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INDEX. 



Morillon, of Bewick, the Golden Eye ; 

 of Willughby, the Nyroca Pochard ; 

 in Norfolk, the Buffel-headed Duck. 

 Morinellus, 384. 

 Mortality among sea-birds, 549. 

 Morrot, the Guillemot. 

 Moss-cheeper, the Meadow Pipit. 

 Motacilla alba, 166. 



Boarula, 166. 



fla*a, 169. 



Rayi, 169. 



Yarrellii, 162. 



Mother Carey's Chickens, the Petrels. 

 Moult of birds, 498. 

 Mountain Bunting, the Snow Bunting. 



Cock, the Capercaillie. 



Finch, the Brambling (the 

 Snow Bunting is sometimes 

 so called). 



Linnet, the Twite. 



Magpie, the Green Wood- 

 pecker and Grey Shrike. 



Ouzel, the Ring Ouzel. 



Sparrow, 205. 



Mouse Hawk or Owl, the Hawk OwL 

 Moustache Tern, the Whiskered Tern. 

 Mow, a Gull. 



Mud-plover, the Grey Plover. 

 Muggy, the Whitethroat. 

 Mullet, the Puffin 

 Mullet Hawk, the Osprey. 

 Mumruffin, the Long-tailed Tit, 156. 

 Murdering-bird, the Butcher-bird. 

 Murr or Murre, perhaps a corruption 

 of Mergus, " a diving bird," the Ra- 

 zor-bill, Puffin, Guillemot, &c. 542. 

 Muscicapa grisola, 67. 



luctuosa, 70. 

 Mussel-catcher, 402. 



Duck, the Scoter. 

 Mute Swan, 489. 

 Myredromble, 414: 



Nape, the upper part of the neck 



behind. 



Natter-jack, 290. 

 Nauclerus furcatus, 33. 

 Neophron percnopterus, 3. 

 Nettle-creeper and Nettle-monger, the 



Whitethroat. 



Nick-a-pecker and Nickle, the Wood- 

 pecker. 



Night-crow, or Night-hawk, the Night- 

 jar, 288. 



Curlew, the Stone Curlew. 



Heron, 416. 



Heron, or Raven, the Bittern. 

 Nightingale, 120. 



of Norway, the Redwing, 85. 

 Nightjar, 288. 

 Night-raven, 414. 

 Noctua passerina, 59. 



Tengmalmi, 61. 

 Noddy Tern, 574. 

 Nope, the Bullfinch. 

 Norfolk Plover, the Great Plover, 378. 

 None, the Cormorant 



Northern Diver, or Doucker, 535. 



Falcon, Montagu's Harrier. 



Fulmar, 597. 



Crow, the Hooded Crow. 

 Norway Lark, the Snow Bunting. 

 Nucifraga Caryocatactes, 265. 

 Numenius Arquata, 419. 



phseopus, 422. 

 Nun, the Blue Tit. 



Nutcracker, or Nutcracker Crow, 265. 

 Nuthatch, 311. 

 Nutjobber, the Nuthatch. 

 Nycticorax Gardeni, 416. 

 Nyroca Duck or Pochard, the Ferru- 

 ginous Duck. 



Oar-cock, the Water-rail 

 Oat-fowl, the Snow Bunting. 

 Oat-seed Bird, Ray's Wagtail. 

 Occiput, the hind part of the head. 

 CEdicnemus crepitans, 378. 

 Oidemia fusca, 512. 

 nigra, 513. 

 perspicillata, 514. 

 Oke, the Auk. 



Olivaceous Gallinule, the Little Crake. 

 Olive, the Oyster-catcher. 

 Olive -tufted Duck, the Golden Eye. 

 Operculum, a lid or covering. 

 Orange-legged Hobby, 22. 

 Orbit, the skin that surrounds the 



eye, and in some birds is destitute 



of feathers. 

 Oriole, Golden, 9. 

 Oriolus Galbula, 9. 

 Orphean Warbler, 127. 

 Ortolan, 193. 

 Ortyx Virginiana, 366. 



Osprey, 10. 

 Otis 



tarda, 372. 



Tetrax, 376. 

 Otus brachyotus, 49. 



vulgaris, 47. 

 Outarde, 376. 

 Ouzel, Ring, 89. 



water, 71. 

 Oven-bird, the Chiff-Chaff, Willow 



Warbler, and Wood Warbler. 

 Owl, Barn, White, or Yellow, 51. 



Canada, the Hawk OwL 



Churn, the Nightjar. 



Eagle, or Great-eared, 43. 



Hawk, 58. 



Ivy, the Tawny OwL 



Little, 59. 



Little-eared, Little-horned, or 

 Scops Eared, 45. 



Little Night, 59. 



Long-eared, or Long-horned, 

 47. 



Screech, or Skritch, the 

 Tawny Owl. 



Short-eared, 49. 



Snowy, 57. 



Tawny, 55. 



Tengmalm's, 61. 



White, 51. 



