﻿INDEX 
  OF 
  CONTENTS. 
  

  

  633 
  

  

  Owls 
  of 
  tlie 
  United 
  States, 
  noticed, 
  578. 
  

   Oxford 
  University 
  Museum, 
  tbe 
  Bird 
  

   Collections 
  in 
  the, 
  156. 
  

  

  Palsearctic 
  birds, 
  synonymy 
  of 
  some, 
  

   375. 
  

  

  Palawan, 
  description 
  of 
  Cryptolopba 
  

   xantbopygia 
  from, 
  263. 
  

  

  Paradise-bird, 
  egg 
  of 
  the 
  Empress 
  

   Augusta-Victoria's, 
  481. 
  

  

  ' 
  Paradise-birds, 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the,' 
  

   noticed, 
  461 
  ; 
  snaring, 
  in 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  

   463. 
  

  

  ' 
  Paradiseida;, 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the,' 
  no- 
  

   ticed, 
  461. 
  

  

  Paraguay, 
  Humming-birds 
  of, 
  285. 
  

  

  Parker, 
  T. 
  J., 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  deve- 
  

   lopment 
  of 
  Apteryx, 
  noticed, 
  143; 
  in 
  

   England, 
  161, 
  

  

  Parus 
  colletti, 
  Stejneger, 
  remarks 
  on, 
  

   474. 
  

  

  ' 
  Patagonia, 
  Idle 
  Days 
  in,' 
  noticed, 
  457. 
  

  

  Patterson, 
  R. 
  L., 
  letter 
  on 
  tbe 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  of 
  Ampelis 
  garrula 
  in 
  Ireland, 
  

   463. 
  

  

  Pavesi, 
  P., 
  on 
  a 
  hybrid 
  Duck, 
  noticed, 
  

   586. 
  

  

  Pelargocrex, 
  new 
  generic 
  name 
  pro- 
  

   posed, 
  568. 
  

  

  Penrisen 
  (Mount), 
  birds 
  collected 
  by 
  

   A. 
  H. 
  Everett 
  on, 
  550. 
  

  

  Perkins, 
  R. 
  C. 
  L., 
  notes 
  on 
  collecting 
  in 
  

   Kona, 
  Hawaii, 
  U)l 
  ; 
  progress 
  of, 
  in 
  

   tbe 
  Sandwich 
  Islands, 
  595 
  ; 
  news 
  of, 
  

   in 
  Hawaii, 
  596. 
  

  

  Pigeons, 
  Catalogue 
  of, 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  noticed, 
  587. 
  

  

  Pigott, 
  T. 
  D., 
  ' 
  London 
  Birds 
  and 
  Lon- 
  

   don 
  Insects,' 
  noticed, 
  270, 
  586. 
  

  

  Pittidae, 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of, 
  488 
  ; 
  

   'Monograph 
  of 
  the,' 
  noticed, 
  578. 
  

  

  Platycercus, 
  on 
  a 
  species 
  of, 
  from 
  Anti- 
  

   podes 
  Island, 
  noticed, 
  133. 
  

  

  Poeb 
  (Mount), 
  birds 
  collected 
  by 
  A. 
  H. 
  

   Everett 
  on, 
  550. 
  

  

  Polar 
  Expedition, 
  New 
  British, 
  286. 
  

  

  Prince 
  Albert's 
  Lyre-bird 
  in 
  captinty, 
  

   160. 
  

  

  Ptilonorhynchidae, 
  monograph 
  of 
  the, 
  

   noticed, 
  461. 
  

  

  Ptilopus, 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of, 
  noticed, 
  

   460. 
  

  

  Pycraft, 
  W. 
  P., 
  on 
  a 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  mecha- 
  

   nism 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  in 
  birds, 
  361, 
  592. 
  

  

  Queensland, 
  exhibition 
  of 
  Geophaps 
  

   plumifera 
  from 
  Northern, 
  570. 
  

  

  Quelch, 
  J. 
  ,T., 
  Birds 
  of 
  Prey 
  of 
  Britisli 
  

   Guiana, 
  noticed, 
  143. 
  

  

  Rail, 
  four 
  new 
  species 
  of, 
  noticed, 
  267. 
  

  

  Rallidaj, 
  classification 
  of 
  the, 
  258. 
  

  

  Raptorial 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  Norwich 
  Mu- 
  

   seum, 
  338. 
  

  

  Read, 
  R., 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  changes 
  of 
  

   the 
  plumage 
  in 
  the 
  Black-headed 
  

   Gull, 
  440 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  of 
  an 
  abnor- 
  

   mally 
  coloured 
  Black-headed 
  Gull, 
  

   444. 
  

  

  Reed, 
  E. 
  C, 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  

   Chili, 
  595. 
  

  

  Regalia, 
  E., 
  claws 
  and 
  spurs 
  of 
  the 
  

   bird's-hand, 
  noticed, 
  144. 
  

  

  Rt^i 
  -benow. 
  A., 
  on 
  birds 
  from 
  East 
  

   Africa, 
  noticed, 
  587. 
  

  

  Rendall, 
  P., 
  appointment 
  of, 
  as 
  Medical 
  

   OfRcer 
  to 
  the 
  Sheba 
  Gold 
  Mining 
  

   Company. 
  285 
  ; 
  arrival 
  in 
  the 
  Trans- 
  

   vaal 
  of, 
  478. 
  

  

  Rhipidura, 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  noticed, 
  

   265 
  ; 
  additional 
  note 
  on 
  tbe 
  genus, 
  

   noticed, 
  451. 
  

  

  Rhoads, 
  S. 
  N., 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Texas 
  and 
  

   Arizona, 
  noticed, 
  147. 
  

  

  Ridgway, 
  ' 
  The 
  Humming-birds,' 
  no- 
  

   ticed, 
  147 
  ; 
  two 
  new 
  forms 
  of 
  Basi- 
  

   leuterus 
  ruflfroas 
  from 
  Mexico, 
  no- 
  

   ticed, 
  148. 
  

  

  Rifle-bird, 
  nesting 
  of 
  Queen 
  Victoria's, 
  

   noticed, 
  459. 
  

  

  Ross-shir?, 
  Sclavonian 
  Grebe 
  breeding 
  

   in, 
  noticed, 
  133. 
  

  

  Rothschild, 
  W., 
  descriptions 
  of 
  three 
  

   new 
  birds 
  from 
  tbe 
  Sandwich 
  Islands, 
  

   112; 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   Ptilopus, 
  121 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  of 
  Palmeria 
  

   mirabilis, 
  249 
  ; 
  description 
  of 
  Anas 
  

   laysanensis, 
  250; 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  

   new 
  species 
  of 
  Hemignathus 
  from 
  

   Lanai, 
  256 
  ; 
  letter 
  on 
  Loxops 
  ochracea 
  

   and 
  its 
  synonyms, 
  281 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  

   and 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  Pseudonestor 
  xanthopbrys, 
  438 
  ; 
  

   exhibition 
  and 
  description 
  of 
  Ralliis 
  

   muelleri, 
  442 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  and 
  de- 
  

   scriptions 
  of 
  three 
  new 
  birds 
  from 
  

   the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands, 
  442 
  ; 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  nielanistic 
  vnriety 
  of 
  Alca 
  

   torda 
  and 
  of 
  examples 
  of 
  some 
  Asiatic 
  

   species 
  of 
  birds, 
  444 
  ; 
  description 
  of 
  

   Diomedea 
  immutabilis, 
  from 
  Laysan, 
  

   448 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Paradisea 
  

   gulielmi-secundi, 
  450; 
  exhibition 
  of 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  Cba- 
  

   siempis 
  from 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands, 
  

   570 
  ; 
  descriptions 
  of 
  six 
  new 
  species 
  

   of 
  birds, 
  570 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  of 
  examples 
  

   of 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  of 
  living 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  

   Apteryx, 
  573 
  ; 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Apteryx, 
  573. 
  

  

  