INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



1897. 



Abbott, W. L., on tlie birdfl collected in 

 the Seychelles and adjoining islands 

 by, noticed, 130; on the birds col- 

 lected in Central Asia by, noticed, 

 281 ; on the birds collected in Mada- 

 gascar by, noticed, 621. 



Abyssinia, on birds collected by Dr. 

 Muzioli at Tigre, noticed, 622. 



^pyornis, note on a restored skeleton 

 of, 490. 



' Africa,' ' Through Unknown Countries 

 of,' noticed, 461 ; ' British Central 

 Africa,' noticed, 616 ; exhibition of 

 some Weaver-Birds from Mau, Bri- 

 tish East, 446 ; the Hoopoe of North- 

 east, 494 ; list of the Birds of South, 

 noticed, 471 ; travels in West, noticed, 

 464. 



Agalega Islands, note on the, 145. 



" Aigrettes," the production of, 628. 



Albatross, on the occurrence in Cam- 

 bridgeshire of Diomedeamelanophrys, 

 625. 



Aldabra Id., on Abbott's birds from, 

 noticed, 130. 



Algeria, Koenig's travels in, noticed, 275. 



Allen's ' Naturalist's Library,' Birds, 

 noticed, 471. 



America, life-histories of birds of North, 

 noticed, 268 ; ' Biologia Centrali- 

 Americana,' noticed, 4()2. 



Amirantes Is., on Abbott's birds from 

 the, noticed, 130. 



Andrews, C. W., on some fossil remains 

 of Carinate Birds from Central Mada- 

 gascar, 343 ; projected visit of, to 

 Christmas Island, 492. 



' Annals of Scottish Natural History,' 

 noticed, 119, 453. 



' Antarctic,' cruise of the, noticed, 269. 



Aplin, O. v., letter on the colour of the 



irides of young Crows, 625. 

 ' Aquila,' noticed, 266. 

 Argentine Republic, on the birds of the 



Estancia Sta. Elena, 166, 286. 

 Arrigoni degli Oddi, E., on Italian sport 



and ornithology, noticed, 267. 

 Assumption Id., on Abbott's birds from, 



noticed, 130. 

 Atlantic, on birds met with in the North, 



noticed, 616. 

 ' Auk,' ' The,' noticed, 120, 453. 

 Australia, list of Semon's birds from, 



noticed, 129 ; ' The Naturalist in 



Australia,' noticed, 623. 

 Australian Museum, Report of the, 



noticed, 612. 

 Austria-Hungary, on the Birds of, 



noticed, 474. 

 ' Avicula,' noticed, 456. 



Balkan Peninsula, on the birds of the, 

 noticed, 280. 



Baltistan, on a collection of birds from, 

 noticed, 129. 



Banks, Sir J., journal of, noticed, 267. 



Barrett-Hamilton, G. E. H., letter on 

 the species of geese in the fresco 

 found in a tomb at Maydoom, 484 ; de- 

 parture of, for the North Pacific, 493. 



Bartlett, A. D., obituarial notice of, 479. 



Beal, F. E. L., on the food of American 

 birds, noticed, 275. 



Bemmelen, A. A. v., obituarial notice of, 

 474. 



Bendire, C, Life-histories of N.-Araeri- 

 can Birds, noticed, 268; obituarial 

 notice of, 294. 



Berg, C, Oological Notices, noticed, 

 121. 



