black, 6851 Scalariadæ, 7211 Scaphander lignarius, 7241 Redstart in December, near Dublin, 6808; Scilly Isles, sport at the, 6807 Regalecus Jonesii, 6992 Regulus, firecrested, 6852 Rhododendrons and their enemies, 6831 Ripiphorus paradoxus, observations on, 6832, 6905 Rissoa abyssicola? 7208 Talæporia pseudo-bombycella, larva of, Telephorus rusticus, 7110 Telmessus serratus, on the capture of in Manchuria, 7214 Tenthredinidæ, 7084; Monograph of much wanted, 7024 Tern, arctic, 6858, 6973; black, 6858, 6974; common, 6858, 6973; lesser id.; Sandwich, id.; arctic, nesting on fresh water, 6891; roseate, 6973; great, 6977; common, shot during the late gale, 7106 Tetrao exoticus, 6844 lagopus, id. tetrix, id. cantiaca, 6973 Dougallii, id. Hirundo, 6973, 6977, 7106 signatum, id. variegatum, id. Thomisidæ, 6863, 6896 Thomisus audax, 6863 claveatus, id. Thyatira derasa, description of the larva of, 7284 Tinea ferruginella, 7007 Titmouse, marsh, mode of feeding of Woodpecker, green, 6853; greater spot- Wren, reed, 6852; wood, id. Xylocampa lithorhiza, description of the larva of, 7289 Xylophasia lithoxylea, description of the larva of, 7260 York Entomological Society, proceedings of, 6872 Zoological Notes from Aneiteum, New Hebrides, 7113 Zoological phenomena, 7187 Zoology of the Pratas Shoal, a coral reef in the China Sea, 7236 Zopilotes, king of the, 6801, 6804 The 'ZOOLOGIST' will be continued both as a Monthly and an Annual Publication. As a Monthly, it will contain about forty pages of letter-press, occasionally accompanied with illustrations engraved on wood; will be on sale two days before the end of every month; and will be charged One Shilling. As an Annual, it will be sold on or about the 1st of December; will contain twelve Monthly Numbers, bound and lettered uniformly with the present Volume; and will be charged Thirteen Shillings. An Alphabetical List, both of Contributors and Contents, will be published once in the year. THE ZOOLOGIST FOR 1860. Stray Notes from the Devonshire Coast. A new field of observation has ever its attractions for the naturalist, whether affording novelties for careful study or simply a repetition of familiar forms, whose habits, varying somewhat according to the nature of the locality, have still fresh interest for the close observer. Such, at least, was my experience last spring, during a short visit to Torquay and Teignmouth, and although, ornithologically speaking, that district afforded little that might not be found also on our Norfolk coast, yet even in the habits of some of the more common species, occasional peculiarities not seen elsewhere, struck me as worth recording in a few short notes. Gulls, divers and other sea birds, necessarily forming the chief objects of attraction in such localities, I will for once reverse the general order of things, and commence with the common gull. Common Gull (Larus canus). This species is here, as indeed on most parts of our coast, extremely numerous, and is met with at all times of the day on the river, being perhaps less of a sea gull than any of its tribe, especially in its habit of frequenting fields far inland, following the plough like rooks in search of worms and grubs. At low water these birds collect in large quantities along the course of the Teign, dispersing themselves in groups over the extensive sandbanks left bare by the tide, and freely mingling with their sable companions from adjacent rookeries, carrion crows and jackdaws, crowd the waters edge in search of food. The stream at this time being too shallow for the passage of boats, they are but little disturbed in their researches, and from long habit are perfectly indifferent to the presence of certain cockle-hunting females, who as regularly follow up the retiring waters to rake the shell-fish from their sandy beds. On a clear XVIII. B |