X1V CONTENTS. 
Noctule, 215; and Pipistrelle, period 
of activity of the, 344 
Nomenclature, varietal, 485 
Numenius cyanopus, 457; uropygi- 
alis, 457 
Norfolk, notes from Hunstanton, 386 
Notes, wayside, during a West- 
country drive, 3 
Nutcracker in Kent, 480 
Nuthatch, 420 
Octopus at Mevagissey, Cornwall, 
353 
Oriole, Golden, 459 
Oriolidee, 459 
Oriolus galbula, 459 
Ornithological notes from Brecon- 
shire, 8305; Devon and Cornwall, 
21, 875; Norfolk, 321; Norfolk 
and Suffolk, 51; North Norfolk, 
173; Oxfordshire, 848; Somerset- 
shire, 65, 233; the Isle of Wight, 
112, 258 
Ornithologists of Germany, an appeal 
to, 58 
Ornithology of Japan,181; of North- 
amptonshire, notes on, 181 
Orthonyx ochrocephala, 422 
Ortolan, 466 
Otter, Common, 168 
Ouzel, Ring, 335; feeding on cher- 
ries, 346, 887, 486; in gardens, 388 
Ova of the Ling, 237 
Owl, food of, 52; Barn, variety of, 
52; Little, in Yorkshire, 349; 
Long-eared, early nesting of, 112; 
Short-eared, in the South of Eng- 
land, 434 
Ox, Extinct Long-faced, 249; Ex- 
tinet Wild, 249 
Paludinid, 472 
Panuride, 419 
Panurus biarmicus, 419 
Parid, 419 
Parson-bird, 421 
Partridge, domestication of the, 29; 
and Pheasant laying in the same 
nest, 260; curious death of a, 347 
Parus ater, 419; cweruleus, 419; 
major, 419; palustris, 419 
Passer domesticus, 463; montanus, 
464 
Passeres, 332 
Pectinibranchiata, 472 
‘** Peggy,” 414 
Pelecanus conspicillatus, 458 
Pelican, 458 
Peregrine, 51 
Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, 458 
Phalarope, Grey, at Mansfield, 481 
Pheasant and Black Grouse, hybrid, 
26; and Partridge laying in the 
same nest, 260 
Phylloscopus rufus, 416;  sibilatrix, 
416; trochilus, 416 
Picus major, Squirrels destroying the 
eggs of, 229 
Pigeon, tame, and Stock Dove, hybrid 
between, 150; Wood, variety of, 
437 
“ Pigeon-felt,” 335 
Pigeons, Wood, netting in the Py- 
renees, 185; white, 345 
Pike and Water Vole, 483 
** Pink,” 464 
Pipistrelle, 215; and Noctule, period 
of activity of the, 344 
Pipit, Meadow, 421; 
Tree, 421 
Pisa tetraodon at Penzance, 390 
Pisidium roseum at Fulham, 353- 
Planorbis glaber in Surrey, 115 
Platycereus nove-zealandie, 422 
Plecotus auritus, 215 
Plectrophanes nivalis, 466 
Plover, American Killdeer, in Corn- 
wall, 118; Shore, 422 
Poleeat, Common, 165 
Polecats in Cornwall, 107, 145 
Popokatea, 422 
Porphyrio, Green-backed, near Nor- 
wich, 482 
Porpoises, a shoal of in the Thames, 
192 
Pratincola rubetra, 337; rubicola, 337 
Prosthemadera novee-zealandix, 421 
‘Proud Tailor,” 462 
Puffin in Nottinghamshire, 68 
Pulmonobranchiata, 473 
Pyrrhula europea, 465 
Quail-hawk, 421 
Rabbit, Common, 217 
Rabbit-pest in New Zealand, 441 
Rock, 173; 
| Rana, two forms from N.W. Spain 
(with illustrations), 169 
Rana esculenta perezi, 171; tempo- 
raria parvipalmata, 169 
Rangifer tarandus, 251 
Rat, Black, 217; Brown, 217 
Ravens in Cumberland, 109 
Ray, Electric, at Porthleven, 33 
Redbreast, 837 
Redbreasts’ nests, curious sites for, 
307 
Redpoll, Lesser, 465 
Redshank, Spotted, in Co. Sligo, 30; 
in Norfolk, 54 
