VUl. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



Nuthatch, The Stronghold of the— 



By A. H. Machell Cox ... ... ... 101 



O'May, J.— 



Lunar Atmosphere and Oceans ... ... 182 



Ormerod, Eleanor A.— 



Obituarial Notice of ... .. 207 



Ornithological Notes, British- 

 Bustard, Attempt to re-introduce the Gi-oat, in 



Norfolk— T. Southwell ... ... ... 183 



Bustard, Little, in Derbyshire — W. Storrs Fox ... 205 



Butcher Bird, Mimicry by tlie— Charlefi A. Witchell 140 



Buzzard, Honey, in Solway — Bobert Service ... 117 

 Buzzard, the Honey, Supposed breeding of, in 



Somerset— W. P. Westell ... ... ... 205 



Cuckoo, A Young, on iligration — Richard M. 



Barrington... ... ... ... ... 65 



Dotterel, Early Appearance of, in Yorkshire — Philip 



W. Lotcn ... ... ... ... . 90 



Dotterels in Wales— O. T. Aplin . ... 205 



Falcon, Hed-footed, in Shropshire— H. E. Forrest ... 183 



Fulmar breeding at Cape Wrath — Howard Saunders 43 



Godwit, Black-tailod, in Co. Wexford— G. E. H. 



Barrett Hamilton ... ... ... ... 117 



Goose, Lesser White-fronted, in Norfolk— F. Coburn 234 

 Grebe, Great-crested, An Observational Diary of tlie 



Habits of the — Edmund Selous ... ... 161 



Gull, Ivory, in Northamptonshire— O. V. Aplin ... 205 



Ibis, Glossy, in County Durham — T. H. Nelson ... 161 



King-Eider in Co. Down— Robert Patterson ... 65 

 Kite, the Black, Occurrence of, at Aberdeen — George 



Sini ... ... ... ... ... 205 



Martin, House, Winter Occurrence of, in Yorkshire — 



T.H.Nelson ... ... . ... 91 



Migration, Bird, in Great Britain and Ireland — 



H. F. W. ... 18 



Migration of Birds in N.E. Lincolnshire— G. H. 



Caton Haigh ... ... ... .. 183 



Moorhens, Hairy-plumaged— H. E. Forrest ... 117 

 Names of British Birds, The Origin and Meaning 



of — A. H. Meiklejohn ... ... ... 4.3 



Nightjar, Early A))pearance of the, in Hampshire- 

 Harry F. Witherby ... ... ... ... 140 



Nutcracker in Sussex — H. Marmaduke Langdale ... 117 



Nutcracker in Yorkshire— W. Ruskiu ButterBeld ... 281 

 Ornithological Notes from Norfolk for 1900— J. H. 



Gurney ... ... ... hq 



Ornithologists, Early— Rev. H. A. Macpheraon ... 281 



Owl, Scops, in Shetland— W. Eagle Clarke ... 117 



Owl, Snowy, in Co. Donegal— Robert Patterson ... 65 

 Owl, Tawny, in Ireland— Robert Patterson ... 43, 90, 281 



Owls, Long-Eared, as Anglers — Max Peacock ... 65 



Pastor, Rose-coloured, ni Kent— L. A. Curtis Edwards 183 



Phalarope, Grey, in Lincolnshire— J. Conway Walter 65 



" Photo-trapping " Birds — R.B.Lodge .. ... 233 



Pipit, Bed-throated, in Ireland — F. Coburn ... 204 



Redpoll, Coues, in Barra — W. Eagle Clarke ... 205 

 Redstart, Nesting of the, in Shetland in 1901 — 



Charles A. Sturrock ... ... . . _ 254 



Riviera, Bird-Migratiou in the— J. It. Gui'ney 205 



Sandpiper, Baird's, in Sussex ... ... ... jg 



Sandpiper, Broad-billed, in Kent ami in Sussex 



L. A. Curtis Edwards and W. Ruskiu Buttirfield 281 



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Sandpijier, Pectoral, at Aldeburgh — E. C. Arnold ... 19 



Sandpiper, Pectoral, in Ireland— Howard Saunders 43 



Sandpiper, Wood, in Co. Dublin — W. J. Williams... 234 



Scotland, Report on the Movements and Occurrence 



of Birds in, during 1900— T. G. Laidlaw ... 205 



Shearwater, Great, Notes on the — Howard Saunders 43 



Shearwater, The Little Du>ky (Puffinus axsimilisj, 



in Sussex — Ruskiu Butterfield ... ... 90 



Shetland, Southern, On Some Migratory and other 



Birds observed in, in September, 190t) — W. Eagle 



Clarke ... ... . ... 43 



Shrike's '• Larder," The— H. F. W. ... ... 43 



Starling or Nuthatch— Harry F. Witherby 160 



Starlings, Nest of Young, in Winter-R. H. F. ... 43 



Surrey, The Birds of— J. A. Bucknill ... .. 205 



Swallows, Arrival of — E. Sillence ... 140 



Swallows, Migrating — L. M. Sabine Pasley 281 



Swift, Breeding Habits of the— Rev. F. C. R. 



Jourdain and Rev. Allan Ellison ... ...234,281 



Tern, Lesser, Nesting at Barra — W. L. MacGillivray 254 

 Thrush, Song, Notes on the Singing of a — Charles 



A. Witchell 

 Thrush, Song, On the Winter Singing of the — W. 



Wai'de Fowler 

 Thrush, Song, The Migrations of the— H. F. W. ... 

 Thrush, Song, The Migration of the— E. Sillence ... 

 Tit, Willow (Paruti xalicariuxj, British Form of the 



-H.F. W. 

 Tits, Blue, nesting in a Pump — W. C. Tetley 

 Wagtail, Blue-heailed, Breeding of. in Sussex — W. 



Buskin Butterfield ... 

 Wagtail, White, at Bartragh, Co. Mayo— Robert 



Warren 

 Wagtail, White, Notes on the, in the South-east of 



Scotland — William Evans 

 Warbler, Barred, in Barra — W. L. MacGillivray ... 

 Wigcon, Breeding of, in Ireland — Robert Patterson . , . 

 Wigeon, Breeding of, in Ireland — John Cottney . . , 

 Wren, Willow, Nesting of the, in Shetland in 1901 — 



Charles A. Sturrock... 



Wryneck calling in August and September— Basil 



T. Rowsell 

 Yellow Haiuiiier, Red-faced Variety of the — 



H. F. W. . 

 Yorkshire, Thi' Birds of 



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183 

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 65 



18 

 204 



281 



183 



43 

 117 



183 

 205 



254 



254 



182 

 19 



Orr, Miss M. A. — 



The Canals of Mars ... 



Ostracoda, Giant: Old and New — 



By Rev. Thomas R. R. Stbbbing 



Peek, Sir Cuthbert E . Bart., M.A., F.S.A. 

 Obituarial Notice of ... 



Persei, Nova — 



By E. M. ANTONiADr ... 



Letter on ; by A. Stanley Williams 



Persei, Nova, The Stars near— 



By A. Stanley Williams 



Perseus, The New Star in — 

 By A. Fowler ... 



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