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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Meade-Waldo, E. G., letter oia the 

 mode of carriage of the legs in Birds 

 of Prey duriug fliglit, 166. 



Menage Expedition, on birds and 

 mammals collected in the Philippines 

 by the, noticed, 388. 



Menzbier, M. A., and Severtzow, N. A., 

 Ornithology of Tiirkestan,noticed,285. 



Meyer, A. B., description of Micro- 

 glossus salvadorii and Parotia carohxj, 

 145 ; description of a new Bird of 

 Paradise (Pteridophora alberti), 269 ; 

 description of Aniblyornis inornata, 

 274; exhibition of plates of Pterido- 

 phora alberti and Parotia carolje, 

 277 ; on new birds from the East 

 Indies, noticed, 285 ; on a male 

 Capercaillie in female dress, noticed, 

 397 ; on two new Paradise birds, 

 noticed, 397. 



, and Wiglesworth, L. W., on 



Birds from the Talaut Islands, 

 noticed, 156 ; on new birds from 

 Celebes, noticed, 397 ; on birds from 

 North Celebes, noticed, 498. 



Migration of birds, origin of, noticed, 

 148; nocturnal, noticed, 148; in 

 Hungary in 1891, noticed, 496. 



Millais, J. Gr., ' Game-birds and 

 Shooting-sketches,' noticed, 286. 



Minor, H. D., on the land-birds of New 

 England, noticed, 397. 



Miri Hills, a new species of Babbler 

 from the, 432. 



Modigliani, E., voyage of, to the 

 Mantawi Islands, noticed, 401. 



More, A. G., notice of the death of, 304 ; 

 obituary, 410. 



Munich, letter on the ornithological 

 collections in, 164. 



Munn, P. W., reply to Mr. Blanford's 

 letter on the occurrence of certain 

 birds near Calcutta, 167. 



Nassa, Victoria Nyanza, exhibition of 

 skins of Francolins from, 378. 



Natuna Islands, on birds from the, 

 not;iced, 151. 



Negros, birds from the Island of, 472. 



New England, on the land-birds of, 

 noticed, 397. 



New Guinea, on ornithological speci- 

 mens collected in, noticed, 280. 



New Jersey, on the birds of, noticed, 

 500. 



Newton, A., and Gadow, H., ' Dictionary 

 of Birds,' noticed, 398. 



New Zealand, a new Xenicus from an 

 Island off, 236, 268 ; a new Miro 

 from, noticed, 401. 



Nidification of some Indian Birds, 41, 

 217. 



Nightjar, on the breeding of the, 

 noticed, 288. 



Nile, account by P. L. Sclater of his 

 journey up the, 381. 



' Norfolk Broadlaud,' ' The Birds, 

 Beasts, and Fishes, of the,' noticed, 

 492. 



Norfolk Island, note on the Red- 

 crowned Parrakeet of, noticed, 156. 



Ncrlh, A. J., on the eggs of Collyrin- 

 cincla harmonica and Cacomantis 

 pallida, noticed, 156 ; notes on the 

 Red-crowned Parrakeet of Norfolk 

 Island, noticed, 156 ; on eggs of 

 Australian Birds, noticed, 286 ; pre- 

 liminary descriptions of a new genus 

 and of five new species of Central 

 Australian Birds, 339 ; on birds from 

 the Gilbert Islands, noticed, 498. 



Norwich Museum, Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Prey in the, noticed, 394. 



Nutcracker nesting in Hungary, noticed, 

 283. 



Oology of the Ratit.^?, noticed, 160. 

 Ord, G., North- American Zoology 



(reprint), noticed, 290. 

 Ornithological Literature, 1876-83, 



a consideration of, noticed, 281. 

 Osteology of certain Cranes, Rails, and 



their allies, noticed, 4U3. 

 Owls, the Pterylography of some 



American, noticed, 491. 



Pahang River, account of a trip up the, 

 noticed, 369. 



Palsearctie Region, a new Bustard from, 

 noticed, 401. 



Palawan, notes on and additions to the 

 Avifauna of, 21, 32. 



Palestine, birds of, noticed, 150. 



Paradise-birds, a new species of, 269 ; 

 list of known genera and species 

 of, 270 ; exhibition of a collection of, 

 277 ; on two new, noticed, 391, 397 ; 

 monograph of the, noticed, 403 ; 

 exhibition of specimens of, 486. 



Parkin, T., exhibition of a skin of 

 CEstrelata incerta shot in the South 

 Atlantic, 279 ; letter on the occurrence 

 of Bonelli's Eagle in Egypt, .506. 



Parrot, C., letter on the ornithological 

 collect inns in Munich, 164. 



Patigonia, exhibition of a pair of 

 Nothura darwini from, 276. 



Pearson, H. J., exhibition of clutches of 

 ejigs of Cosmonetta histrionica, 

 Ilarelda glacialis, and Phalerojius 



