GEXER.VL INDEX. 



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Porphyrio, the genus and its spei-ies 



{see Elliot, D. Q-., and tialvadori, 



T.); c^ruleua {see Sclater, P. L.); 



edwardsi {see Elliot, D. Gr.). 

 Porzana moluccaua (sec Salvadori, T.). 

 Prejevalsky's, N., Expedition to Lob- 



nor, noticed, 1878, 375; expected 



return, 1881, 178; 'Mongolia and 



Northern Thibet,' noticed, 1877, 212 ; 



'Birds of Mongolia,' date of, 1879, 



387. 

 Pribylov Islands, bird-life in the {see 



Elliott, H. VV.). 

 Priiiia rafflesi {see Tweeddale, Marquis 



of). 

 Priocella antarctica {see Hector, James). 

 Prionochilus pipra {xee Salvadori, T.). 

 ' Prodroniiis Oniithologiae Papuasise et 



Moluccarum' {xee Salvadori, T.) ; 



Part XII., noticed, 1882, 606. 

 Propasser rhodoiuetopus {see Biddul^jh, 



J.). 

 Pterocles ellioti {see Bogdanow, M.) ; 



severzowi {see Bogdanow, M.). 

 Ptilopus {see Schmitz, J. D. E.) ; fischeri 



{see Meyer, A. B.) ; marchei (sec Ous- 



talet, E.). 

 Ptilorhis wilsonii {see Ogden, J. A.). 

 Ptilotis germaui, description of {see 



Ramsay, B. P.) ; xaathophrys {see 



Finsch", O.). 

 Puerasia biddulphi (.see Marshall, Gr. F. 



L.). 

 ' Puff-birds and Jacamars,' ' Monograph 



of the' {see Sclater, P. L.). 

 Puerto Rico, fauna oi{sec Gundlach, J.) ; 



new Owl from {see Ridgway, R.). 

 Pyenouotus sinensis {see Swinhoe, R.). 

 Pyrgisoma occipitalis {see Salvia, O.). 

 Pytelia melba {see Finsch, O. ). 



RadakofiTs, W. IS; notes on the birds of 

 the Lower Danube and Pruth, noticed, 

 1880, 138 ; ' Hand- Atlas' (see Brown, 

 J. A. Harvie). 



Rallus gularis, var. aldabrana (see Griin- 

 ther, A.) ; macquariensis (see Hutton, 

 F. W.) ; sulcirostris (see Sclater, P. 

 L.). 



' Rambles of a Naturalist ' (see Gurney, 

 J. H., jun.). 



Ramsay, E. P., letter on Eclectus poly- 

 chlorus, 1878, 379 ; on Edoliosoma 

 schisticeps, noticed, 1879, ^8 ; on 

 Pachycephala pallida, noticed, 1879, 

 1)8 ; on lauthoenas pallidiceps, no- 

 ticed, 1879, 99 ; on three new birds 

 from the New Hebrides, noticed, 

 1879, 99 ; with descriptions of Ptilotis 

 germaua, Myiolestes nigrogularis, and 

 five new species of birds from Torres 



Straits &c., noticed, 1879, 3''" J "'^ 

 birds from New Guinea, noticed, 1879, 

 300 ; on birds from New Guinea, 

 noticed, 1880, 372; on the zo.jlogy of 

 the Solouion Islands, noticed, 1880, 

 138 ; on the zoology of New Guinea, 

 Parts IV. & v., noticed, 1880, 139; 

 Notes on some recently described 

 birds from the Solomon Islands, witli 

 remarks on some Australian birds. 

 Note on an undetermined species 

 of Lalage, and Contributions to the 

 Zoology of New Guinea, Part IV., 

 noticed, 1882, 172; notes on the 

 zoology of the Solomon Islands, 

 noticed, 1882, 173; letter on some 

 birds from the New Hebrides, Cape 

 York, and the Solomon Islands, 

 1882, 344; on new birds from tlin 

 Solomon Islands and New Britain, 

 noticed, 1882, 339; notes on birds 

 from the Solomon Islands, descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Honey-eater 

 from New Guinea, notes on Oriolus 

 affinis, and on a new Eurystopodus, 

 noticed, 1882, 465; notes on birds 

 from the Solomon Islands, 1882, 

 472 ; description of two new birds 

 from the Solomon Islands, and note 

 on the range of Pycnoptilas floccosus 

 and Pachycephala olivacea. noticed, 

 1882, 603. 



Ramsay, R. G. Wardlaw, notes on some 

 Burmese Birds, 1877, 4.32 ; on the 

 genus Pomatorhinus, 1878, 129 ; or- 

 nithological notes from Afghanistan, 

 No. I., 1879, 444; 1880, 4.5; de- 

 scription of two new species of birds 

 (Analcipus cousangumeus and Edoli- 

 osoma alterum), 1881, 32; letter on 

 Pitta (Hydrornis) soror, 1881, 496; 

 reprint of the Marquis of Tweeddale's 

 Ornithological Works, noticed, 1882, 

 177. 



Rathbun, F. R., ' List of the Birds of 

 Central New York,' noticed, 1882, 

 339 ; ' Bright Feathers,' Parts I. & II., 

 noticed. 1882, 173; Parts III & IV., 

 1882, 604. 



Ratita', myology of the (see Gadow, H.). 



Rectes, new species of (see Salvadori, 

 T.). 



Red River of Texas, birds of the (see 

 M'Cauley, C. A. H.). 



Reed, E. C, on the zoology of the pro- 

 vince of Coluhagua, noticed, 1878, 

 48.5. 



Reichenau, W., essay on the Darwinian 

 tlipory of bird's nests, noticed, 1881, 

 48(5. ' 



Reichenbach's, H. G. L., 'Avium Sys- 

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