INDEX. 



307 



lentiginosus, Botaunts, see Bittern, 

 American. 



leucopsis, Bvanta, see Goose, 

 Barnacle. 



leucopieriis, Larus, see Gull, Iceland. 



leucovodia, PLatalea I., see Spoonbill. 



leucoryhoa, Oceanodroma, see 

 Petrel, Fork-tailed. 



, CEnanthe ce , see Wheatear, 



Greenland. 



Lewis, S., Notes on the food of the 

 Robin, 86 ; Peregrine Falcon 

 breeding inland in Somerset, 

 ii6; Red-necked Phalarope 

 in Somerset, 158. 



limosa, Limosa, see Godwit, Black- 

 tailed. 



Linnet, Large clutch of eggs of, 41. 



lobatus, Phalaropiis, see Phalarope, 

 Red-necked. 



Long, Dr. S. H., Obituary notice of 

 Colonel H. W. Feilden, 71. 



LoYD, L. R. W., Notes on Martins 

 repairing dainaged nest con- 

 taining eggs, 43 ; Peregrine 

 Falcons in London, 270. 



lugubris, Motacilla a., see Wagtail, 

 Pied. 



McTear, J. M., Note on Bean-Goose 



in Cheshire and North Wales 



in Summer, 141. 

 macuJata, Erolia, see Sandpiper, 



American Pectoral. 

 magcllanicus, A nser, see Auk, Great. 

 Magpie, Varieties of, 41. 

 Magrath, Lt.-Col. H. a. F., Note 



on Autumn Migration across 



the Irish Sea, 154. 

 Mallard, Sequence of plumages of, 



135- 



Manx Ornithological Notes, by P. G. 

 Ralfe, 3Q. 



Mapleton-Bree, H. W., Notes on 

 Spotted Flycatcher returning 

 to deserted nest, 42 ; Cuckoo 

 laying in Blackbird's nest, 116. 



marila, Nyroca, see Duck, Scaup. 



marintis, Larus, see Gull, Great 

 Black-backed. 



maritima, Erolia, see Sandpiper, 

 Purple. 



Marked birds. Recovery of, iii. 



Marking birds, A Critical Note on 

 the value of, 146. 



Marking Scheme, " British Birds," 

 Letters on, igo, 217-220 ; 

 Progress for 192 1. 



Marshall, L. F., Note on Ring- 

 Ouzel in Westmorland in 

 winter, 269. 



Martin, Repairing damaged Nest 



containing Eggs, 43. 

 Masefield, J. R. B., Letter on 



the " British Birds" Marking 



Scheme, 219. 

 Massey, H., Note on Waxwings and 



Bramblings in Manchester, 239. 

 Massingham, H. J., The Greater 



Spotted Woodpecker in 



English Poetry, 192. 

 mauretanicus, Puffinus p., see Shear- 

 water, Western Mediterranean. 

 Mayall, a.. Letter on the " British 



Birds" Marking Scheme, 218. 

 Mkade-Waldo, E. G. B., Notes on 



the early breeding of Woodcock, 



22 ; Habits of the Cuckoo, 44. 

 media, Gallinago, see Snipe, Great. 

 Medlicott, W. S., Some Birds 



rarely breeding in Lincoln- 

 shire, 37. 

 megarhyncha, Luscinia m., see 



Nightingale. 

 Meinertzhagen, Mrs. A. C, Letter 



on the Races of Eider-Ducks, 



300. 

 Mellor, J. E. M., Ruff feeding upon 



grain, 21. 

 melophiliis, Erithnciis r., see 



Redbreast. 

 merganser, Mergus, see Goosander. 

 Merganser, Red-breasted, Display 



of, 37 ; Wintering in Cheshire, 



271 ; in Norfolk, 295 ; near 



Manchester, 296. 

 Merlin, Breeding in Devonshire, 45 ; 



in Somerset, 64 ; in Yorkshire, 



122 ; Breeding-habits of the, 



122, 194, 222, 246 ; Caught in 



traps, 194. 

 merula, Tiirdus m., see Blackbird. 

 ■migrans, Milvus, see Kite, Black. 

 Migration, Autumn, across the Irish 



Sea, 154. 

 minor, Dryobates m., see Wood- 

 pecker, Lesser Spotted. 

 , Lanius, see Shrike, Lesser 



Grey. 

 minuta, Erolia m., see Stint, Little. 

 minutus, Lnriis, see Gull, Little. 

 mira, Athene noctua, see Owl, Dutch 



Little and Little. 

 mollissima, Somateria, see Duck, 



Eider. 

 montifringiUa, Fringilla, see 



Brambling. 

 Moorhen, Abnormal clutch of eggs 



of, 22. 

 Musselwhite, D. W., Note on the 



rapid re-nesting of the Common 



Whitethroat, 140. 



