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Read, Mr. Robert, and Egg-layinp:, iii ; on two Hen 



Birds using same nest .... 268 

 Reed-warbler Builds over Cuckoos' Eggs . . 63 



Reed- warbler's Nest . . 131, 132 



Rey, Dr., 39, 140; on number of Cuckoos' Eggs 124 



Rhett's, Mr., instance . . 128, 129 



Rodney, Mr. H. S., finds Cow-birds' Eggs buried in nests 139 

 Roget, Dr., quoted .... 189 



Romanes, Mr., on Mistaken Instinct, 48; on Bird Intelli- 

 gence, 51, 103, 117, 121, 122, 123; easy assumption, 

 139, 140, 141, 144, 147-9, 150, 151, 154, 158, 169, 180, 

 181, 185, 18O ; deposition of Cuckoo's Egg not rare 

 event ..... 187, 192, 210 



Rothschild's, Lord, Collection 142 



Rowley quoted by Professor Newton, 85 ; he observed 

 turning out of eggs, 85 ; believes laying begins early 

 in May . . . . ^ 127 



Sacculina and Crab .... 187 



Sachse, Mr., referred to . . .83 



Samuels, Mr. E. A., finds eggs built over . . 139 



Saturday Revieiv on Cuckoos' Ejections . 36 



Saunders, Mr. Howard, 7, 17; two Cuckoos in one nest, 



45 ; on Blue Cuckoos' Eggs . . -57 



Science Gossip quoted . .92 



Scully, Dr., on Indian Canorus, 218; in the Valley of 

 Nepaul from April to October, 218 ; not limited to 

 time-table of Jenner there .219 



Scythrops Novu'-Hollnndcp parasitic, 205 ; its monster egg 



laid in nests of smaller birds . 207 



Seebohm's, Mr. Henry, British Birds, 22 ; reproductions 

 of Cuckoos' Eggs, 51, 52 ; Blue Cuckoos' Eggs, 52-4, 

 57, 58 ; Elwes and Seebohm set at rest question 

 about Blue Cuckoos' Eggs . 67, 142, 143 



