Index 



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Merula merula, 227 



Mesites, 254, 364, 370 



Mesitides, 149 



Meston, Mr., 139 



Meyer, Dr. A. B., 30, 71, 72, 74, 368 



Mexican Province, 377 



Micropternus phseoceps, 185 



Migration, 323-347 



by the Nile Valley, 331 



East and West, 345 



■ in Eastern Asia, 336 



in Heligoland, 327-330 



of British Birds to Africa, 330 



of the Common Swallow, 332 



of Gold-crest, 2 



of Red-footed Kestrels, 346 



Routes in Europe, 331 



Speed of, 339, 340 



Millais, J. G., 88, 249 



Milne-Edwards, Prof. A., 19 



Milner, Capt, 52 



Mimeta bourouensis, 266 



decipiens, 266 



forsterii, 266 



Mimicry in Birds, 261 



in Hawks, 204 ; in Cuckoos, 264 ; 



in Orioles and Honey-suckers, 266, 

 267 ; in Bulbuls, 267 ; in Drongos 

 and Cuckoos, 267, 270 



Mimidae, 157 



minor, Paradisea, 72, 74 



Fregata, 50 



minuta, Ardetta, 277 



mirabilis, Loddigesia, 92, 100 



Mniotiltidse, 155, 374 



Moa, 12 



Moas, 380 



Mocking Birds, 157 



Moho, 373 



Moleo, 29-33 



mollissima, Somateria, 243 



Molothrus, 160 



badius, 318, 320 



bonariensis, 318, 320 



pecoris, 316 



rufoaxillaris, 318, 320 



Moluccan Sub- Region, 369 



Momoti, 152 



Monachalcyon, 368 



monedula, Colseus, 355 



Mongolian Province, 355 



Monitor Lizards, 29 



Monteiro, Mrs. J. J , 333 



Moorhen, Abnormal eggs of, 315 

 Moss-nests, 212-214 

 Motacilla beema, 353 



flava, 353 



Motacillidse, 155, 160 

 Motmots, 78, 79, 152, 377 

 Moult, Change of plumage without, 

 83-89 



of ornaments of bill, 81 



, Single in Thrushes, 82 



, Double in Warblers, 82 



of Swallows in winter, 82 



Moulting of Birds, 82-89 



of Birds of Paradise, 74 



Mound-builders, 25, 147 



Mouse, Harvest, nests of, 146 



Mud-nest Builders, 187, 199 



Mullerornis, 12 



Murie, Dr. J., 171 



Muscicapa grisola, 82, 163 



Muscicapidae, 157 



musicus, Turdus, 82 



Musophagi, 153 



mutus, Lagopus, 285, 288, 291, 293 



Natalese Province, 362 



Nearctic Region, 351, 373 



Nectariniidse, 65, 155, 224, 225 



Nelson, E. W., 236, 252 



Neotropical Region, 351, 376 



Nesting of Birds, 146-167 



Nests, Wonderful, 1207 



Neumann, Oscar, 359 



Newnes, Sir George, 241 



Newton, Prof. Alfred, 45, 107, 267, 



275, 325, 374, 



Sir E., 44 



newtoniana, Prionodura, 136 

 New Zealand Sub-Region, 370 



Wrens, 158 



niavius, Amauris, 261, 262 



Nightingale, 82 



Nightjar, Common, 333, 335 



Fork-tailed, ill 



Pennant- winged, 112, 275 



Standard-winged, 109, 1 1 1 



Nightjars, 152, 162 



nigricans, Seleucides, 70 



nigrimentum, Yuhina, 212 



nivalis, Plectrophenax, 84, 352, 373 



niveus, Chasmorhynchus, 103 



Norfolk Plover, 272 



North, A. J., 129, 130, 131, 132, 135 



