300 



Index 



New Holland 160 



„ York 178 



,, Zealand 101 



Newton, Alfred 60, 67 



Nicholson, Mr 21 



Night heron 194, 195 



Night of wild fowling ... 46 — 50 



Noah 217 



Norfolk 157, 167, 262 



North America, 85, 106, 160, 174, 

 178, 189, 198 



North Berwick 173 



Northumberland 28, 245 — 253, 256, 



268, 291 



,, Duke of, 237, 239, 



245 

 Norway ... 154, 162, 165, 174, 240 



Nova Zembla 162, 186, 188 



Nuthatch 134 



Occurrences of rare birds, 22 — 26 



Oriolidae 114 



Orkney ... 62, 161, 198, 199, 202 



Ostrich 87, 132 



Owl, 47, 93, 94, 98, 103 104 



Owl parrot 138 



Oxbird 48 



Oyster catcher 24, 32, 41 



Pacific islands 101 



Palestine 107 



Panuridae 112 



Paridae 112 



Paris 219, 278 



Partridge 30, 210 — 213 



Passing of the eagle 286 



,, ,, swallow ... 290 



Paxton, Prof 91 



Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph, 27 — 29 



Paynter, Mr 37 



Peculiarities 105 — 109 



Peewit 52 



Pellicot, M 257 



Penguin 102, 103 



Percy, Lord William 22, 24 



Petrel 21, 99 — 101 



Phasiaaidae 118 



Pheasant 204 — 209 



Picidae 117 



Picts 286 



Pigeon, 21, 88, 98, 137, 214 — 219 



Pilgrim, Stephen H no 



Pink-footed goose 192, 193 



Pintail 22, 158 



Piozzi, Madame 126 



Pipit 32 



Plant bug 87 



Platypeds 68 



Pliny 129, 225, 271 



Plover, 21, 24, 28, 32, 48, 52, 68, 

 «5. 254—256 



Pochard 23, 167 



Podicipidae 119 



Port of Ness 19, 21 



Power of flight 78 — 86, 263 



Powers, John 117 



Priestholm 101 



Procellariadae 118 



Prussia 70 



Ptarmigans 254 



Pteroclidae 118 



Puffin, 23, 35, 36, 39, 40, ioi, 102, 



r 73 

 Punt shooting 49 



Purple sandpiper 25, 198 



Purse 91 



Quail 



257 — 266 



Rail, water 25 



Rallidae 118, 131 



Rare birds 22 — 26 



Raven 94 



Ray 202 



Razor-bill auk 23, 36, 172 



Red-breasted merganser ... 175 



Red-throated diver 202, 203 



Redshank 48, 52, 147 



Rhodesia 70 



Richardson's skua ... 22, 23, 161 

 Ring ousel no 



,, plover 32 



Rock pigeon 21, 32 



„ pipit 32 



Rocky Mountains 73 



Rodd's " Birds of Cornwall and 



the Scilly isles 59 



Romans 208 



Roseate tern 23,34 



Rough-legged buzzard 22 



Russia 118 



St. Chrysostom 91 



St. Cuthbert 31, 37, 294 



St. Domingo 104 



St. Jerome 91 



St. John, Mr 199, 286 



St. Kilda 20, 21, 23, 36, 171 



Sand Martin 26, 114, 268 



Sandpiper 25, 52, 60, 198 



Sand wasps 102 



Sandwich tern 23, 34 



Scandinavia 106, 174, 240 



Scaup 23, 28, 168 



Schaberle, Prof 70, 71 



"Science Sittings " 98 



Scolopacidae 118 



Scoot 36 



Scoter 23, 118, 174 



"Scottish Field" 238 



Sea birds 37, 45, 86, 147 



,, duck 44, 45 



