Index to Subjects.



P honipara canora

,, lepida

., marc An


,, olivacea

,, pusilla


Pied Grallina

Pigeon, Bleeding-heart

Pigeon ailing ...

Piping Crows

Pochard, Baer’s...

Poison for Mice ...


Pope


Pratincole

Purple Sun-bird

Pyrrhulopsis

Pytelia afra



PAGE.


... 29


30, 227

... 227

30, 227

... 30


76 . »3

... 51


. . 229

... 76


134

... I40


53.54

... 74


■ 175


... 25


2, 84, 97, 146, 161



Quail, Californian ... 51,54,81


„ Chinese ... ... 155, 157


Quit, Banana ... ... ... 227


„ Blue ... ... ... 228


,, Grass ... ... ... 227


Random Paragraphs :—I.—IV. ... 225


Regent-bird ... 70, 99, 138, 160, 205, 207, 211

Reviews —


“ My Birds in Freedom and Cap¬

tivity,” by the Rev. H. D. Astley 105

“ Nests and Eggs of Australian


Birds,” by Mr. A. J. Campbell... 124

Rock Pepler ... ... 174, 191, 192


Rock Salt ... ... 82, 118


Roller, Breeding of the ... ... 217


Rosy Pastor ... ... ... 52


Sai ... ... ... 229, 231


Sand, Sea ... ... 147,214


,, Shell, dangerous ... 147, 214


Satin Bower-bird 7, 69, 123, 136, 148


Seed-eater, Bearded ... 171


,, St. Helena ... ... 171


,, Sulphur ... ... 172


,, White-throated ... 172


Serin-Finches, On certain... ... 169


Serin, Grey-necked ... ... 172


Serittus albigularis ... ... 172


„ canicollis... ... ... 172


,, flaviventris ... ... 171


,, icterus ... ... ... 171


„ leucopygius ... ... 170


,, sulphuratus ... ... 172


Setaria glauca .. ... 63,64


Shama ... 20, 118, 144, 147, 149


Shama. The, by Mr. E. W. Harper ... 149

Show, E. and P. O. ... ... 21


,, Palace ... ... 96,99, 139


Shows : Improper Removal of Ex¬

hibits ... ... 22, 161


Sibia, Black-headed ... 76, 145, 162


Silky Bower-bird, 7, 69, 123, 136, 148


Silverbills ... ... ... 154


Siva, Blue-winged ... ... 168



Skins ...



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... 35



Soft Eggs



4 . i° 5 >



Soft Soap



.. 122



Solomon Island Cockatoo...



... 92



Sparrow, Black ...



... 213



,, Cape ...



165, 215



,, Yellow



... 167



Spectacle Thrush



... 71



Stork in England, A



... 196



Stoves...



... 121



Struthidea



75 . >46



Strychnine



140, 175



Sun-bird, Purple



• 175



Swift ...



... 200



Tabasco Sauce ...



... 116



Tanager, Superb



... 144



„ Violet ...



... 144



Tanagers spiteful



... 144



Teal ...



.... 1M



,, Cotton



... 129



,, Goose



... 129



Thrush, Rufous-chinned Laughing... 162



„ Missel ...



... 21



,, Solitaire



... 212



,, Spectacle



... 71



,, Whistling



184, 202



Tody, Jamaica or Green ...



... 228



Traps, Bird



78, 142



,, Mouse



86, 140, 141



Treatment of Small Foreign Birds in



Winter



17, 62, 86, 87



Virginian Nightingales, Nesting of 231



Waxbill, Orange-cheeked...



... 88



,, Pied Grey



... 167



,, Violet-eared



... 84



,, Zebra ...


Waxbills, Green Food for...



154 , 155



• 43



Weaver, Madagascar



... 231



,, Red-headed



... 97



Weavers



153 . i 5 6 > : 99



What’s in a Name ?



145, 162



Wliistliug-bird, A supposed new 184, 202



,, Blue



208, 209



., Himalayan



... 184



., Horsfield’s



... 185



,, New Guinea



184, 202



,, Temminck’s



... 184



Whistling Tom ...



... 184



White-breasted Mannikin



98, 128



Whydah, Red-collared



... 97



Wintering Foreign Birds out



of-doors



Woodlarks



37, 60, 62, 86

... ic6



Woodpeckers, Spotted



... 96



Wood-Swallow, Masked ...



26, 99



Wryneck



22, 96



Zosterops



... 157



