304 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



mnas, Cohimba, see Dove, Stock. - 



orientalis, Acrocephalus a., see 

 Warbler, Reed, Great, Eastern. 



■ , Otis t., see Bustard, Little. 



Ouzel, Ring-, ill Outer Hebrides, 172 



Owen, J. H., Some Breeding-habits 

 of tlie Sparrow-Hawk : ( 1 ) The 

 Effect of Rain, 2 ; (2) The Hen 

 at the Nest, 26 ; (3) The Cock, 

 50, (4) The Nestling, 74; 15) 

 General Habits, 106 ; Notes on 

 the Breeding-habits of the 

 Red-backed Shrike, 175 ; Notes 

 on Mud-daubed Eggs of Jack- 

 daw, 40 ; Robins Building 

 Nests in Spruces, 42 ; Cuckoos' 

 Eggs and Nestlings in 1916, 

 141 ; Snipe Calling in Decem- 

 ber, 228 ; Unusual Nesting- 

 Site of Pied Wagtail, 291. 



Owl, Barn-, in Outer Hebrides, 172. 



■ , , Dark-breasted, in 



Shetland, 47. ' 



, Little, in Shropshire, 4.3 ; 



Breeding in Wiltshire, 120; 

 in Staffordshire, 120; Breeding 

 in Norfolk, 121, 236; in 

 Oxfordshire, 270 ; Spread of, 

 in South Oxfordshire and 

 North Berkshire, 271 ; Breed- 

 ing in Essex, 271 ; in Cheshire, 

 271, 293. 



in Buckinghamsliire, 

 Kirkcudlaright shire, 



-, Snowy, 



122; "in 



172. 

 -, Tawny, 



of, 187'; 



shell of. 



Seven Eggs in Nest 

 Porousness of Egg- 

 296. 



Oxfordsliire, Unusual Birds in, 270. 



palumbiis, Columha p., see Pigeon, 

 Wood-. 



palustris, Acrocephalus, see War- 

 bler, Marsh-. 



parasiticus, Stercorarius, see Skua, 

 Arctic. 



Parid(e, Moults of, 127. 



Parker, Paul, L., Note on Hobby 

 Breeding in Northampton- 

 shire, 96. 



Parkin, Thomas, Note on Semi- 

 palmated Ringed Plover in 

 Sussex, 254. 



Partridge, Common, Perching on a 

 Wall, 190. 



pari:a, Muscicapa p., see Fly- 

 catcher, Red-breasted. 



Passeres, The Moults of the British, 

 with Notes on the Sequence of 

 their Plumages, 11, 126, 280. 

 Patteson, Mrs., Notes on Tits in 

 Nesting-boxes attacked by 

 Weasel and Evicted by Wry- 

 necks, 116 ; Pink-footed Goose 

 Breeding in Captivity, 250. 

 Pease, Sir Alfred E., Bart., 

 Obituary Notice of T. H. 

 Nelson, 205. 

 penelope, Anas, see Wigeon. 

 perdix, Perdix p., see Partridge, 



Common. 

 peregrinus, Falco, see Falcon, 



Pei'egrine. 

 Petrel, Fulmar, Increase of, in co. 



Kerry, 123 ; in Norfolk, 24L 

 petrosus, Anthus s., see Pipit, Rock-. 

 Phalarope, Grey, in Yorkshire in 



Winter, 70 ; in Norfolk, 243. 

 Pheasant, Cock, incubating, 69 ; 



Killing Chicks, 97. 

 phcenicurus, Phoenicurus ph., see 



Redstart. 

 phoeopus, Numenius ph., see 



Whimbrel. 

 Pigeon, Wood-, Three eggs in nest 

 of, 168 ; Food of, 233 ; Albin- 

 istic, 234 ; on supposed " Con- 

 tinental," 273. 

 pilaris, Turdus, see Fieldfare. 

 Pintail, Diving of, in Captivity, 67. 

 Pipit, Meadow-, Moult of, 13, l26. 



• , Red-throated, Moult of, 13. 



■ , Richard's, Moult of, 11. 



— — , Rock-, Moult of, 14. 



■ , Tawny, Moult of, 12. 



, Tree-, Moult of, 12, 126; off 



CO. Wexford, 122. 



, Water-, Moult of, 14. 



platyrhyncha. Anas p., see ilallard. 

 pleschanka , Oinanthe p., see Wheat- 

 ear, Pied. 

 Plover, Grey, in Outer Hebrides, 

 172; in Carnarvonshire, 189; 

 in Norfolk in Summer, 242. 

 , Ringed, Nesting in Swede- 

 field, 242, 



— — , , Semi-palmated, in 



Sussex (a new British bird), 

 2.54. 

 Plumages, Sequence of, in British 



Passeres, 11, 126, 280. 

 Pochard, Common, Breeding in 

 North Wales, 24 ; in Berk- 

 shire, 270, 294. * 



