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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Le Conqnet, Brittany, on the birds 

 observed at, 246. 



Lee, O. A. J., ' Among British Birds in 

 llieir Nesting-Haunts,' noticed, 322. 



Le Souef, J)., on the habits of the 

 Mound-building Birds of Australia, 

 9 ; exhibition of nests and eggs of 

 some birds from North Queensland, 

 124 ; descriptions of some newBirds'- 

 eggs from Northern Australia, 359. 



Leyden Museum, on new birds in the, 

 noticed, 319. 



Liverpool Museum, Bulletin of the, 

 noticed, 318; catalogue oftliePicarian 

 Birds in the, noticed, 318. 



Louisiade Archipelago, descriptions of 

 three new birds from the, 300 ; on 

 Meek's birds from Sudest Island in 

 the, noticed, 321 ; on the birds col- 

 lected by Mr. Meek on Rossel Island, 

 noticed, (wO. 



Lucknow, birds'-nesting in and around, 

 344. 



MaegilHvray, W., proposed memorial 



to, 1C)6. 

 Macpherson, H. A., on the occurrence 



of a specimen of Anth us richardi at 



Allonby, 155 ; exhibition of a hybrid 



Duck, 309. 

 Madarasz, J. v., description of Geocichla 



frontalis, noticed, 461. 

 Magpie, on the supposed pairing with a 



Jackdaw, 440. 

 Manchester Museum, acquisition of 



Mr. H. E. Dresser's collection of Birds 



by the, 663. 

 Manning, W. H., on birds forwarded 



from Zomba by, 281. 

 Marianne Islands, on the birds of the, 



noticed, 143. 

 Marsh, O. C, obituarial notice of, 467. 

 Matarieh, on the Ostrich-farm at, no- 

 ticed, 323. 

 Meek, A., on the birds collected in 



Sudest Island by, noticed, 321 ; on 



the birds collected on Rossel Island 



by, noticed, 650. 

 Meei'warth, H., on the moulting of 



Birds of Prey, noticed, 323. 

 Meliphagidse, on nests and eggs of the, 



noticed, 454. 

 Mercier, — , on the Ostrich-farm at 



Matarieh, noticed, 323. 

 Mexico, on new birds from, noticed, 



140. 

 Meyer, A. B., on the Proceedings of the 



' Deutsche Ornithologische Gesell- 



schaft,' noticed, 138. 

 , and Wiglesworth, L. M\, 'The 



Birds of Celebes,' noticed, 138. 



Millais, J. Cr., exhibition of a hybrid 



between the Bed Grouse and Bantam 



fowl 314. 

 Mitchell, P. C, paper on quintocubital- 



ism, noticed, 477. 

 Moluccas, on the birds of the, noticed, 



1,50. 

 Morgan, E. Delmar, and Dresser, H. E., 



on new species of birds obtained in 



Kan-su by M. Berezovsky, 270. 

 Mott, T. F., on the origin of organic 



colour, noticed, 323. 

 Moulting, of Birds of Prey, noticed, 



323 ; 8tone on, noticed, 4(i6. 

 Mound-building Birds of Australia, on 



the habits of the, 9. 

 Murman Coast, on the birds observed 



on the, 52U. 



Nandi, descriptions of two new birds 

 from, 303. 



Nehrkorn, A., catalogue of iiis Egg- 

 collection, noticed, 462. 



Nelson, E. W., on new birds from 

 Mexico and revision of the genus 

 Dactylortyx, noticed, 140. 



Nests, exhibition of, from North Queens- 

 land, 124 ; exhibition of abnormal, 

 315; Nesting in and around Lucknow, 

 344 ; exhibition of ])hotograpbs of 

 Australian birds', 447 ; of the Meli- 

 phagidce, noticed, 454 ; of four Aus- 

 tralian birds, noticed, 463. 



Neumann, O., on the avifauna of East 

 and Central Afi'ica. noticed, 140,650; 

 on the species of Numida, noticed, 

 143 ; on new or little-known African 

 birds, noticed, 651 ; on certain species 

 of Nigrita, noticed, 651. 



New Guinea, report on the birds of 

 British, noticed, 135 ; on the birds of, 

 noticed, 319 ; on birds from British, 

 noticed, ()52. 



New Hanover, on the birds of, 277. 



New Providence Island, list of birds 

 collected on, 506. 



Nias Island, on birds from, noticed, 

 135. 



Niger, on Dr. Christy's notes on the 

 birds of the Upper, 446. 



Ninni, Count, on two hybrid ducks in 

 the collection of, noticed, 449. 



Noble, H., ' List of European Birds,' 

 noticed. 327 ; on the breeding of the 

 Scaup Duck in Sutherlandshire, 648. 



North, A. J., ornithological notes, no- 

 ticed, 143 ; on a pigeon frequenting 

 the Atolls of the Ellice Gi'oup, noticed 

 143; on Butastur teesa in Australia 

 noticed, 143 ; on a living example of 

 Psephotus chrysopterygius, noticed, 



