INDEX. 409 



Martin, nidificatiou of (he, 3G4, 309, 370. 



Martins, cooperation shown bj, 375. 



Martin, W. C, on regurgitation of food by the Kangaroo, 374. 



MegapodidcB, nidification of, 367-8. 



Mice, "wariness of, 362. 



Migration, 355-60 ; of joung birds, 355; of quail, 355; of buffalo, 355-6; 

 tlieory of, 359 ; of elk and reindeer, 360 ; of lemming, squirrel, and 

 ermine, 380 ; of insects, 380 ; of pigeons, antelopes, and bis(^ns, 381. 



Molofhrus, instincts of, b76. 



Montague, on nidification of sparrows, 369. 



Moresby, Capt., on tameuess of birds at Providence Islands, 361. 



Mosto, Cada, on tameness of C. de Yerde Island pigeons, 361. 



Musk-rat, habitation of, 372. 



N. 



Nidification, 364-72 ; of swallows, 365-6 ; of Mecjapodidce, 367-8 ; varia- 

 tions in instinct of, 369-73 ; double instinct of, 371-72. 

 Nightingale, variations in singing of the, 374. 



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Osmia, variation in instincts of, 372-3. 

 Ostrich, scattering her eggs, 382. 



P. 



Partridge, variation in instincts of the, 373. 



Peabody, on nidification of Cypelus pelasglus, 365 ; of kitty -wrens, 368; of 



herons, 369 ; of Tot anus macular ius, 371 ; of Icterus baltimore, 372. 

 Pheasant, maternal instincts of the hen, 379 ; crowing instincts of cock, 381. 

 Pigeon, fearlessness of the, at C. de Yerde Islands, 361, and at Galapagos, 



363 ; instincts of the Abyssinian, 379 ; migration of the Passenger, 381 ; 



instinct of the, in attacking wounded companions, 380. 

 Ftimts, feigning death, 364. 



Fulex, variations of pupa of, 374. 



Quail, migration of the, 355. 



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R. 



Rae, Dr. J., on fearlessness shown by birds of railway trains, 362 ; and of 



firearms, 363. 

 Rat, musk, habitation of the, 372. 

 Rat, wariness of the, 362. 

 Reaumur, on instincts of anfs, 368. 

 Redstarts, nidification of a pair of, 371. 

 Reindeer, migrations of the, 360. 



