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CONTENTS. 



Lophophanes cristatus, 22 

 Loxia curwostra, 98 

 Lumpsucker lU 

 Lutraria oblonga in Jersey, 274 



Macropteryx ooronatus, 323 ; klecho, 



324 

 Macropterygiiuae, 322 

 Magpie, 45, 99 ; habits of the, 344 

 Mallard, 177 



Mammalia of Northamptonshire, 428 

 Mareca penelope, 26, 101 

 Marine Biological Station, English, 



proposed establishment of an, 161, 



270, 378 

 Marten, 173 

 Martes sylvestris, 173 

 Martin, 49 ; House, 5, building sites 



of, 470 ; Sand, 49, curious nesting- 

 place of, 71 

 Meles taxus, 174 

 Merganser, Ked-breasted, 102 

 Mergulus alle, 18, 105 

 Mergus merganser, 102 ; serrator, 102 

 Merlaugus carbonarius, 19 

 Merlin, 101 

 Milvus ictinus, 43 

 Mole, amber-coloured, 271 

 Mouticola cyanus, 21 ; saxatilis, 21 

 Montifringilla nivalis, 24 

 Motacilla alba, 23, 48, 95 ; flava, 48 ; 



lugubris, 48, 95 ; melanope, 23, 95 ; 



raii, 95 ; sulphurea, 48 

 Mouse, Field, albino, 226 ; Harvest, 



habits of the, 56, note on, 112, 



nest of, 190 

 MugQ septentrionalis, 182 

 Mullet, Lesser Grey, 182 

 Muscicapa atricapilla, 96 ; grisola, 



47,96 



Narwhal, bi-dental skulls of the, 141 



Nerophis aequoreus, 183 



Nest of Harvest Mouse, 190 ; Book's, 

 Wild Duck laying in, 229, 230; 

 Redstart's, curious site for, 339 ; of 

 Tit in a railway carriage, 387 ; of 

 Dipper on the top of a boulder, 468 



Nesting of Kestrel in holes in trees, 

 148; early, of the Common Heron, 

 191 ; of Grey Wagtail in East 

 Devon, 195 ; early, of Goldcrest, 

 230 ; of Long-tailed Titmouse, 

 883 ; of Black Redstart in Bavaria, 

 430 



Nesting-place, curious, of Sand Mar- 

 tin, 71 ; of Great Tit, 229 



Nightingale, 175 



Nightjar, 7, 86, 99 ; note on the, 

 340' 



Nomenclature, trinomial, applica- 

 tion of to Zoologj', 241 ; zoological, 

 335 ; proijosed adoption of, 432 



Nucifraga caryocatactes, 45 



Numenius arquata, 27, 105, 179; 

 phaeopxis, 16 



Nutcracker, 45 



Nuthatch, 95, 203 



Nyctea nivea, 16 



Oar-fish, Banks', 182 



Observations, method of recording, 

 60, 109, 140 



Qildicnemus crepitans, 179 ; scolo- 

 pax, 27 



Opah, 181 



Opah-fish in Shetland, 349 



Oriolus galbula, 23 



Ornithological Congress and Exhibi- 

 tion at Vienna, 139, 188, 346 



Ornithological notes from Brecon- 

 shire, 144 ; from Carlisle, 127 ; from 

 Devon and Cornwall, 53 ; from 

 Dorsetshu-e, 430 ; from Norfolk, 

 370, 411 ; from Norfolk and Suf- 

 folk, 1 ; from North Lincolnshire 

 in the autumn and winter of 1883, 

 184 ; from Oxfordshire, 488 ; from 

 N.W. Yorkshire, 131; from Swit- 

 zerland, 374 ; from the French 

 PjTeuees, 20 ; from the Isle of 

 Wight, 29 



Ornithologists' Union, American 

 106; British, 226 



Ornithology of Riding Mill on Tyne 

 and neighbom-hood, 92, 142 ; of 

 Northamptonshire, notes on, 192, 

 450 ; three unpubUshed iiapers on, 

 201, 247, 300 



Orthagoriscus mola, 183 ; truncatus, 

 183 



Osprey, 1, 42, 176 



Otis tarda, 179 



Ouzel, Ring, 5, 93, 174; Water, 47 



Owl, Bai"n, 100; Long-eared, 100; 

 Short-eared, 100, 176, subcu- 

 taneous worms in, 153 ; Tawny, 

 100, grey form of in Buckingham- 

 shire, 471 ; Teugmalm's, 5 



" Oystercatcher," origin of the name, 

 196 



Pagophila eburnea, 16 

 Panurus biarmicus, 480 

 Pandion haliaiitus, 42, 176 

 Parrots, habits of, 145, 227 



