Method in Collecting Natural History 



Specimens, On, v. 191 

 Microscopic Examination, On, v. 10* 

 Microscopx Manipulation, On, v. 252 

 Migration of Birds, Remarks on, iii. 46 

 Migration of Birds in Autumn of 1S7S, 



iv. 126 

 Millerite, iii. 17S 

 Mimicry, On, v. 176 

 Mimicry among Animals, v. 16 

 Moa, Notes on, i. 230; ii. 180, 213; 



iv. 196 

 Mocking-bird, ii. 236 

 Mole, ii 140; iii. 187; v. 120, 229 

 Common, Brown variety, v. 192 



, Curious varieties of, ii. 68 



Mollusca, Land and Fresh water around 



Glasgow, i. iSS 

 Mollusca from Egypt and Palestine, i. 



382 

 Montagu's Sucker, i. S7 

 Moor hen, i. 308 ; iv. 67, 250 

 Mortality among Sea-birds, i. 2, 4 

 Mosses, Rare, in the West of Scotland, 



i. 38 



Mouse, Harvest, v. 233 



House, ii 145; iii. 190; iv. 104; v. 



123, 233 

 Long-tailed Field, iii. 1S9 ; v. 123, 



233 



Short-tailed Field, v. 123, 234 



Wood, v. 123, 233 

 Mull Leaf-beds, ii. 22 

 M^opotamus coypus, Notes on, v. 28 



N 



Nardoo, i. 21 

 Narwhal, v. 232 

 Napoleona, Notes on, ii. 256 

 Natterjack Toad, v. 223 

 Natural History as a branch of Educa- 

 tion, ii. 11 

 Neanderthal cranium. Notes on, i. 97 

 Nematus femoralis, Habits of, ii, 295 

 Nereis bilineata. Habits of, i. I 

 Newt, Alpine, Notes on, iv. 273 



Palmated, ii. 148 



Rough, ii. 148 



Smooth, ii. 148 

 New Zealand Birds. Habits of, i. 185 

 Night-jar, i. 297 ; ii. 182 ; iii. 58, 68, 



261 ; iv. 62, 242 ; v. 1 34 

 Niptus hololeucus. Notes on, ii 302 

 North American Birds' Eggs and Skins, 



ii. 264 

 Nudibranchiate Mollusca, Notes on 

 some of the, i. 1 1 



Nudibranchiate Mollusca of the Cum- 



braes, i. 204 

 Nutcracker, iv. 240 

 Nuthatch, ii. 221 ; iv. 60 



White-bellied, ii. 277 

 Nutria, a South American Rodent, iii. 



344 



O 



Oak, Evergreen, iv. 121 

 Object-finder for the Microscope, i. 121 

 Oil-shales, Natural history of, i. 132 

 Opah, ii. 197 



Ophiocoma brachiata, Notes on, i. 73 

 Ophiolepis gracilis, Notes on, i. 86 

 Ophiura aftinis, Notes on, i. 85 

 Opossum, Notes on the Common, iv. 



38 

 Yellow, Notes on the, iv. 84 

 Orange, on the Structure of an, v. 35 

 Oriole. Baltimore, ii. 281 



Golden, ii. 31, 182 

 Orme's Head, Notes on specimens from, 



i. 148 

 Ornithological Journal of the Winter of 



1878-79, iv. 123 

 Ornithology, Report on Scottish, 1879- 



So. iv. 291 

 Ornithology, Third Report on Scottish, 



1880-81, v. 41 

 Ornithology of the Lower Petchora, iii. 



44 

 Do of the Suburbs of Glasgow, i. 106 

 Orthotricha of the Valley of the Girvan, 



i. 15 

 Osprey, i. 82, 238, 274; ii. 74, 182; iii. 



3, 60; iv. 64, 144, 245 ; v. 130 

 Ostracoda, On Fresh and Brackish 



Water, iv. 77 

 Otter, ii. 141 : iii. 157, 188, 327; iv. 



92 ; v. 122, 231 

 Otter found in the Glasgow Botanic 



Gardens, iii. 327 

 Outer Hebrides, Mammalia of, iv. 88 

 Ouzel, Ring, i. 280 ; ii. 95 ; iii. 62, 163, 



263 ;iv. 56, 237; v. 137 

 Owen's Apteryx, Notes on, i. 254 

 Owl, Barn, iii. 158, 261 ; iv. 62, 243 

 Burrowing, ii. 269 

 Eagle, iv. 62, 243 ; v. 223 



Notes on, v. 223 

 Fern, iii. 58 

 Great Horned, ii. 268 

 Hawk, i. 81, 236, 278 

 Long-eared, i. 277; ii. 84; iii. 61, 



233, ; iv. 62, 243 ; v. 51 

 Mottled, ii. 26S 

 Parrot, Notes on, i. 254. 255 



