INDEX OF CONTEXTS. 



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Chapman, F. M., letter on the priority 

 of the names Chlorochri/sa hed- 

 wiga and C. fidgentissiina, 266 ; 

 letter on his description of Lagopus 

 leucurus peninsularis, 207 ; on the 

 birds collected in Alaska by the 

 Andrew J. Stone expedition, noticed, 

 415. 



' Check-list of N. American Birds,' 

 Twelfth Supplement to the, 640. 



Clarke, W. E., bird-migration in Great 

 Britain and Ireland, noticed, 251 ; 

 visit of, to the Kentish Knock to 

 observe the migration of birds, 640. 



Classification of certain groups of birds, 

 Shufeldt on the, noticed, 430. 



Coburn, F., on an expedition to the 

 North of Iceland, noticed, 117; on 

 the specific validity of Anser gambeli, 

 noticed, 118; on Anser paludosus 

 (Strickland), noticed, 609. 



Colour in feathers, Strong on, noticed, 

 627. b 



Cracidaj, remarks on the Lower Ama- 

 zonian, 472. 



Cuba, on a new Swallow from, noticed, 

 424. 



Cuckoo, on the early life of the young, 

 noticed, 263. 



Culion, Philippines, on birds from, 

 noticed, 414. 



Curasao, on a new subspecies of Sten- 

 opsis cayennensis from, noticed, 130. 



Cuyo, Philippines, on birds from, no- 

 ticed, 414. 



Cyprus, field-notes on some of the birds 

 of, 571. 



Dalmatia, on the birds of, noticed, 

 422. 



Degen, E., on Ecdysis, noticed, 609. 



Delaware Valley Ornithological Club's 

 ' Cassinia,' noticed, 609. 



Denmark, on the birds of the light- 

 bouses of, noticed, 132 ; on fossil 

 birds of. nut iced. 630. 



'Derbyshire,' Jourdain's 'Ornithology 

 df.' noticed, 256. 



Doggett, \\ '. Gr., news of, from Central 

 Africa, 269. 



Doherty, W.. on birds collected in the 

 Kikuyu Mountain- by, not iced, 255. 



Dresser, II. E., on some rare or un- 

 Sgured eggs of Palsearctio birds. 88, 

 I'M; on the synonymy of some Palse- 

 arctic birds, 89; 'Manual of Palaj- 

 arctic Birds,' noticed, 252, 610. 



Drygalski, Dr., <>n the Penguins of 

 Gauss-land 638. 



Mast man, C. E., Zittel's 'Text-book of 

 Palaeontology,' noticed, 264. 



Ecdysis, as morphological evidence of 

 the original tetradactyle feathering 

 of the bird's fore-wing, noticed, 609. 



Ecuador, further notes on the birds of 

 North-west, noticed, 255; on a new 

 bird from, noticed, 420. 



Eggs: on some rare and unfigured Palaj- 

 arctic birds'-eggs, 88, 404; of (he 

 Moa, 116, 188, 632; of the Ka^ii, 

 noticed, 424; of Australian birds, 

 North on, noticed, 622. 



' Emu,' 'The,' noticed, 118, 611. 



Erlanger, C. v., on the ornithology of 

 Abyssinia, Galla-land and Somali- 

 land, noticed, 119. 



Eskimos, on the food-birds of the, 

 noticed, 613. 



Ethiopia, on new birds from Southern, 

 noticed, 126. 



Freroe Islands, on the birds of the, 

 noticed, 248. 



Falconiforiues, Pycrafton the osteology 

 of the, 141. 



Fars, S.W. Persia, an ornithological 

 journey in, 501. 



Feathers, on the colour in, noticed, 

 627. 



Fernando Po, on the birds of, 330 ; mi 

 birds from, noticed, 622 ; map of, 

 plate vi". 



Ficao, Philippines, on birds from, 

 noticed, 414. 



Figains, J. D., on the food-birds of the 

 Eskimos, noticed, 613. 



Finn, F., on abrupt variation in Indian 

 birds, noticed, 119; on hybrids be- 

 tween the Guinea-fowl and Common 

 Fowl, noticed, 253 ; notes on varia- 

 tion in birds, noticed, 253 ; on two 

 birds from .Mauritius, noticed, 415. 



Finsch, O., on Diccsvm sollicitans, 

 noticed, 415; on two new Javau 

 birds, noticed, 416; on two Bpecies 

 of Centropus, noticed, 416; Cata- 

 logue of the Bird-collect ion of the 

 Leyden Museum — ■ Indicator i das, 

 noticed. 61.". : description of Penelo- 

 pides tcdisi, noticed, 614; description 

 of Ortholophus cassini, noticed, til I. 



Fisher, A. K , on two vanishing game- 

 birds, noticed, I 19. 



Fisher, W. K.. on a. new Tern from the 

 I ward Islands, noticed, I 16. 



Flight: of Albatrosses, remarks qn the, 

 320; on the position of birds' Legs 

 during not iced, 608. 



