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227 ; from Barnard Castle, 347 ; from 



North Wales, 436 

 Oiiiitbological scraps from Wesford, 



95 

 Ornithology, letters on, 243, 328, 361, 



618 

 Osprey, 396, 514; at Rostherne Mere, 



30; in Aberdeenshire, 497; in Sussex, 



id. 

 Oiler, 10, 384 ; feeding in gardens, 152; 



at Witley Park, 242 

 Oilers near Norwich, 152 

 Ouzel, water, 20, 496 ; rinsr, 27, 266 

 Owl, 412; shorteared, 66, 73, 88, 94, 



130,266; barn, 67,133; hunliug in 



daylight, 143 ; variety of, at Eppin», 



522; longeared, 67, 88, 166; tawny, 



67, 133 ; nest of, on the ground, 346 ; 



snowy, 475 ; hawk, 496 

 Oystercatcher, 124, 292, 335 ; flight and 



■fdoii of, 490; pied, 445 

 Parroquet, zebra or grass, 28; in Surrey, 



143 

 Parliidge, 80, 170 

 Pastor, rosecoloured, 29 

 Peewit, 74, 80, 87, 129, 141 

 Pelicanidae, Briiish, 243 

 Perch, variety of the, 510 

 Petrel, storm, 16, 96, 166; Leach's, 88 



at Shorehau), 190; forkluiled, 166 



near Salisbury, 101 ; at Penzance, id. 



al Plynioulbi 102; at Elmore, 229 



shorttailed, habits of, 208 

 Phalacrocorax, subfamily, 243 

 Phalarope, gray, 84, 87, 516 ; near 



Akiebur^'h, 499 ; rednecked, 478; at 



Scilly, 501 ; in Hackney Marshes, 



id. ; at Mayfield, id. ; at Eastbourne, 



id. ; at Weston-super-Mare and al 



Budleifih Sallerton, id.; in Devon 



and Cornwall, 500; in Dublia Bay, 



id. ; at Easihonriie, Ike, 525 

 Pheasant, 79, 139 

 Pliycis furcatus, 508 

 Pisa Gibbsii al Penzance, 390 

 Pi-eon, wood, 168, 177; food of, 346, 



389, 456, 498,512; destructiveness of, 



456 

 Pigeons, wood, Association for reducing 



the number of, 310 

 Pipe fish, aquoreal, 508 

 Pipit, Richard's, in Ceylon, 32 ; obtained 



in Leadenhali Market, 269 ; rock, 66, 

 120 ; meadow, 136, 266, 515 ; tree, 136, 



515 ; Peunsylvanian, 496 

 Pipits, 120 



Plotus melanogaster, 15 

 Plover, golden, 18,62, 70, 74,80, 130, 



141,214,269,288,474; great, 34,80; 



ringed, 70, 123, 291; gray, 74, 124, 

 259, 340, 450; green, 129; little 

 ringed, near Lewes, 229; Kentish, 

 45t> 



Polyommalus Hippotboe in Ireland, 151 



Pouting, 507 



Puffin, 164, 168, 173, 263, 451 



Pupa (Vertigo) minulissima at Ventnor, 

 458 



Quadrupeds of Lanarkshire, notes on, 9, 

 68, 159, 240, 610 ; of Arran, 433 



Quail, 80, 96, 168, 260 



Rabbit, 241,385 



Rail, water, 29, 71, 84 ; land, 71, 84 



Rauiceps furcatus, 608 



Rat, brown, 60 ; climbing, 158 ; common, 

 385 



Rats climbing trees, 207 ; sucking eggs, 

 385 



Raven, 465, 474 ; nesting in a cucumber- 

 frame, 32; an ancient, 270 ; iu Wales, 

 438 



Razorbill, 17 



Redbreast, robin, 222, 418 



Redpole, lesser, 87, 226 ; nesting at 

 Dalkey, 188; mealy, 225 



Redshank, 71, 82, 91, 125 



Redstart, 119, 222, 512; black, 222; in 

 the North of Ireland, 454 



Redwing, 65, 88, 134, 222 



Regulus, goidencresled, 65, 136, 223 



Reptiles of Airan, 434 



Rhombus anioglossus, 508 

 „ hirtus, 311, 508 

 „ megastoma, 608 



Rissa, subfamily, 518 



Ruckling, ihreebearded, 607 



Roe-deer, female of with horns, 435 



Roller, 512 



Rook, 138, 173, 177, 215, 219, 263, 297, 

 340, 470; at sea, 465 



Rooks building in January, 143 



Ruff, 27, 83 ; near Grangemouth, 524 



Salmo salai, 507 



Sanderling, 91 



Sandpiper, Barlram's, near Falmouth, 

 37 ; common, 71, 82, 127 ; green, 82, 

 126 ; curlew, 83 ; Schinz's, 84 ; purple, 

 87,94,96,141; al Eastbourne, 145 ; at 

 Shoreliani, 190; bulfhreasied, in Ire- 

 laud, 389, 457; wood, al Kingsbury 

 Reservoir, 457; near Aldeburgh, 499; 

 iu Aberdeenshire, 524 



Sandpipers, 440 



Scoria dealbala, description of the larva 

 of, 230 



Scoter, common, 87; velvet, 174 



Sea, curious scene at, 388 



Sea-horse, shurtuused, 508 



