Anatomical characters distinguishing the Swallow and the Swift, 217
'Annual Life and Habits, Sketches of' (review), 503
'Animals, Geographical Distribution of' (review), 68
'Animals, Kindness to' (review), 504
Annelida, 346, 516 et seq.
Anous stolidus, 490
Anser albifrons, 322
Anser„ bernicla, 323
Anser„ brenta, 323
Anser„ hyperboreus, 482
Anser„ segetum, 322
Anthus ludovicianus, 402
Anthus„ petrosus, 240
Anthus„ pratensis, 199, 239
Ants, habits, 111
Aquila chrysaëtus, 194
Archibuteo lagopus, 195; var. Sancti-Johannis, 422
'Arctic Expedition, the Recent, Official Report of' (review), 38
Arctic Molluscan Fauna, 435
Ardea cærulea, 479
Ardea„ candidissima, 479
Ardea„ cinerea, 286
Ardea„ egretta, 479
Ardea„ herodias, 479
Ardea„ virescens, 480
Ardetta exilis, 480
Asterina gibbosa on the coast of Banffshire, 109
Astur atricapillus, 421
Astur„ palumbarius, 195
Auk, Little, 330, 493
Aulastoma, 517, 519
Aurochs, 138
Autumnal breeding of the Otter, 17
Avocet, 288
Bacteria, 347
Badger, 127; breeding, 250, 251
Balæna mysticetus, 360
Bat, Large Horseshoe, 146
Bat,„ Noctule or Great, 146
Bear, Brown, 124
Bear,„ White, 316
Beaver, 145
Beavers in Siberia, 172
Bees, habits, 111
Bermudas, Birds of the, 393, 473
Birds, migration on the N.E. coast of England in the autumn of 1876, 7; autumnal migration on the Yorkshire coast, 41; rare, in Wilts and Dorset, 52; the time of day at which they lay their eggs, 53; migration at Heligoland, 59; rare, on the Exe, 104; Act for the protection of certain Wild, during the breeding season, 167; rare, in the Humber district, 174; observed in Norway, 193; migration, 205, 340; near York, 231; of the Moy Estuary and the surrounding district, 233, 284, 321; impaled by the wind on weather vanes, 259; in the Isle of Wight, 343; observed in Glen Spean, 382; of the Bermudas, 393, 473; observed between Cape Farewell and Cape Clear, 468
'Birds, British, a History of' (review), 35
'Birds, List of British' (review), 458
'Birds of Marlborough' (review), 37
'Birds of South Africa' (review), 350
Bison, 138
Bittern, 97, 431
Bittern„ American, 480
Bittern„ Least, 480
Bittern„ Little, in Oxfordshire, 232; in Guernsey, 259
Blackbird, singular nest, 108
Blackbird„ and Starling, varieties, 22
Blackbird's nest. Cuckoo's egg in, 340
Blackbirds, 11, 238
Blackcap in County Wicklow, 299
Blackcap's nest suspended in a fir tree, 258
Blue Bird, Eastern, 399
Bluethroat, red-spotted, 197
Boar-fish in the Isle of Wight, 452
Bob-o'-link, 414
Bonito at Plymouth, 27
Botaurus minor, 480
Brachyotus palustris, 420
Brambling nesting in Perthshire, 60; in Norway, 109, 255
Branta canadensis, 482
Breeding, autumnal, of the Otter, 17; of Rabbits above ground, 18; season of Crayfish, 28; of the Otter, 100, 172, 250; of the Badger, 250, 251; season of Edible Crab, 261, 301; of Pochards in Regent's Park, 342; in Dorsetshire, 385; of Black-headed Gull in Dorsetshire, 385
Browne, Montagu, 'A List of the British Macro-Lepidoptera' (review), 464
Bubo ignavus, 196
Bucephala albeola, 485
Bucephala„ clangula, 485
Bulfinch, 241
Bunting, Bay-winged, 411
Bunting„ Common, 240
Bunting„ Lapland, 199
