Larus glaucus, 154
Larus„ leucopterus, id.
Lee, Henry, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, 'The White Whale' (review), 270
Limacidæ, 85
Limax agrestis, 86
Limax„ flavus, id.
Limax„ marginatus, id.
Limax„ maximus, 87
Limnæa auricula, 167
Limnæa„ glabra, id.
Limnæa„ palustris, id.
Limnæa„ peregra, id.
Limnæa„ stagnalis, id.
Limnæa„ truncatula, id.
Limnæidæ, 165
Limnaeus truncatulus, 181
Limpet, Lake, 167
Limnæa„ River, id.
Linnean Society of London, pro- ceedings, 30, 107, 136, 181, 227, 258, 297, 456
Lobsters, exuviation of, 225
Lockwood, Edwd., 'Natural History, Sport and Travel' (review), 458
Longevity in the Dog, 100
Lucas, T.J., 'Camp Life and Sport in South Africa' (review), 266
Mackerel, large, at Plymouth, 107
Mammals of Shakspeare, 113, 108, 202, 244, 325
Manatee, South American, in the Westminster Aquarium, 285
Marsh-shell, Common, 164
Marten, Beech, in Cornwall, 127
Marten-cat in Wastdale, Cumberland, 128
Megaptera boöps, 4
Merlin, habits of, 133
Merlins nesting in a tree, 29
Mesoplodon bidens, 8
'Midland Naturalist' (review), 152
Migrants, arrival and departure of, as observed chiefly in the vicinity of Cromer and Norwich, 45 ; autumn and winter, 215; summer, near Dublin, 217
Migration, spring, of birds, 30, 216; autumnal, of waders, 43 ; of birds ou the N.E. coast, 47 ; in autumn, 100 ; in the winter of 1877-78, 102 ; bird, in the spring of 1878, 240 : double, of Woodcock, 389
Mole, orange variety, 22, 128
Mollusca, land and freshwater, of Sussex. 84, 122, 161, 180
Monodon monoceros, 8
'Moor and the Loch' (review), 189
Moorhen, pugnacity, 135
Mud-shell, Ear-shaped, 107
Mud-shell,„ Marsh, id.
Mud-shell,„ Pond, id.
Mud-shell,„ Smooth, id.
Mud-shell,„ Truncate, id.
Mud-shell,„ Wandering, id.
Mullet, Red, in December, 61
Mussel, Painter's, 103
Mussel,„ Swan, id.
Mystaceti, 3
Nares, Sir G.S., R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., 'Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6, in H.M. Ships "Alert" and "Dis- covery"; with Notes on the Natural History, edited by H. W. Feilden, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S.' (review), 301
Narwhal, 8
'Natural History and Rural Life, Sketches of' (review), 358
Natural-History notes from Poole, 130
'Natural History, Sport and Travel ' (review), 458
'Naturalists and Sportsmen, Inter- national Dictionary for' (review), 360
Neritidæ, 163
Neritina fluviatilis, id.
Nest of Chiffchaff in a holly, 254 ; of Cuckoo, two eggs in, 256, 350
Nesting of Merlins in a tree, 29; of Great Grey Shrike near Salisbury, 56; habits of Kingfisher, 178, 213; of Crossbill in Sutherlandshire, 180; of Wood Pigeons near a house, 180, 215; of the Water Ouzel, 212, 255; former, of the Kite in London, 215; abnormal, of the Nuthatch, 254; habits of the Stonechat, Wheatear and Whinchat, 294; of Red-backed Shrike near London, 297 ; freak, curious, of the Common Buzzard, 339; habits of the Kestrel and
