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Index to Subjects.



Show, Bird, at Horticultural Hall, go

Siskin, Hooded, 156


,, ,, breeding- of, 51, 100


Sitagra luteola, 274

,, monacha , 274

Sitta frontalis , 220

Sitta ctzsia, 77

Slender Teal. 216

Snipe, Seed, 321, 381


“Soft-bills,” all interesting- collection of,


379


Some Experiences, 171

South American Burrowing Owl, 162


,, ,, Whistling Heron, 291


Southern Fruit Pigeon, 89

Sparrow, Diuca, 192

,, Java, 336


,, Owl, 162


Speotyto cunicularia , 162

Spinus cucuUatus. 156

Sporopipes squamijrons, 362

Spotted Forktail, 220

Starlings, Glossy, 331

Stork, 301


,, -billed Kingfisher, 48

Struthio australis, 123


Sugar Birds at Horticult. Hall Show, 92

Sunbird, Amethyst, 156


,, ,, " -lumped, 234, 289


,, Black-breasted Yellow-backed,


290


,, Black or Greater Amethyst, 333


,, Cape Lougtailed, 156


,, Fire-tailed, 255


,, Greater Double Collared, 334


,, Himalayan Red Yellow-backed,

254, 333


,. Lesser Double Collared, 334


,, Malachite, 334


,, Purple, 256


,, ,, , nesting- of, 327


,, Wedge-tailed, 156


,, Yellow-backed, 234


,, Yellow-backed Black, 234


Suubirds, 67, 254


,, at Horticult. Hall Show, 92


,, Rare, 252


,, , Some of my, 289, 333


Sun Bittern, 314

,, Bitterns, 348


Swallow ringed in Staffs, found in Natal,


188


Swan, Mute, 219


,, Whooper, nesting of, 315

Swans, Black-necked, breeding, 219

Syrian Bulbul, 142

Syrigma cyanocephalum, 291

Syr uium aluco , 162

,, nuchale , 162



T.


Talpacoti, 303


Tameness of Wild Geese, 139, 183

'l'anagers at Horticult. Hall Show. 92

Tasmanian Parrakeet, 91

Tawny Owl, 178

Teal, Andaman, 107

,, Chestnut-breasted, 216

,, ,, ,, breeding of, 37, 56


,, Cotton, 46, 69

,, Chilian, breeding of, 56

„ Gargauy, 151

,, King-necked, 23

,, Slender, 216

Tesia castaneocoronata, 220

Tesia, Chestnut-crowned, 220



Thamnobia cambaiensis, 189

I'heristicus melanopsis, 193

Thinocorus iiimicivorus, 321, 381,


Thrush, Chestnut-breasted Blue Rock, 219

,. European Rock, 219

,, Himalayan Blue-headed Rock,


220


,, Mexican Ground, 189

,, ,, Pied Ground, 101


lit, Crested, 176

,, Rufous Headed Crow, 211

Titmice, Penduline, 348

Topaza pella , 69

Touracou, Green-necked, 72

Tragopan, Cabot’s, 211


,. ,, breeding of, 55


Treron delalandii, 72

Trogous, 47

Tropic Bird, 342


Tufted Duck, colouring of young, 87

7 urdus magellanicus, 198

,, migratorius, 223

Turkeys, Brush, at the Zoo. 154

Turquoisine Parrakeet, 91

Turtle Doves, Wild, nesting in an aviary,


345


Tympanuchus americanus , 371



u.


United States Senate and the Feather


Trade, 346, 383



Y.


Variations in Mallard and Muscovy Ducks,


82, 106


Venezuelan Quail, breeding, 39

yin a go calva, 274


Vulture, Kolbe’s, nesting, 123, 133



w.


Wagtail, White, nesting of, 323


Wall Creepers, 348


Wallace’s Fruit Pigeon, 36


Waterfowl, notes on keeping, 258


Water-hen, Blue, 313


Waxbill, Hybrid Bluebreast x Crimson-


eared, 350


Waxbills at Horticult. Hall Show, 91

„ on keeping, 33

Weaver, name of, 274


,, -bird, Mahali, 122

Wedge-tailed Sunbird, 156

West Australian Marble Owl, 162

Whinchat as a song-bird, 103

., , bred in captivity, 100


,, , nesting of, 24


Whooper Swan, nesting of, 315

White Ani, or Guira, 46


,, Blackbird with asthma, 187

,, -capped Redstarts, 286

,, P'ruit-pigeon, 36


,, -fronted Goose, 141


,, -necked Cranes, 221


,, -throat, Lesser, 308


,, -throated Pigeon, no


,, Wagtail, nesting of, 323

White’s Thrush, 348

Whydahs at Horticult. Hall Show, 92

Wigeon, 151

“ Willie Winkie,” 336



