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BRITISH BIRDS. 



North Wales, A Handbook to the 

 Vertebrate Fauna of. Reviewed, 

 223. 



nycticorax, Nycticorax n., see Heron, 

 Night-. 



Obituary Notices : — 



Frank Nor gate, 21, 64. 

 Dr. J. Wiglesworth, 22, 52. 

 Frederick Webb Headley, 235. 



occidentalis. Prunella m., see 

 Sparrow, Hedge-. 



ochropus, Tringa, see Sandpiper, 

 Green. 



asdicnemus, Burhiniis ce, see Curlew, 

 Stone-. 



cenanthe, Qinanthe, see Wheatear. 



cenas, Columba, see Dove, Stock-. 



Oldham, Chas., Diving powers of 

 Shoveler, no. 



Osprey, in the Norfolk Broads, 58 ; 

 in Yorkshire, 196. 



ostralegus, HcBmatopus o., see 

 Oystercatcher. 



otus, Asio o., see Owl, Long-eared. 



Ouzel, Ring-, on Bardsey Island, 

 104 ; in Norfolk, 258. 



Owen, J. H., Birds covering their 

 Eggs at night during the 

 laying period, 23 ; On the 

 procuring of food by the Male 

 for the Female among Birds 

 of Prey, 29 ; Large clutch of 

 Wren's Eggs, 82 ; Cuckoo's 

 Eggs and Nestlings in 191 9, 

 109 ; some Habits of the 

 Sparrow-Hawk, 114. 



Owl, Barn-, in Norfolk, 260. 



, Dark-breasted, in Kent, 275. 



, Little, procuring Food for 



Female, 29 ; breeding in 

 Shropshire and Radnorshire, 

 30 ; status of, in Leicestershire, 

 30 ; Breeding in Shropshire, 

 163 ; in South Devon, 164 ; 

 in Montgomeryshire, 196 ; 

 Distribution and Food of, 

 198 ; in Cornwall, 219 ; in 

 Norfolk, 259 ; in Cardigan- 

 shire, Cornwall and Mont- 

 gomeryshire, 274 ; in Pem- 

 brokeshire, and Flintshire, 297. 



, Dutch, distinction with 



British Little Owl, 283. 



, Long-eared, laying twice in 



same nest, 30 ; in Norfolk, 

 259. 



, Short-eared in Suffolk, 171 ; 



in Leicestershire, 217. 



Oystercatcher, on Bardsey Island, 

 186 ; Progress towards Matur- 

 ity, 207. 



palaarktischen Fauna, Die Vogel 

 der. Part 3, Reviewed, 223. 



palumbus, Columba p., see Pigeon, 

 Wood-. 



palustris, Acrocephalus, see Warbler, 

 Marsh-. 



paradiscea. Sterna, see Tern, Arctic. 



parasiticus, Stercorarius, see Skua, 

 Richardson's. 



Partridge, Abnormal late Hatching 

 of, 166 ; Migration of, over 

 Mediterranean, 181 ; Shelled 

 Egg in, 220. 



parva, Muscicapa p., see Flycatcher, 

 Red -breasted. 



pelagicus, Hydrobates, see Petrel, 

 Storm-. 



penelope. Anas, see Wigeon. 



perdix, Perdix, see Partridge, 

 Common. 



peregrinus, Falco p., see Falcon, 

 Peregrine. 



Petrel, Fork-tailed, Leach's, on 

 Bardsey Island, 183. 



, Fulmar, in Yorkshire in Sum- 

 mer, 59 ; in Shetland, 159 ; 

 Breeding on North Uist, 247. 



— ■ — , Storm-, on Bardsey Island, 

 182 ; Nesting of, 232. 



petrosus, Anthus spinoletta, see 

 Pipit, Rock-. 



Phalarope, Grey, in Cornwall, 217. 



, Red-necked in Shetland, 160. 



Pheasant, Breeding in Sparrow- 

 Hawk's Nest, 87. 



phcsopus, Numenius ph., see Whim- 

 brel. 



phcenicurus, Phoenicurus ph., see 

 Redstart. 



pica. Pica p., see Magpie. 



Pigeon, Wood-, on Bardsey Island, 



185 ; ruse of, 220. 

 Pike, O. G., Probable Long-tailed 

 Skua in Hertfordshire, 143. 



■ — — , The Black-necked Grebe, 146. 



pilaris, Turdus, see Fieldfare. 

 Pipit, migration of, over Mediter- 

 ranean, 178. 



, Meadow-, on Bardsey Island, 



68 ; Attacking Cuckoo, 139, 



162 ; Feeding Cuckoo, 139, 



163 ; Results of Ringing, 271. 

 , Tawny, in Norfolk, 256 ; in 



Kent, 272. 

 , Tree, on Bardsey Island, 68. 



