Index. 



637 



Plume moth, 94. 



Poa annua (grass), 65 ; balfourii, 



60; compressa, 71; nemoralis, 



165. 



Pochard, 389. 



Podiceps auritus (grebe), 67. 

 Polish Swan, 357. 

 Polygala (milkwort), 34, 41. 

 Polygonum aviculare (knot-grass), 



73 ; maritimum, 103. 

 Polyommatus adonis (Clifden blue 



butterfly), 72 ; alexis (common 



do.), 47 ; alsus (Bedford or Little 



do.), 12, 17, 47, 91. 

 Polypodium alpestre (alpine poly- 

 pody), 207 ; phegopteris (beech 



fern), 61, 206. 

 Polystichum lonchitis (holly fern), 



62, 207. 



Pomarine Skua, 270. 

 Pontresina, 254. 

 Porphyries, 295, 571, 572. 

 Port-a-cloy, Mayo, 242. 

 Portmarnock, co. Dublin, 46. 

 Portrane, co. Dublin, 196. 

 Portrush, co. Antrim, 314. 

 Portunus (swimming crab), 204. 

 Potamogeton crispus, 71 ; filifor- 



mis, 172 ; lanceolatus, 277-8, 



279-281 ; praelongus, 172. 

 Potamogetons, doubtful, 310, 337, 



380, 381, 394; way of drying, 



380. 

 Potentilla fragariastrum (barren 



strawberry), 40, 65. 

 Potterton, Rev. Mr., 240, 243. 

 Poverty-weed (see Melampyrum 



arvense) . 



Powerscourt, co. Wicklow, 328-9. 

 Pow r erscourt, Lord, 286. 

 Powlett-Ord, Capt., 136. 

 Prenanthes (wall-lettuce), 72, 98. 

 Pride, Mr. (taxidermist), 209. 

 Primrose, 40, 214. 

 Protection of birds, 143-5, 257. 

 Protective colours, 207, 214. 

 Prunus avium cherry), 40, 73 ; 



cerasus, 4 o ; spinosa (b*ack- 



thorn), 40. 



Psamma (see Ammophila). 

 Pseudo-species, 118, 147. 

 Ptarmigan, 176, 207, 281-2, 540. 

 Pteris (bracken), 385. 

 Puffin, 15, 46, 52, 55, 89, 324. 



Northern do., 109, 118, 149, 



152. 



Puffinus griseus (shearwater), 207, 



325, 336, 565- 

 Purple Urchin, 51. 

 "Purre," 44. 

 Pyrola rotundifolia (winter-green), 



39, 47 ; secunda, 339. 



QUAIL, 42, 282, 326, 334,371. 574- 

 Quaking-grass, Least, 90. 

 Quarantine for doubtful birds, 136, 



147. 

 Quarr Copse, I. of Wight, 99. 



RABBITS barking trees, 36. 



Raised beaches, 204, 217. 



Ranunculi, batrachian, 77, 106, 

 180, 181, 182, 183. 



Ranunculus auricomus (goldi- 

 locks), 40; ccenosus (= lenor- 

 mandi), 90, 183. 



Raphanus maritimus (sea-radish), 

 217. 



Rare birds, destruction of, in 

 114. 



Rat, Irish, 345, 346, 350, 351-3, 

 358, 364-5, 391, 547. 



Rat-hunting, 17. 



Rathlin Island, 299,301, 302, 303, 



309- 



Rathmines, residence at, 297. 

 Raven, 24, 204. 

 Ray Club, 25, 78, 81. 

 Razor-bill, 15, 52, 55, 321. 

 Red-backed Shrike, 90, 367. 

 Red-breasted Flycatcher, 369. 



Merganser, 179, 217, 389. 



Snipe, 388. 



Red-legged (or Black-headed) 



Gull, 67. 

 Redpole, 140. 

 Redstart, 9, 144, 323, 328^9, 568 ; 



Black do., 28-9, 32, 102, 323, 



37i- 



Red-throated Diver, 66, 149. 

 Redwing, 42, 96, 175, 374. 

 Ree, Lough, 323. 

 Reed Warbler, 68, 325, 354, 367, 



370 ; Great do., 140. 

 Reichenbach, Dr., 172, 173, 192. 

 Reid, Mr. Hugh, 37, 137. 

 Renens, Switzerland, 2-3, 197. 

 Reseda lutea (wild mignonette), 



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 Reynolds, Professor J. E., 288. 



