GENERAL INDEX, Ixiii 



A. desertorum), xvii, 848 ; Additional Cuckoo Notes, xvii, 876 ; Nesting 

 of the Coot (F. atra) in India, xvii, 1013. 



NILGIRI HILLS — Birds' Nesting at Ootacamund, xiv, 620 ; Occurrence of 

 the Ceylon White-eye (Z. ceylonensis) in the — , xv, 726 ; Some notes on 

 Birds taken at Coonoor in May 1904, xvi, 153 ; Birds observed in 

 the — and Wynaad, xvi, 163. 



NOBLE, W. R. — Ferocity of the Hamadryad or King Cobra, xv, 358. 



NORTH-WEST INDIA— Notes on the occurrence of certain Birds in the 

 plains of—, xvii, 243. 



NUKTA.— The— , or Comb Duck (Plate), xvi, 533. 



NURSE, G. C. — New Species of Indian Eymenoptera, xiv, 79 ; xv, 1, 557; 

 xvi, 19 ; Unusual abundance of Sandgrouse at Deesa, xiv, 172 ; Migration 

 of Butterflies, xiv, 179 ; Sandgrouse in Northern Gujarat, xiv, 387 ; 

 Occurrence of the Red-breasted Merganser near Quetta, xiv, 400 ; The 

 Camel Bot Fly, xiv, 609 ; Merops apiaster breeding in Baluchistan, xiv, 

 627 ; The Enemies of Butterflies, xv, 349 ; Notes on the Insects of Quetta, 

 xiv, 359 ; Occurrence of the Common Indian Bee-eater (M. viridis) in 

 Baluchistan, xv, 530 ; Papilio machaon in Baluchistan, xv, 723 ; Bee- 

 culture in India, xvi, 175 ; A new Species of Indian Wax-producing Bee, 

 xvii, 619. 



NUTCRACKER— Notes on the Himalayan-—, xiv, 628 ; The Himalayan—, 

 xiv, 818; xvi, 158, 516; The Himalayan, — (N.hemispila) and other 

 Walnut-eating Birds, xv, 712 ; Food of the Himalayan — , (A r . hemispila), 

 xvii, 229. 



OATES, E. W. — On some new species of Silver Pheasants obtained in Burma, 

 xvi, 112 ; On some new species of Silver Pheasants from Burma, xvii, 

 10 ; On the species of Bean Geese, xvii, 38 ; On a new species of Grey 

 Duck (P. haringtoni) from Burma, xvii, 558 ; On the Bean Geese, xvii, 

 950. 



OBITUARY NOTICES— The late Mr. L. de Niceville, xiv, 140; The late 

 Mr. Oliver Collett, xiv, 578 ; The late Mr. R. A. Sterndale, xiv, 804 ; The 

 late Mr. Charles Maries, xiv, 804. 



O'BRIEN, E.— Hyaenas hunting with Jackals, xiv, 146. 



OKEDES, W. P.— A Centipede eating a Snake, xv, 135. 



OLIVIER, H. D.— A Snake and a Fish, xiv, 142 ; Small Game Shooting Pros- 

 pects in Western India, xiv, 582. 



OOLOGY— The— of Indian Parasitic Cuckoos, xvii, 72, 678, 841. 



OOTACAMUND— (See Nilgiri Hills). 



ORCHID(S)— Rough Notes on 6 Common Hill—, xvi, 414 ; The— of the 

 Bombay Presidency, xvi, 429, 562 ; xvii, 31, 940. 



ORIENTAL REGION— The— , and its position in Zoological Geography, xiv, 

 750. 



ORTHOPTERA— The Earwigs of Ceylon—, xiv, 59, 316 ; Insect Life in India 

 and how to study it, xv, 163. 



