of, 108 Black-Game and Pheasant, hybrids which have occurred between, in Great Britain, 821, 395, 433 Booxs NovricEeD :— Nature in Eastern Norfolk, by Arthur H. Patterson, 38 The Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, by the Rev. J. E. Kelsall and Philip W. Munn, 39 Eggs of the Birds of Europe, in- CONTENTS. cluding all the Species inhabit- ing the Western Palearctic Area, Part I., by H. EH. Dresser, 40 Creatures of the Night—a Book of Wild Life in Western Britain, by Alfred W. Rees, 79 Nature’s Nursery, by H. W. Shep- heard-Walwyn, 80 The Geese of Kurope and Asia, by ' Sergius Alphéraky, with coloured plates by F. W. Frohawk, &c., 118 The Zoological Society of London, a sketeh of its foundation and | development, &c., by Henry Scherren, 119 More Natural History Essays, by Graham Renshaw, 120 Darwinism and the Problems of Life, by Conrad Guenther, trans- lated from the Third Edition by Joseph McCabe, 157 The Birds of the Isle of Man, by P. G. Ralfe, 158 Report on the Immigrations of Summer Residents in the Spring of 1905, 159 A Treatise on Zoology, edited by E. Ray Lankester, Part V., Mol- lusca, by Paul Pelseneer, 197 The Natural History of Selborne, | by the Rev. Gilbert White, re- arranged, and classified under subjects, by Charles Mosley, 198 The British Woodlice, by Wilfred Mark Webb and Charles Sillem, 199 The Eggs of European Birds, Part I., by the Rev. Francis C. R. Jourdain, 199 The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa, by James Cash, assisted by John Hopkinson, 239 A Pocket-Book of British Birds, by K. F. M. Elms, 240 Bombay Ducks—an Account of some of the Every-day Birds and Beasts found in a Naturalist’s Eldorado, by Douglas Dewar, 279 The Butterflies of the British Isles, by Richard South, 280 The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals, by Thos. H. Mont- gomery, Jr., 319 Wild Life in Hast Anglia, by Wil- liam A. Dutt, 358 Illustrations of British Blood-suck- ing Flies, with Notes by Ernest Edward Austen, 359 British Flowering Plants, by W. F. Kirby, 860 The Journal of the South African Ornithologists’ Union, 399 Annals of the Natal Government Museum, Part I., 399 The Cambridge Natural History, Vol. i., by Mareus Hartog, I. B. J. Sollas, S. J. Hickson, and EH. W. MacBride, 440 A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland. Tay Basin and Stratbmore, by J. A. Harvie-Brown, 471 Botaurus stellaris, 314 Brambling, 250; in Surrey, 110; late stay, in Cheshire, 188; in April, 818, 354 Breeding, range of Twite, 29, 71, 189; of Hen-Harrier in Cornwall, 34; habits of Ruff, 201, 285, 419; a new Irish haunt of Sandwich Tern, 277; of Great Crested Grebe in Essex, 815; of Black-necked Grebe in Great Britain, 315, 554; of Marsh-Warbler, fourteen years’ record of, 401 Bull-dog, anchylosed spine of, 311 Bullfineh, 250 Bunting, Cirl, 251, 269,—in Cheshire, 71; Corn, 103, 251,—distribution in Wales, 350, 480; Meadow, 266; Ortolan, 251; Reed, 251, 270; Snow, 101, 251; Yellow, 190; Yellow-breasted, in Norfolk, 128, 134 Bustard, Little, 67, 835 Butcher-Bird, 383, 439, 470 Buteo lagopus, 469 Buzzard, Common, 299; Honey, 299; Rough-legged, in Somerset, 469 Caceabis rufa, 387 Caged birds, notes on the habits of some, 220 Cancer pagurus, 333, 436 Canterbury, spring arrivals near, 195 Caprimulgus europus, 232 Carcinus menas, 53, 54, 331, 436 Carduelis elegans, 184, 224 Certhia familiaris, 183 - Chaffinch, 67, 138, 190, 250, 269 Charadrius pluvialis, 87, 388 . CONTENTS. x1 Chelidon urbica, 28, 31, 35, 184 Chiffchaff, 27, 65, 100, 244, 245, 250, 268 Chough, 252 Chrysomitris spinus, 224, 230 Chub, Large, in Hampshire Avon, 435 Churehwardens’ Accounts of Bed- fordshire, extracts from, 161, 253 Cinclus aquaticus, 182 Cireus exruginosus, 236; cyaneus, 34, 114, 191 Clubiona holosericea, 60; neglecta, 58; pallidula, 60 Coceothraustes vulgaris, 109, 184 Cock, savage, curious experience with a, 304 Columba exnas, 35, 386; livia, 87; palumbus, 35, 386 Colymbus areticus, 33; glacialis, 388 ; septentrionalis, 93 Coot, 3835 Cormorants, 301; young, at Scilly (Plate IIT.), 301 Corvus corax, 86, 232; cornix, 86, 368; corone, 232, 235; frugilegus, 36, 232; monedula, 232 Corystes cassivelaunus, 56 Cotile riparia, 29, 184 Cottus bubalis, 453 County RrEcorps :— Bedfordshire — Extracts from Churchwardens’ Accounts, 161, 253; Redshank, 469 Berkshire—Blackeap, 108; Bats, 185 Buckinghamshire—-Black-throated Diver, 36 Cambridgeshire — Birdsnesting in August, 353 Cheshire—Cirl-Bunting, 71; Shore- Lark, 72; Hider, 75; Knot, 76; Blue Tit, 77; Brambling, 188; Common Secoter, 277; Little Grebe, 351; Wryneck, 392; Hoo- poe, 392; Hobby, 393; Baillon’s Crake, 395 Cornwall—Hen- Harrier, 34; Swift, 314 Cumberland—Whooper Swan, 193 Derbyshire — Ornithological notes, 139 Devonshire —Twite, 71; Ornitho- logical notes, 236, 237 Dorset — Fire-crested Wren, 149; Mole-Cricket, 470 Essex—Great Crested Grebe, 315 Hampshire — Stoats, 187; Yellow Bunting, 190; Chaffinch, 190; Ornithological notes, 190; Hen- Harrier, 191; Sparrow-Hawk, 192; Mole Cricket, 857; Chub, 435; Mayfly, 487 Hertfordshire — Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 31; Whinchat, 31; Cuckoo and its foster-parents, 72; Waterhen, 76; Wren, 391 Kent — Flying Fish, 386; Fire- crested Wren, 149; Spring arri- vals near Canterbury, 195 ; Shore- Lark, 430; White Pelican, 431 Lancashire—Dunlin, 21; Fuligula nyroca, 113 ; Cuckoo, 235 Middlesex — Willow- Warbler, 27 ; Wren, 27; Long-tailed Tit, 28 ; Osprey, 35; Birds of Staines dis- trict, 179, 230, 807, 386 ; Hoopoe, 191 Norfolk — Long-eared Bat, 26; Black Rat, 26; Aranez around Yarmouth, 58: Musalexandrinus, 71; White-eyed Pochard, 75 ; Hybrid Duck 75; Sea-going Pi- geons, 76; Flying Fish, 77; In- teresting birds in Yarmouth mar- ket, 115; ornithological report, 121; Water-Pipit, 124; Yellow- breasted Bunting, 123, 134; Bird varieties, 188; Pearlsides, 155; Hoopoe, 191; Crane, 194; Wild Swans, 236; Some Crustacean Gossip, 331; Sowerby’s Hippo- lyte, 332; Jago’s Goldsinny, 332, 454; Megrim, 332, 453; Scomber thunnina (EHuthynnus alletera- tus), 855, 453, 456; Red-crested Pochard, 394; Black-Game, 395; Thresher-Shark, 398; Anchovy, 435, 457; Livid Swimming Crab, 436; Thompson’s Hippolyte, 436; Shore-Crab, 436; Fish- notes, 453; Mackerel (var.), 455 Northwmberland—Chiffchaff, 27 Oxfordshire—White Pelican, 194 ; Thrush, 312; Brambling, 318, 354; Black-necked Grebe, 315, 854; Weasel, 347; Bats, 348; Blackbird, 235, 349; Marsh- Warbler, 401; Ornithology of, 410, 445 Shropshire—Bank Vole, 108 ; Coc- cothraustes vulgaris, 109 ; Black- bird, 312 Somersetshire — Great Tit, 28; Swift, 30; Cuckoo’s eggs in nests of Finch, 33; Cave Bats, 69; Natterer’s Bat, 812; Bittern, 314; XI Unusual clutches of eggs, 315; Kite, 877; Rough-legged Buz- zard, 469; File Fish, 470 Staffordshire—White-tailed Hagle, 74; Mole-Cricket, 437 Suffolk — Tawny Owl, 384; Mus flavicollis, 108; Crossbill, 189 ; Cuckoo, 276; Nest-boxes, 316; A savage Cock! 854 ; Flamingo, 3893, 432 Surrey — Noctule Bat, 26, 429; Brambling, 110; Ornithological notes, 114, 484; Rana esculenta, 154; Pigmy Shrew, 187, 429; Harvest-Mouse, 188; Crow, 235; Mammals, 274, 429; Wild Duck, 281; Little Grebe 282; Pied Flycatcher, 813; Lomechusa strumosa, 317; Blackbird, 390; Dabchick, 396; Cuckoo, 4380; Daubenton’s Bat, 429; Some local names, 438 Sussex—Avocet, 152; Ornithologi- cal notes, 1538; Fire-crest, 188; Blackbird, 274; Tursiops tursio, 390 Wiltshire—Knot, 152 Yorkshire — House-Martin, 28; Twite, 29; Swift, 31; Cuckoo, 31, 110; Early records, 35; Gold- finch, 109; Continental Long- tailed ‘lit, 149; Razorbill, 351; Tufted Duck, 432 Crab, Livid Swimming, in East Nor- folk, 486 Crake, Baillon’s, near Stockport, 395 ; Corn, 102; Lesser, 306; Spotted, 3806 Crane, 335; near Great Yarmouth, 194 Crangon fasciatus, 333 ; spinosus, 334; trispinosus, 38343; vulgaris, 176 Crex pratensis, 35, 387 Cricket, Mole, Notes on, 357, 487, 470 Crossbill, 250 ; in captivity, 189 Crow, 267; young, accident to, 235; Carrion, 295; Hooded, 158, 295 Crustacea, Marine, in confinement, notes’ on, 53. 174; rare, at Yar- mouth, 486 Crustacean gossip from Yarmouth,331 Ctenolabrus rupestris, 3382, 454 Cuckoo, 298; egg-depositing by, 31, 33, (25 IO, Ne, way sO, 40s}, 430, 446, 469; young, in Hedge- Accentor’s nest, 130, 469; song of, at night, 235 Cuculus canorus, 31, 33, 72, 110, 130, { | CONTENTS. 196, 2385, 276, 298, 307, 403, 480, 446, 469 Curlew, 341; Esquimaux, 342; Stone, 835 Cygnus bewickii, 142, 236; musicus, 86, 193; olor, 309 Cymodocea truncata, 177 Cypselus apus, 282, 314; melba, 232 Dabchick, nest of (fig.), 129 ; notes on, 396 Dafila acuta, 86 Daulias luscinia, 180 Decapterus muroadsi, 143 Dendrocopus major, 232; minor, 233 Derbyshire Ornithology, rough notes on (1904-1905), 139 Dipper, 246 Diver, Black-throated, 345,—at Wo- burn, 386; Great Northern, 345 ; Red-throated, 845 Dodo of Mauritius, model of, 49 Dove. Rock, 805; Steck, 305; Turtle, 805 Downs of Wild Ducks, identification of, 370 Drassus lapidosus, 60 Duck, hybrid, 75; Hider, 75, 304; Golden-eye, 304; King-Hider 2, in Orkney, 113; Long-tailed, 3804; Pintail, 304; Scaup, 304; Tufted, 304, 472,— Yorkshire notes on (fig.), 432; Wild, notes on, 281, 370 Dunlin, 158,339; notes on nesting, 21 Eagle, Sea, 123,128; White-tailed,74, 299 Harly records, 35 Eastern Europe, Pelicans and Great White Heron, as observed in, 361, 441 Egg-depositing by Cuckoo, 31, 33, 72, ‘110, 130, 276, 307, 403, 430, 446, 469 Eggs imported into United States (in 1904), 160; unusual clutches of, 815; of Razorbill, 351 Emberiza aureola, 184; cia, 266; cirlus, 71, 231; citrinella, 281; mil- jaria, 231, 350,430; schceniclus, 231 Emeu, Black, 49 Engraulis encrasicholus, 435, 457 Epeira cornuta (fig.), 58; quadrata, 58; umbratica, 60 Ephemera vulgata, 437 Erinaceus europzus, 170 Hrithacus rubecula, 180, 431 Eudromius morinellus, 92 CONTENTS. Europe and Asia. Geese of, 150 Evotomys glareolus, 172; ensis, 168 Exoccetus volitans, 36, 77 Eyes of birds, colour of, 75, 109, 112, 113, 194, 236 Feroes, ornithological visit to (Plate I.), 81; Great Skua at, 152 Faleo zsalon, 86; candicans, 112; subbuteo, 393 ; tinnunculus, 77, 809 skomer- | Faleon, Greenland, 300,—in Co. An- | trim, 112; Iceland, 300; Peregrine, | 300 Fieldfare, 243, 337 Finch, Serin, 65, 67 Finches, utility of, 127 Fireerest, 149, 181, 188, 244 Fish, Flying, near Ramsgate, 36,— reported from Yarmouth (?), 77,— the flight of, 145; rare, at Yar- mouth, 354, 453, 456; File, on coast of Somerset, 470 Fish-notes from Yarmouth for 1906 (fig.), 453 Flamingo, supposed, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 398, 432; in Norfolk, 482 | ' Flycatcher, Pied, 249,—1in Surrey, | 313; Red-breasted, 128, 185, 249; | Spotted, 248 Fratercula arctica, 92 Fringilla celebs, 230; montifringilla, 110, 188, 313 Fulica atra, 387 Fulicula cristata, 113, 114, 384, 432, | 472; ferina, 118, 386, 394; marila, 86; nyroca, 75, 109, 112,113,194,286 | Fulmarus glacialis, 91, 93 Gadwall, 304 Gallinago celestis, 89, 388; galli- nula, 388 Gallinula chloropus, 76, 887 Gammarus locusta, 178 Gannet, 301 Garganey, 304 Garrulus glandarius, 232 Gasterosteus aculeatus, 454 Gecinus viridis, 232 Geese of Europe and Asia, 150 Germany and Switzerland, bird-notes | in (June and July, 1905), 65 Gobius minutus, 454; niger, 453 Godwit, Bar-tailed,341; Black-tailed, 341 Goldcrest, 244, 245, 250 Goldfinch, 65, 153, 250; increase of, 109 xu Goldsinny, Jago’s, in Norfolk, 382, 454 Goldsmith as a naturalist, 380, 439, 471 Goosander, 304 Goose, Bean, 308; Bernacle, 3038; Brent, 3038; Canadian, 303; Grey Lag, 802; Egyptian, 803; White- fronted, 3802 Grebe, Black-necked, breeding in Great Britain, 315, 354; Hared, 346; Great Crested, breeding in Essex, 315; Little, 68, 346, —notes on, 282, 351; Sclavonian, 345 Greenfinch, 68, 249, 250 Greenshank, 341 | Grouse, Pallas’s Sand, 305 Grus communis, 194 Gryllotalpa vulgaris, 357, 487, 470 Guernsey, Arctus ursus (Scyllarus arctus) in, 78 Guillemot, 104, 845 Gull, Black-headed, 348, 344; Bona- parte’s, 348; Common, 104, 154, 344; Glaucous, 344; Greater Black- backed, 99, 344; Herring, 99, 154, 344; Iceland, 154, 344; Ivory, 843; Lesser Black-backed, 99, 104, 344; Little, 343; Sabine’s, 343 Hematopus ostralegus, 87 Haliaétus albicilla, 35, 74, 809, 364 Harrier, Hen, 299,—in Cornwall, 34,— strange death of a, 191; Marsh, 298; Montagu’s, 299 Hawfinch, 249, 250; colour of eyes, 109 Hawk, Kestrel, 77; Sparrow, a small, 192, 299 | Herodias garzetta, 365 Heron, 154, 301; Great White, in Albania (Plate VI.), 441; Night, 302; Purple, 801; Squacco, 302 | Herrings visiting Killala Bay, re- markable change in habits of, 105 Hippolyte cranchii, 833; pandala- formis, 333 ; spinus, 3832; varians, 333 Hippolyte, Sowerby’s, in East Nor- folk, 3832; Thompson’s, 436 Hippopotami in Rhodesia, 188 Hirundo rustica, 35, 184 Hobby, 300; in Cheshire, 393 Home-bred birds, disappearance of many, in autumn, 459 Hoopoe, 269, 298; in Middlesex, 191; in Norfolk, 191; on Lundy Island, 285; in Cheshire, 392 X1V Hyas, 57; araneus, 333; coarctatus, 333 Hybrid Duck, 75; Linnet, 125; Black-Game and Pheasant, 321, 395, 483; Stoat and Ferret, 463 Hybrids which have occurred in Great Britain between Black-Game and Pheasant (Plate [V.), 821 Hyla arborea, 154 Hypolais icterina, 268 Ibis, Glossy, 302; at Belfast Lough, 393 Idotea pelagica, 333; tricuspidata, 333 IreLaAnD—Habits of Herrings visit- ing Killala Bay, 105; Greenland Falcon, 112; Birds of Donegal, 153; Blackbird, 235 ; White Wag- tail, 275; Sandwich Tern, 277; Snowy Owl, 351; Glossy Ibis, 393; Home-bred birds in autumn, 459 IsteE oF Man—LUeach’s Fork-tailed Petrel, 194; Common Redstart, 275; White Wagtail, 275; Sedge- Warbler, 275; Blackbird laying twice in same nest, 390 Tynx torquilla, 232, 392 Jackdaw, 67, 1538, 252, 267 Japan, Ichthyology in, 143 Kestrel, 67,300; Lesser, 300 Killer or Basking Shark ?, 355, 396, 397 Kingfisher, 297 Kite, 299 ; in Somerset, notes on, 377 Kittiwake, 104, 344 Knot, inland in Cheshire, 76; in Wiltshire, 152 Labrus maculatus, 456 Lanius collurio, 183 Lapwing, 153, 252, 336 Lark, 270, 296; Crested, 67, 270; Shore, in Cheshire, 72,— near Herne Bay, 430; Short-toed, 297; Sky, 138, 270, 296 ; Wood, 297 Larus cachinnans, 368; canus, 388; fuscus, 91; marinus, 91; ridi- bundus, 388 Latrunculus pellucidus, 454 Leuciscus cephalus, 435 Lewes, ornithological notes from, 153 Ligurinus chloris, 184 Limosa lapponica, 290 Linnet, 250; hybrid, 125 CONTENTS. Linota cannabina, 221, 230; flavi- rostris, 29,71,472; rufescens, 221, 230, 469 Liparis montagui, 453 Local names in Surrey, 438 Loch Broom sea monster, 355, 396, 397 Locustella nevia, 182, 468 Loligo media, 458 Lomechusa strumosa, a _ re-dis- covered British beetle (fig.), 317 Machetes pugnax, 201, 285, 419 Magpie, 252, 267 Maia, 57 Mallard, 304 Mammalia imported into United States (in 1904), 160; some of the smaller British, field notes on, 168; Surrey, notes on, 274, 429 Mareca penelope, 386 Marine animals, photogenic, 1 ; Crustacea in confinement, 53, 174 Martin, 249; House, 1388, 267,—late nests of, 28,—at Scarborough, 31; Sand, 249,—does it usually have late broods ?, 29 Maurolicus pennantii up river, 155 Mayfly, the poor, 437 Megrim in Norfolk, 832, 453, 456 Melanism in Bank Vole, 108 Merganser, Red-breasted, 154, 304 Mergulus alle, 139 Mergus serrator, 87 Merlin, 101, 300 Merops apiaster, 470 Microtis agrestis, 172; amphibius, 173; glareolus, 108; orcadensis, 168 Migration of birds, at Scarborough, 81; in Norfolk, 121; of Larks and Starlings, at Scilly, 296 Migratory notes from near Canter- bury, 195; from Aberdeen, 196 Milvus ictinus, 377 Moorhen, 1388, 325 Motacilla alba, 182, 275; flava, 183; lugubris, 182; melanope, 182; rali, 183 Mouse, Harvest, in Surrey, 188 Mullus surmuletus, 455 Mus alexandrinus, 71; flavicollis, 172,—in Suffolk, 108; minutus, 188; rattus, 71; rattus alexandri- nus, 26, 71; rattus rattus, 26, 71, 95; sylvaticus, 172 Muscicapa atricapilla, 313; grisola, 184 CONTENTS. XV Museardinus avellanarius, 171 Museum, Grosvenor (Chester), inter- esting acquisitions by, 77 Myotis daubentoni, 169, 429; mysta- einus, 70, 849; nattereri, 312 Mysis chameleon, 177 Names of birds of uncertain origin or meaning, 271, 439 Neomys fodiens, 171 Neophron percnopterus, 364 Nephrops norvegicus, 334 Neriene affinis, 58 Nest of Dabchick, 129; of Blackbird on the ground in pasture-field, 140 Nest-boxes, notes on, 316 Nesting-box in use at the Feroes (Plate I., fig. 2), 86 Nesting of Dunlin, 21; habits, eco- nomical, of Willow-Warbler and Wren, 27; habit, curious, of Long- tailed Tit, 28; late, of Martin, 28; habits of Pelicans, 367; habits of Peewit, 413; of Lesser Redpoll in Ross-shire, 468 Newfoundland Sealing (1906), 375 Nightingale, 68 Nightjar, 297 Nika edulis, 334 Norfolk, ornithological report for (1905) (Plate IT.), 121 Numenius arquata, 388 ; pheopus, 90 | Nyctea scandiaca, 86, 351 OBITUARY— Cornish, Charles John, 78 Greene, Rev. Joseph, 117 Tristram, Canon Henry Baker, 155 Williams, Edward, 117 (Edemia nigra, 277, 386 Orca gladiator, 356 Orchestia littorea, 333 Oriole, 65; Golden, 248 Orkney, King-Hider in, 113 Ornithological notes — Barnstaple, 237; Donegal, 153; Lewes, 153; Plymouth, 236; Richmond Park, 434; Ringwood, 190; Shetland, 85; Surrey, 114 Ornithology of Oxfordshire, 410, 445 Osprey, 300; how does it carry its prey ?, 35 Otocorys alpestris, 72, 430 Ouzel, Ring, 243 Owl, Barn, 298,—utility of, 128; Long-eared, 35, 298; Scops, 298; Short-eared, 298; Snowy, 128, 126, 298,—in Ireland, 351; Tawny, 34, 35, 298,—in a chimney, 34 Oxfordshire, ornithology of, 410, 445 Oystercatcher, 337 Pagurus bernhardus, 332 Palemon leachi, 334; serratus, 175, 302; squilla, 175, 332, 3833; varians, 175, 333 ; Pandalina brevirostris, 436 Pandaius annulicornis, 175, 334 Panurus biarmicus, 4389 Paralichthys olivaceus, 144 Partridge, 138, 306; Grey, 305; Red- legged, 305 Parus ater, 182; czruleus, 77, 182; major, 28, 182; palustris, 182 Passer domesticus, 230; montanus, 35, 230 Pastor, Rose-coloured, 252 Pearlsides up river, 155 Peewit, nesting habits of, 413 Pelecanus crispus, 361, 362 ; onocro- talus, 142, 361, 431 Pelican, White, at Whitstable, 431 Pelicans reportedin Oxfordshire, 193; as observed in Eastern Hurope (Plate V.), 361 Perdix cinerea, 387 Petrel, Leach’s Fork-tailed, 194, 346: Stormy, 346 Phalacrocorax carbo, 301; 35 Phalarope, Grey, 3837; Red-necked, 337 Phalaropus hyperboreus, 88 Phasianus colchicus, 386 Pheasant, 305 Pheenicopterus roseus, 394 Photogenic marine animals, 1 graculus, -Phylloscopus rufus, 27; trochilus, 27, 181 Pica rustica, 232 Picus canus, 66 Pigeon, Domestic, 67; Hollandais, 49 ; Wood, 3805 Pigeons, sea-going, 76 Pike, voracity of, 200 Pipit, Meadow, 247; Richard’s, 247; Rock, 247; Tawny, 247; Tree, 247, 268; Water, 123, 247,—in Norfolk, 128, 124,—as a visitor to England, 463 Pirol, or Gold Amsel, 66 Pisaura mirabilis, 60 Plecotus auritus, 26 Plegadis falcinellus, 236, 365, 393 Plover, Golden, 104, 386; Grey, 336; Xv1 Kentish, 386; Killdeer, 336 ; Little Ringed, 336; Ringed, 104, 3385 Plymouth, ornithological notes from, 236 Pochard, 104, 304; Red-crested, at Yarmouth, 394; White-eyed, colour of eyes, 75, 109, 112, 118, 194, 236 Podicipes cristatus, 115, 815, 389; fluviatilis, 114, 281, 351, 389, 396 ; nigricollis, 315 Porcellana longicornis, 333 Portumnus, 56 ; variegatus, 334 Portunus holsatus, 436 Porzana bailloni, 395 ; maruetta, 387 Pratincola rubetra, 180; rubicola, 139, 180 Procellaria leucorrhoa, 194 Pterygistes noctula, 168, 429 Puffin, 345, 346 Putorius vulgaris, 171 Pyrrhula europea, 36, 231 Quagga, 49 Quail, 306 Querquedula crecca, 386 Rail, Land, 806; Water, 158, 335 Rallus aquaticus, 387 Rana esculenta, pugnacious propen- sities of, 154; rugosa, 154 Rat, Black, at Great Yarmouth, 26, 71 Raven, 153, 295 Razorbill, 345; eggs of, 351 Redpoll, Lesser, 105; nesting in Ross-shire, 468 Redshank, 158, 841,—in shire, 469 ; Spotted, 341 Redstart, 65, 244; in Isle of Man, 275; Black, 244, 270 Redwing, 248, 336 Bedford- Regulus cristatus, 181, 392; ignica- | pillus, 149, 181, 188, 244 Rhinoceros, Indian, 49 Rhinolophus hipposiderus, 70 Rhodesia, Hippopotami in, 188 Rhombus megastoma, 454 Richmond Park, ornithological notes from, 434 Ringwood, ornithological notes trom, 190 Rissa tridactyla, 91 Robin, 244 Rook, 188, 252, 295; some of King James’s laws against, 275 Ruff, 840; breeding habits 285, 419 Ruticilla pheenicurus, 180, 275 of, 201, CONTENTS. Salmo trutta, 456 Sanderling, 340 Sandpiper, Bonaparte’s, 339; Butf- breasted, 340; Common, 341 ; Cur- lew, 141, 340; Green, 341; Pec- toral, 339; Purple, 153, 340; Soli- tary, 841; Wood, 341 Saxicola cenanthe, 83, 180, 196 Scanthias vulgaris, 456 Scilly, birds of, 241, 295, 470 Scomber colias, 143; scriptus, 455 ; thunnina (Euthynuus alleteratus), 355, 458, 456 Scombrops cheilodipteroides, 143 ‘Scops giu, 35 Scoter, Common, 104, 304,—in Che- shire, 277; Surf, 304 ScotLanp.—Whooper, 74 ; Migratory notes, 196; Sea monster, 355, 356, | 396, 3897; Grasshopper- Warbler, | 468; Lesser Redpoll, 468 Sea monster, Loch Broom (fig.), 355, 356, 396, 397 Sealing, Newfoundland (1906), 375 Segestria senoculata, 60 Selache maxima, 357, 396 Sepolia rondeletti, 457 Serinus canarius, 220 Sexual selection in birds, 201, 285, 419 Shag, 103, 301 Shark, Basking (?), 355, 356, 396, 397; Thresher, on Norfolk coast, 398 Shearwater, Great, 345, 346 ; Manx, 154, 345, 346 Sheld-drake, 303 Shetland, bird-notes from, 35 Shoveler, 804 | Shrew, Pigmy, in Surrey, 187, 429; at Great Yarmouth, 429 Shrike, Great Grey, 248; lesser Grey, 248 ; Red-backed, 248; Wood- | chat, 248 | Siskin, 250 | Sitta cesia, 182 | Skua, Great, at Fzroes, 152; Poma- | torhine, 154, 345; Richardson’s, | 345 Smew, 805; Pigmy, in Surrey, 187, 429 Snipe, Common, 338; Full, 359; Great, 838; Jack, 389; Red-breast- ed, 341 Solea lascaris, 456 Somateria mollissima, 75, 87 ; specta- bilis, 113 ' Somme, two days with birds of, 266 CONTENTS. Song, mimical, of Blackeap, 108; of Cuckoo, at night, 235; local varia- tion of, 269 Sorex araneus, 171; minutus, 171, 187, 429 Sparrow, Hedge, 246; House, 250; Tree, 250 Spine of Bull-Dog, anchylosed, 311 Spoonbill, 302 Staines district, birds of, 179, 280, 307, 386 Starling, 251, 296, 336; utility of, 135 Stenorhynchus phalangium, tenuirostris, 333 Stercorarius catarrhactes, 91, 152; crepidatus, 92 Sterna cantiaca, 277; macrura, 91, 94, 96, 154 Stilt, Black-winged, 123, 127 Stint, Little, 340; Temminck’s, 340 Stoat and Ferret hybrids, 468 Stoats in winter dress in South- western Hants, 187 Stonechat, 243 Stork, 66, 67; Black, 302; White, 198, WOT BIL Strix flammea, 309 Sturnus vulgaris, 85, 231 Sub-species in Ornithology, a plea for the further recognition of, 62 Sula bassana, 114 Surrey, ornithological notes from, 114 Swallow, 138, 249, 267 Swan, Bewick’s, 303; Mute, 303; Whooper, 303,—in Islay, 74,—at Carlisle, 193; Wild, in Norfolk, 138, 236 Swit, 67, 267, 297; late stay of, 30, 31, 392; notes on, 30, 314 Switzerland and Germany, notes in, 65 Sylvia atricapilla, 108, 181; cinerea, 180; curruca, 181; hortensis, 181 Syrnium aluco, 34, 114, 309 388 5 bird- Talpa europa, 170 Teal, 304 Tern, Arctic, 91, 94, 96, 154, 343; Black, 342; Common, 343; Gull- billed, 342; Lesser, 154; Little, 343; Roseate, 96, 343; Sandwich, 342,—new Irish breeding haunt, 277; Sooty, 343; Whiskered, 342 ; White-winged Black, 342 Terns fishing on the Aare, 66 Tetrax tetrax, 67 XVli Thenus orientalis, 78 Thrush, 268; Mistle, 103, 242, 336 ; Song, 336,—laying twice in same nest, 312; Water, 270; White’s, 248 Tit, Bearded, 246; Blue, 77, 246; Coal, 246; Continental Long-tailed, in Yorkshire, 149; Crested, 68 ; Great, 246,—two broods of, 28; Long- tailed, 246,—curious nesting habit of, 28; Marsh, 246 Totanus calidris, 90, 469 ; hypoleucus, 388; melanoleucus, 470; ochropus, 141 Trachurus japonicus, 144; trachurus, 457 Tringa alpina, 21; minuta, 141; striata, arquata, 141 Troglodytes borealis, 84; parvulus, 27, 182, 391 Turdus iliacus, 179; merula, 179, 935, 274, 312, 8349; musicus, 179 ; pilaris, 179; torquatus, 36, 196; viscivorus, 179 Turnstone, 104, 154, 337 Tursiops tursio on Sussex coast, 390 Turtur communis, 386 Twite, 29; breeding range of, 29, 71, 112, 150, 189, 472 canutus, 152; 89; sub- United States, mammals, birds, and eggs, imported into (in 1904), 160 Upupa epops, 191, 235, 392; grylle, 92; troile, 91, 92 Vanellus vulgaris, 388 Variety of Blackbird, 138, 238 ; Bunt- ing, 190; Chaffinch, 138, 190; Hedge-Accentor, 138; Kestrel- Hawk, 77; Moorhen, Partridge, Rook, Sand-Martin, Sky-Lark, Swallow, Wheatear, Yellowham- mer, 188; Wren, 391 Vesperugo noctula, 26; pipistrellus, 169 Vole, Bank, melanism in, 108 Wagtail, Blue-headed, 247; Grey, 103, 247; Pied, 247; White, 247, —in Co. Mayo, 275,—in Isle of Man, 275; Yellow, 247, 270 WaLes—Whiskered Bat, 70; Lesser Horseshoe Bat, 70 ; Kestrel-Hawk, 77; Corn-Bunting, 350, 430 Warbler, Bonelli’s, 65; Garden, 65, 244, 268; Grasshopper, 245,—in Midlothian, 468; Great Reed, 246, 269; Icterine, 65, 68,268; Marsh, XVill 267, 270,—fourteen years’ breeding record of, 401; Reed, 245, 268, 270; Rufous, 246; Sedge, 65, 245, 268, 270; Willow, 65,—economical | nesting habits, 27; - Yellow-browed, 245 Waterhen, peculiar habits of, 76 Waxwing, 248 Weasel, strange disappearance of a, 347 Whaling Voyage, Arctic, of 1905, notes on, 41 Wheatear, 138, 243 Whimbrel, 154, 342 Whinchat, 153, 243; in Herts, Xe., 31 Whitethroat, 65, 244; Lesser, 244 Wigeon, 304 Wood, 65; Wild Ducks’ downs, identification of, © 370 CONTENTS. Woodcock, 838 Woodpecker, Green, 297 ; Grey, 66; Lesser Spotted, 66,—in Herts, &c., Bil Wren, 246, 892; economical nesting habits of, 27; var., 391; Fire- crested, 181,—in Dorset, 149,—near Tunbridge Wells, 149,—in Sussex, 188; Willow, 245, 268 ; Wood, 245 Wryneck, 297; in Cheshire, 392 2 Xantho rivulosus, 333; sabella, 333 Yarmouth market, interesting birds in, 115 Yellowhammer, 188, 251 Zilla