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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Mexico, on a new Ground-Warbler 

 from, noticed, 579. 



Meyer, A. B., on the egg of a new 

 Bower-bird, noticed, 148 ; illustra- 

 tions of birds' skeletons, noticed, 575 ; 

 letter on the occurrence of Machse- 

 rhamphus alcinus in Sumatra, 585. 



, and Wiglesworth, L. W., on birds 



from the Talaut Islands, noticed, 274 ; 

 on birds from North-east Celebes, 

 Peling, and Banggai, noticed, 414. 



Millais, J. G., exhibition of photographs 

 of Swallows' nests built intije branches 

 of stags' horns, 252 ; ' A Breath from 

 the Veldt,' noticed, 274 ; exhibition 

 of a series of Harelda glacialis, show- 

 ing change of colour in plumage, 

 404 ; on the change of birds to spring 

 plumage without a moult, 451. 



Milne-Edwards, A., on the similarity of 

 the faunas of the Mascarene Islands 

 and the Antarctic Islands, noticed, 

 576. 



Mimicry, contributions to the theory of, 

 noticed, 572. 



Mindoro, on a collection of birds from, 

 noticed, 271 ; on the birds of the 

 Highlands of, 457. 



Miravalles, on birds of tlie slopes of the 

 Volcano of, 431. 



Moa, on the feathers of the, noticed, 

 143. 



Moidart, birds from, noticed, 266. 



More, A. G., the proposed memoir of 

 the late, 159. 



Moore, Mr., news from Nyasaland of, 

 295. 



Moult, on the change of birds to spring 

 plumage without a, 451. 



Muirhead, G., ' Birds of Berwickshire,' 

 noticed, 275. 



Naga Hills, on a new species of Tit- 

 Babbler from the, 61. 



Nai-berth, Pennsylvania, on the birds of, 

 noticed, 416. 



Nation, W., ' The Birds of Peru,' 588. 



Natuna Islands, on birds from the, 

 noticed, 145. 



Negros, on the birds of the Highlands 

 of, 525. 



Nehrling, H., ' North-American Birds,' 

 noticed, 576. 



Nesting of Nyctibius jamaicensis and 

 Sclerurus umbretta, 299 ; of some 

 Indian birds, 318. 



New Guinea, on a new species of Honey- 

 eater from South-eastern, 250 ; on 

 Loria's birds from, noticed, 416, 581. 



New Zealand, ornithology in, 294 ; on 

 the avifauna of, noticed, 411 ; note 

 on Buller's work on the birds of, 

 589. 



Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' So- 

 ciety's Transactions, noticed, 276. 



North, A. J., note on a semi-albino 

 specimen of Dacelo gigas, noticed, 

 277 ; on the nest of Petrceca leggii, 

 noticed, 277 ; on the seasonal changes 

 in the plumage of Zosterops cteru- 

 lescens, noticed, 415 ; oological notes, 

 noticed, 415 ; on Chlamydodera 

 orientalis, noticed, 415 ; report on 

 the birds of the Horn Scientific Ex- 

 pedition to Central Australia, noticed, 

 577 ; on the nesting of Calypto- 

 rhynchus banksi and Erythrodryas 

 rosea, noticed, 577. 



' Northamptonshire', 'Notes on the Birds 

 of,' noticed, 272. 



Noska, M., and Tschusi zu Schmid- 

 hoffen. Hitter v., on Tetrao mlo- 

 koscewiczi, noticed, 277 ; on Tetrao- 

 gallus caueasicus, noticed, 416. 



Novaya Zemlya, exhibition of specimens 

 from, 131, 136 ; on birds observed in, 

 199. 219. 



Nyasaland, on a collection of birds from 

 Mount Chiradzulu, 177 ; on a col- 

 lection of birds made by Mr. A. 

 Sharpe in the Zomba district of, 229 ; 

 on birds from the mountains of 

 Nyika, west of Lake Nyasa, 482. 



Nyika, on birds from the mountains of, 

 British Central Africa, 482. 



' Ornis,' noticed, 148. 



Ornithological literature for 1890, 



noticed, 151. 

 Owls, considered agriculturally, noticed, 



411. 



Palamedeidae, the nomenclature of the, 



588. 

 Papua, contributions to the ornithology 



of the Papuan Islands, noticed, 580 ; 



on Loria's collection of birds from, 



noticed, 416, 581. 

 Paradise-birds, on new and little-known, 



noticed, 139 ; on a new species of, 



noticed, 151 ; Monograph of the, 



noticed, 419. 

 Paradiseidre, Monograph of tlie, noticed, 



419. 

 Paraguay, on birds from, noticed, 282. 

 Parid?e, papers on the, noticed, 150. 

 Parker, T. J., on the Diuornitbida, 



noticed, 149. 



