400 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



mutus, Lagopus. See Ptarmigan. 

 ncevia, Locustella. See Warbler, 



Grasshopper. 

 Nelson, T. H., Note on the First 

 British Example of the White- 

 spotted Bluetliroat, 228. 

 Nesting Habits observed Abroad, 



25, 48, 76, 107. 

 Nestling Birds, and some of the 

 Problems they Present, 102, 

 129, 162. 

 Nestlings, the Flanges and Mouth- 

 spots of, 130, 186, 225, 258. 

 Nests, The Evolution of Birds', 373. 

 Newton, Alfred — A Memoir, 33. 

 newtoni, Parus major. See Tit- 

 mouse, British Great. 

 Nichols, J. B., Note on Rare Birds 

 in Sussex. Kent, and Essex, 

 185 ; The Grej^-backed Warbler 

 in Kent, 257 ; Note on White - 

 winged Lark in Sussex, 357. 

 Nichols, W. B.. Letter on the Ear 



of the Woodcock, 61. 

 Nightingale (additions), 55; Song- 

 period of, 367. 



Thrush (Saimders), 8. 



nigra, Ciconia. See Stork, Black. 

 nisoria, Sylvia. See Warbler, 



Barred. 

 nivalis, MontifringiUa. See Finch, 



Snow. 

 — — Plectrophenax. See Bunting, 



Snow. 

 Noble, Heatley, Notes on Pintail 

 in Berkshire, 292 ; Incubation 

 Period in the Cuckoo, 325. 

 noctua, Athene. See Owl, Little. 

 Norfolk and Norwich Naturahsts' 

 Society, Transactions of the, 

 Noticed, 160. 

 Norfolk Estuary, Wild Life on a, 



• Reviewed, 236. 

 nubicus, Lanius. See Shrike, 



Masked. 

 Nutcracker (Nesting), 49 ; in 

 Sussex, 185 ; (additions), 254; 

 in Kent, 388. 

 Nuthatch as a Nest-builder, 122 ; 

 British (Hartert), 218. 



obscurua, Parus cceruleiis. See 

 Titmouse, British Blue. 



occidentalis, Saxicola. See Wheat- 

 ear, Black-throated. 



ochropus, Totanus. See Sandpiper, 



Green. 

 cenanthe, Saxicola. See Wheatear, 



Common. 

 osnas, Columba. See Dove, Stock. 

 oeniginosus, Circus. See Harrier, 



Marsh. 

 Ogilvie-Grant, W. R., On Two 

 supposed Hybrids between Red 

 Grouse and Ptarmigan, 269 ; 

 Note on the Plumage of a Great 

 Northern Diver and a White- 

 billed Northern Diver, 294. 

 Oldham, Charles, Note on Lesser 

 Wliitethi-oat in Cumberland, 

 324. 

 Oriole, Golden, in Sussex, 59 ; 

 breeding in Immature Plumage, 

 359. 

 orphea, Sylvia. See Warbler, 



Ori^hean. 

 Ortolan. See Bunting. 

 Osprey, Home-life of, 17, 40 ; in 



CO. Sligo, 327. 



otus. Asio. See Owl, Long-eared. 



Ousel, Ring, (additions), 54 ; and 



Blackbird interbreeding, 153. 



Owl, Barn, Nestling Plumage of, 



166. 



Eagle (additions), 316. 



Hawk (additions), 316. 



Little (additions), 315 ; the 



Spread of the, from the chief 

 centres of its Introduction, 

 335 ; in Gloucestershire, 388. 



Long-eared (additions), 314. 



" Luminous," 289. 



ScojDs (additions), 316. 



Short-eared (additions), 314 ; 



in Ireland, 358. 



Snowy, Colour of, 264 ; (ad- 

 ditions) 315 ; at Fair Isle, 384. 



Tawnv, Down Plumage of. 



164, 166. 



Tengmalm's (additions), 314; 



in Shetland, 388. 



palumbarius, Astur. See Goshawk. 



palumbus, Columba. See Pigeon, 

 Wood. 



palustris, Acrocephalus. See 



Warbler, Marsh. 



palustris, Parus. See Titmouse, 

 Marsh. 



paradoxus, Syrrhaptes. See Sand- 

 grouse, Pallas's. 



