XIV 



Orlhotomus longicauda, 826 



Osprev, 597, 689, 885 ; in Norfolk, 823, 

 872; near Cork, 912 



Otter, 553, 668, 701 , 884 ; diseased, 553 ; 

 large, 822 



Oviposition, dates of this year, 754 



Ouzel, ring, 542, 689, 750, 820, 868, 

 889 ; in Middlesex in March, 755 ; 

 and blackbird, eggs of, 703; water, 

 1006 



Owl, shorteared, 589,887; barn, 601,749, 

 887,912; longeared, 748, 887; little, 

 967; near Cambridge, 791; tawny,812, 

 887; fern, 869, 946; snowy, 912 



Owls, 1006; breeding in confinement, 

 949 



Oystercatcher, 675, 812, 899; plumage 

 of, 607 



Oyster fisheries of New South Wales, 

 956 



Pandion halioeetus, 761 



Partridge, 652, 740, 743, 898, 910, 985, 

 986; redlegged, in Aberdeenshire, 635; 

 whiten inged, 950 



Parus ater, 778 

 „ borealis, id. 

 „ sibiricus, 766 



Pastor, rosecoloured, in Wales, 949; in 

 Norfolk, 1012 



Peacock with while wings, 1016 



Peewit, 74 3, SI 2, 899 



Perch, variety of the, 954 



Petrel, Fulmar, on the Souih coast of 

 Devon, 562 ; foiktailcd, 59S ; at Yar- 

 mouth, 916; storm, in Norfolk, 992, 

 1012; at Cromer, 992; at Aldeburgh, 

 id. 



Phalarope, rednecked, 539 ; gray, 540, 

 593, 596, 735, 738, 739, 1014; at 

 Shoreham, 561; at Barnstaple, 562; 

 autumn moult of, 683; in Norfolk, 

 1016 



Phalaropus rufus, 770 



Pheasant, 897 ; Pukras, 833 ; silver, va- 

 riety of, 950 



Pieris Pyrrha, monstrous individual of, 

 571 



Pigeon, 535 ; wood, 546, 690 ; food of, 

 561, 593, 758 ; food and destructivc- 

 ness of, 685 ; rock, 677 



Pigeons, 972 



' Pigeons, their Structure, Habits and 

 Varieties,' 929 



Pike, large, 638 



Pipit, rouk, 540, 891 ; inland, 558; ha- 

 bits of, 792; in Norfolk, 876; Richard's, 

 in Shropshire, 633; near Great Yar- 

 mouth, id. ; in Norfolk, 634, 729, 

 meadow, 733, 869; young cuckoo in 



the nest of, 914; water, at Brighton, 

 792; tree, 869, 891 



Pipits, meadow and tree, 970 



Plover, golden, 539, 548, 590, 690, 759, 

 870,899; gray, 541, S09; green, 548, 

 590,690,759; ringed, 598; Norfolk, 

 in Somerset and Devon, 760 



Plovers, golden and gray, 972; ringed 

 and little ringed, id. 



Pochard, 674, 904 ; redheaded, in Kent, 

 636; tufted, ou the River Lea, 709 



Podiceps arcticus, 776 



Polecat, 553, 668, 701 



Procellaria glacialis, 771 



Prussia Cove, notes of a stay at, 961 



Ptarmigan, 898 



Pucrasia macrolopha, 833 



Puffin, 872, 906 



Puffins on the Norfolk coast, 878, 951 



Pyrrliula eiythrina, 768 



Quadrupeds of Lanarkshire, 667 



Quail, 540, 545, 653, 730, 898, 909 ; in 

 winter, 635 ; nesting in Essex, 915 



Quails near Belfast, 607 



Rabbit, 669 



Rabbits breeding in January, 604 



Rail, land, 537, 736, 739, 902; spotted, 

 546; water, 546, 701, 737, 902 



Bat, gray, 631; brown, H60; black, 

 976 



Rals and mice, 553 



Rats, on the coast, 822; eating grapes, 

 987 



Riven, 599, 867, 894 



Razorbill near Eastbourne, 759; in Kin- 

 cardine, 906 



Redpole, lesser, 597; mealy, 871 



Redshank, 547, 602, 820, 900; in breed- 

 ing plumage in January, 708; spotted, 

 547,598, 1012 



Redstart, 743, 809, 868; nesting of in 

 curious situations, 824 ; black, 597; at 

 Luoe, 606; at Dawlish, 703; at Barn- 

 staple, 1017; Titbys, at Minehead, 

 1018 



Redwing, 548, 737, 889 ; curious pro- 

 cesses in the tail of the, 606 



Regulus, goldencrested, 890 ; firecrested, 

 at Scilly, 1017 



Reindeer hunt, 784 



Robin, nocturnal melody of, 68t;^Indian 

 black, 825; and wren, 1007 



Roe-deer, 669; history and habits of the, 

 778 



Rook, 601, 739, 743, 819, S94 



Rooks, Mr. Kirby's, 835 



Rudevisch, 916 

 Ruff, 688,901 

 Ruticilla fuliginosa, 833 



