GENERAL INDEX. 



noticed 1887, 251 ; on some new or 

 rai-e Palsearctic birds, 1887, 2'J9 ; the 

 osteology of the Penguins, noticed 

 1888, 275 ; birds of the Trans-Caspian 

 Regions {see Zaroudnoi,M.. andMenz- 

 bier, M.). 

 Mergui Archipelago, birds of the {see 



Anderson, J.)- 

 ' Meropidffi,' ' Monograjih of tlie ' {see 



Dresser, H. E.). 

 Merriani, C. H., appointment of, as 

 United States Ornithologist, 18S5, 

 464 ; the misdeeds of the House- 

 Sparrow (Passer domesticus), noticed 

 1888, 27<). 

 Merula confinis {see Ridgway, R.) ; dac- 

 tyloptera {see Salvadori, T.); erythro- 

 tis {see Davison, W.); torquata {see 

 Seebohm, H.). 

 Methriopterus {see Ridgway, R.). 

 Mexico, birds of {see Ferrari-Perez, F.). 

 Meyer, A. B., the nesting-plumage of 

 Eclectus, noticed 1883, lOJ; Xantho- 

 chroism in Parrots, noticed 1883, !()(>; 

 on a Grouse from Saxony, noticed 

 1884, 344 ; birds' nests and egga from 

 the East Indies, noticed 1884, 458, 

 and 1885, 230 ; new birds in the 

 Dresden Museum, noticed 1885, 445 ; 

 ' Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten,' 

 Parts I.-IX., noticed 1886, 372 ; birds 

 from Emperor William's Land, North- 

 east New Guinea, noticed 1886, 517 ; 

 letter on the locality of the birds 

 mentioned in his paper on the birds 

 of New Guinea, 1886, 524 ; work on 

 the Grouse Family, announced 1886, 

 103, noticed 1888, 135; note on Lo- 

 phorina minor and Euthyi-hyncha 

 fulvigula, noticed 1887, 110; letter 

 on an error in locality in his paper 

 on the birds of Emperor William's 

 Land, 1887, 120; letter on Scolopax 

 rochusseni, 1887, 470; Hunstein's 

 birds from New Guinea {see Finsch, 

 O., and Meyer, A. B.) ; on some new 

 Paradise- birds {see Finsch, O., and 

 Meyer, A. B.). 

 Meyer, A. B., and Helm, F., reports on 

 the ornithological stations of Saxony, 

 noticed 18S7, 355, and 1888, 486. 

 Microbates, the genus {see Sclater, P. L.) ; 



collaris, figured 1883, pi. ii. 

 Microcerculus ustulatus, figured 18S3, 



pi. ix. 

 Micropternus, the genus {see Hargitt, 

 E.) ; gularis breeding in ants' nests, 

 1885, 331 ; phajoceps breeding in ants' 

 nests, 1885, 331, 332. 

 Micropus melanoleucus, habits of {see 

 Shufeldt, R. W.), figured 1887, pi. v. 



SER. V. VOLS. I.-VI. 



Miglyptes, the genus {see Hargitt, E.). 

 Migration of birds {see Brewster, W., 

 and Palmen, J. A.) ; on our British 

 coasts {see Harvie-Brown, J. A.) ; at 

 Chicago, 1887, 121 ; in North-west 

 Ceylon {see Parker, II.) ; in the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley {see Cooke, W. W.); 

 the Ci>mmittee of the British Associ- 

 ation on the, i886, 213; reports on 

 the {see British Association). 

 Millard, 0. S., letter on Syrrhaptes pa- 

 radoxus at Loughborough, 1888, 376. 

 Milne-Edwards, A., the fauna of the 

 Antarctic regions, noticed 1SS5, 108. 

 Milne-Edwards, A., and Grandidier, A., 

 'Madagascar' birds, noticed 1887, 

 110. 

 Milne-Edwards, A., and Oustalet, E., 

 the fauna of Comoro, noticed 1886, 

 87 ; the Birds of Grand Comoro 

 Island, noticed 1888, 135. 

 Miminse, a new genus of {see Ridgway, 



R). 

 Mississippi Valley, bird migration in 



{see Cooke, W. W.). 

 Mitchell, F. S., 'The Birds of Lanca- 

 shire,' letter on, 1883, 120; noticed 

 1885, 446. 

 Mitrephorus pallescens, on the type of 



{see Ridgway, R.). 

 ' Mittheilungen' of the Ornithological 

 Union of Vienna, noticed, Jahrg. 8, 

 nos. 1-12, 1885, 318; Jahrg. 9, nos. 

 29, 30, and Jahrg. 10, nos. 1-5, 1886, 

 372 ; Jahrg. 10, nos. 6-10, 1886, 518. 

 Moa in Australia {sec De Vis, C. W.). 

 Mojsisovics, A. v., excursion to Southern 

 Hungary and Sclayonia, noticed 1886, 

 518. 

 Molothrus ater, correct name for {see 



Sclater, P. L.). 



Moluccas, Platen's collections from the 



{sec Nehrkoi'u, A.) ; ornithology of 



{sec Salvadori, T.). 



Mongolia, birds of {see Potanin, G. N.). 



Montlezun, A. de, on Bernicle Geese, 



noticed 1888, 277. 

 Moorhen, the hairy variety of the {see 



Gurney, J. H., Jun.). 

 More, A. G., 'List of Irish Birds,' noticed 

 1885, 446; 'Guide to the Art Mu- 

 seum, Dublin,' noticed 1887, 464. 

 Morgan, E. D., translation of Prjeval- 

 sky's paper on Asian Birds {see Prje- 

 valsky, N. M.). 

 Mormonidfe, the family {see Dybowski, 



B.). 

 Morocco, winter notes from {see Reid, 



S. G.). 

 Moscow, the avifauna of {see Menzbier, 

 M.). 



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