Index. 



299 



Home, J., 274. 



Hunter, J., 61, 179, 292. 



Ibis, Japanese, 151. 

 Insect metamorphosis, 159. 

 Islay, natmal history of, 69. 



Japan, birds of, 144. 



KalUma inachis, 42. 



Kestrel, 147. 



King, J. Falconer, 26, 29, 75, 91, 100. 



Kingfisher, 149. 



Kite, black-winged, 147. 



Lanitis hucephalus, 148. 



,, excubitor, 115. 

 Lark, on the occurrence of the red- 

 breasted, in Central America, 214. 

 Larus brunncicephalus, 154. 



,, glaucus, 134, 156. 



,, ichthyaetus, 154. 



,, Islandicus, 60. 



,, melanurus, 154. 



,, niveus, 154. 



,, occidentalis, 154. 



,, Sahlni, 207. 

 Lepisma, on a species of, 187. 

 Lestris Biiffonii, 188. 



,, Eichardsonii, 22. 

 Library, donations to, 1, 23, 29, 45, 



53, 61, 65, 69, 75, 81, 91, 97, 101, 



135, 179, 189, 214, 219, 225, 250, 



263. 

 Lingula squamiformis, 59. 

 Logan, G. (the late), 190. 



,, E. F., 228. 

 Loligo media, 43. 

 Lyon, Dr F. W., 253. 



M'Bain, Dr J., 1, 280. 



M'Vean, Colin, 144. 



Magellan, birds collected in Straits of, 



183 

 Mallard, 152. 



Mare, membrano-ossific cyst in, 28. 

 Mareca penelope, 153. 

 Malapterw^s Beninensis, 55. 

 Melville, A. S. (the late), 105. 

 Merganser, 153. 

 Mergulus nielanoleucos, 134. 

 Mergus alhellus, 83, 155. 



,, merganser, 88. 



,, serrator, 153. 

 Milvus melanotis, 147. 

 Mimicry amongst animals, 53. 

 Mollusca, notes on, 60. 

 Monodon monoceros, 257. 

 Moorhen, 151. 

 Motacilla Ingens, 148. 

 Mullus surmuletus, 43. 

 Mya arenaria, 128. 



Narwhal, on the skull of, 257. 

 Nematode worms, 25. 

 Nicholson, Dr H. A., 45. 

 Nightingale, 148. 

 Norway haddock, 43. 

 Notes, zoological, 40. 

 Numenius Australis, 151. 



,, phceopus, 178. 

 Nuthatch, 155. 



Obituary notices, 3, 102, 190. 

 Ochils, on the power of rainfall in 



denudation, as illustrated by the 



ravages of the flood of August 28, 



1877, on the, etc., 220. 

 Orca gladiator, 99. 

 Organisms, elements of, 117. 

 Ornithological notes, 6Q, 114, 123, 



134, 154, 206, 209. 

 Ornithology of Yedo, 144. 

 Osprey, 147. 



Otus brachyotus, 67, 114. 

 Owl, barn, 208. 



,, Japanese, 147. 



,, short-eared, 67, 114. 



,, snoAvy, 206, 250. 



Fagurus bernhardus, 41. 

 Palophus centaurus, 41. 

 Pandion haliaetus, 147. 

 Partridges in South Africa, 85. 

 Parus ater, 148. 



,, cinctus, 82. 



,, kamschatJcensis, 82. 



,, palustris, 148. 

 Passer montanus, 148. 

 Peach, C. W., 60, 63. 

 Pernis apivorus, 66, 114. 

 Petschora, ornithology of, 81. 

 Phalarope, grey, 22. 

 Phasma, on a species of, 41. 

 Pheasant, hybrid, 88, 155. 

 „ Diard's, 149. 

 ,, Soemmering's, 149. 

 Phosphorite, on a new form found at 



Kichinev, with analysis, 247. 

 Phyllodice laminosa, 40. 

 Phylloscopus Eversmanni, 82. 

 ,, neglectus, 82. 



,, tristis, 82. 



Phasianus Scemmeringii, 149. 



,, versicolor, 149. 

 Picus Magellanicus, 185. 



,, major, 148. 

 Pinnocaris Lapworthi, 169. 

 Pintail, 152. 

 Platalea major, 151. 

 Podiceps auritus, 68. 



,, phillippensis, 153. 

 Polyzoa, exhibition of Permo-Carbon- 



iferous, 258. 

 Presidential addresses, 1, 65, 101, 190. 



