﻿INDEX 
  OF 
  CON'TEXTS. 
  

  

  625 
  

  

  flescription 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  ilerula 
  

   from 
  Java. 
  257 
  ; 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  Zosterops 
  from 
  Java, 
  2.58 
  ; 
  

   remarks 
  on 
  the 
  Geographical 
  DLstri- 
  

   bution 
  of 
  British 
  Birds, 
  262 
  ; 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  an 
  egg 
  of 
  Tringa 
  canutus 
  taken 
  

   near 
  Disco, 
  Greenland, 
  263; 
  expla- 
  

   nation 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Xieholski's 
  theory- 
  ac- 
  

   counting 
  for 
  the 
  variations 
  in 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  eggs, 
  265 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  

   variation 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   birds, 
  359. 
  

   Sharpe, 
  E. 
  B., 
  notes 
  on 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  

   birds 
  sent 
  from 
  Borneo 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  

   H. 
  Everett, 
  117: 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  

   new 
  species 
  of 
  Owl 
  from 
  Manta- 
  

   nani. 
  Borneo, 
  117 
  : 
  diagnoses 
  of 
  some 
  

   new 
  specips 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  Mount 
  

   Dulit 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Hose, 
  

   117; 
  exhibition 
  of 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  son.e 
  

   new 
  specips 
  of 
  birds 
  described 
  by 
  

   W. 
  E. 
  Davison, 
  118 
  : 
  description 
  

   of 
  Stachyris 
  davisoni, 
  119; 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Ehipidura 
  

   from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Dammar, 
  251 
  ; 
  

   exhibition 
  of 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  Hainan 
  

   birds 
  described 
  by 
  F. 
  W. 
  Styan, 
  251 
  ; 
  

   remarks 
  on 
  Dr. 
  Hartlaub's 
  paper 
  

   ' 
  Tier 
  seltene 
  Eallen,' 
  252 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   authority 
  for 
  the 
  name 
  Acredula 
  ma- 
  

   cedonica, 
  25.5 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  classification 
  of 
  

   the 
  Eallidae 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  

   genera, 
  258 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  of, 
  and 
  re- 
  

   marks 
  upon, 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  Ocy- 
  

   dromi, 
  261 
  : 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   HeliomithidsB 
  and 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  

   new 
  genus, 
  439; 
  diagnoses 
  of 
  some 
  

   new 
  genera 
  of 
  GruidaEr, 
  4.39 
  ; 
  note 
  on 
  

   Pennula 
  sandwichensis 
  and 
  P. 
  ecau- 
  

   data, 
  444 
  : 
  note 
  on 
  Grus 
  cinerea 
  

   longirostris, 
  444; 
  remarks 
  on 
  fossil 
  

   birds, 
  44.5 
  ; 
  on 
  new 
  genera 
  of 
  Otides, 
  

   449 
  ; 
  ' 
  Analytical 
  Index 
  to 
  the 
  Works 
  

   of 
  the 
  late 
  John 
  Gould,' 
  noticed, 
  

   461 
  ; 
  ' 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Paradiseidae,' 
  

   part 
  ii. 
  noticed. 
  461 
  ; 
  Bomean 
  Notes 
  

   (birds 
  from 
  ML 
  Kalulong 
  : 
  birds 
  

   from 
  Mts. 
  Pen 
  risen 
  and 
  Poeh 
  ; 
  a 
  

   newSpilomis; 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  Baza 
  of 
  

   Borneo 
  : 
  birds 
  from 
  !X. 
  Borneo 
  and 
  

   Sarawak 
  ; 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  avi- 
  

   fauna 
  of 
  Ml. 
  Kina 
  Balu 
  ; 
  and 
  de- 
  

   scription 
  of 
  the 
  ne.?t 
  and 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   Staphidia 
  e^eretti), 
  .546; 
  exhibition 
  

   of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Eallus 
  plateni, 
  and 
  

   description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  Arami- 
  

   dopsis, 
  .568 
  : 
  characters 
  of 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  Mount 
  Kalu- 
  

   long, 
  .546. 
  568 
  ; 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   Spilomis 
  from 
  Sarawak, 
  5-52. 
  .569. 
  

   Sheathbill 
  in 
  Ireland. 
  28fi. 
  

   SER. 
  VI. 
  — 
  VOL. 
  V. 
  

  

  Shelley, 
  G. 
  E., 
  list 
  of 
  birds 
  collect€d 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Whyte 
  in 
  N'yaasaland, 
  

   1 
  ; 
  descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  specn'ea 
  

   of 
  African 
  birds, 
  118 
  ; 
  exhibition 
  of 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  Nyassaland, 
  

   120. 
  

   Shetland, 
  the 
  Great 
  Skua 
  in, 
  noticed, 
  

   129 
  ; 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  nesting 
  of 
  some 
  

   birds 
  of, 
  3.50; 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  

   fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Shetland 
  Isles, 
  noticed, 
  

   456. 
  

   Shufeldt, 
  E. 
  W., 
  comparative 
  notes 
  on 
  

   the 
  Swifts 
  and 
  Humming-birds, 
  84 
  ; 
  

   on 
  fossil 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  Oregon 
  Desert, 
  

   noticed, 
  270; 
  on 
  the 
  mechanism 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  mandible 
  in 
  the 
  Scolopa- 
  

   cidse, 
  .56-3 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  systematic 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Chionididas, 
  noticed, 
  

   589 
  -. 
  notes 
  on 
  Ichthyomis, 
  noticed, 
  

   .590. 
  

   Shufeldt. 
  B. 
  W., 
  Jun., 
  obituary 
  notice 
  

  

  of, 
  164. 
  

   Skua. 
  Great, 
  in 
  Shetland, 
  noticed, 
  129. 
  

   Smith, 
  W. 
  W., 
  notes 
  on 
  certain 
  species 
  

  

  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  bird?, 
  .509. 
  

   Snaring 
  Birds 
  of 
  Paradise 
  in 
  New 
  

  

  Guinea, 
  46.3. 
  

   Snow-Bunting 
  nesting 
  in 
  Banffshire, 
  

  

  .569, 
  59.3. 
  

   ' 
  Spain, 
  Wild,' 
  noticed, 
  453. 
  

   Spilomis. 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  from 
  Borneo 
  of, 
  

  

  552, 
  569, 
  

   Spurs 
  of 
  the 
  bird's-hand, 
  noticed, 
  

  

  144. 
  

   Stejneger, 
  L.. 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  Japanese 
  

   avifauna, 
  noticed. 
  272 
  ; 
  on 
  a 
  collection 
  

   of 
  birds 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Yezo, 
  

   .Japan, 
  noticed, 
  272. 
  

   Stewart 
  Island, 
  on 
  the 
  Kiwi 
  of, 
  noticed, 
  

  

  127. 
  

   Stolzmann, 
  •!.. 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  omi- 
  

   tholosy 
  of 
  Tranacaspia, 
  noticed, 
  

   462. 
  ' 
  

   Stone, 
  W.. 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  West 
  Greenland, 
  

  

  noticed. 
  149. 
  

   Stvan, 
  F. 
  W., 
  on 
  five 
  apparently 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  Hainan, 
  54; 
  

   exhibition 
  of 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  Hainan 
  

   birds 
  collected 
  by, 
  2.51 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  

   of 
  Hainan, 
  424 
  ; 
  letter 
  on 
  two 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  Formosa, 
  

   469. 
  

   Suchetet, 
  A., 
  on 
  wild-bred 
  hybrids, 
  

  

  noticed, 
  149. 
  

   Sulymah 
  Eiver, 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the, 
  

  

  noticed, 
  128. 
  

   Sumatra, 
  description 
  of 
  Pisorhina 
  solo- 
  

  

  kensis 
  from, 
  441. 
  

   Sumba, 
  on 
  birds 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of, 
  

  

  noticed, 
  129, 
  141. 
  

   Surnames 
  taken 
  from 
  birds, 
  1.59. 
  

  

  2x 
  

  

  