Index to Subjects.



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Pigeon, Partridge Bronze-wing, 230, 290

,, Wharton's Fruit-, 41

„ White-bellied Plumed, 290


„ Wonga-wonga, 245, 255, 287


,, Wood, 168, 189, 311


Pigeons, 224, 306


Pileated Finch, 341


„ Song-Sparrow, 331


Pintailed Nonpareil, 68, 81, 117, 187, 367

,, Sandgrouse, 149, 162


,, Whydah, 41


Pionopsittacuspileatus, 23, 351

Pionus, 289

Piping Crow, 159, 237

Pipit, Meadow, 95

Pipits, 152

Pittas, 160

Plantain-bird, 175

,, -eater, 253


Platycercus eximius, 115

,, pallidiceps, 115


Ploceidce , 117, 156, 170

Ploceus bay a, 157

Plover, Kinged, 78

Plovers, 374

Pochard, Cape, 253

Podica senegalensis , 47

Pcecephalus senega his, 289

Poephila acuticauda , 215

,, armitiana, 237

,, cincta , 157


,, gouldia, 157

,, mirabilis, 237


,, personata, 157, 215


Poliopsar andamanensis, 158

,, malabaricus, 158


Polytelis barrabandi, 248

,, melanura, 248

,, spathoptems, 248


Poospiza erythrophrys , 171


„ melanoleuca , 171


,, nigrorufa , 171


Post Mortem Examinations, 53, 86, 145,

178, 214, 238, 262, 294, 322, 350

Pratincole, South African, 250

Prices of Birds, The Decreased, 348

Princess of Wales’ Parrakeet, 248

Prolific Silver Pheasants and Californian

Quails, 340

Psephotus , 239

Psitiacula guianensis, 375

Pternistes infuscatus, 352

,, leucoscepus, 352

Pterocles alchata, 162

,, alchatzis, 64


,, exustus , 64, 118


,, ,, The Breeding of, 64


,, namaquus, 250


,, senegallus, 266


Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, 158

Ptilosclera versicolor, 141

Ptilostomus , 159

Puffins, 287


Puffitius yelkouanus, 307

Purple Sunbird, 368


„ -headed Glossy-Starling, 142

Pycnonotus hcemorrhous, 252


,, lezicotis, 154


,, nigi leans, 252


,, sinensis, 134


Pycoscelis adelite, 210

Pyromelana cafiensis, 157


,, franciscana, 89, 157


Pyrrhula. europeza, 167

Pytelia, 119


,, citerior, 228

,, melba, 228

,, phosnicoptera, 157



Q.


Quail, 79, 160, 296


,, Australian Swamp, 363

,, Californian, 133, 266,


269, 287, 340, 345

,, Chinese Painted Quail, 163, 261, 345

,, Common, 365


,, Dotterel, 293


,, Indian Rain, 343


,, New Zealand, 213


,, Painted, 149, 201, 234, 295


,, Rain, 234, 261, 365

,, Scaly-breasted, 270

,, Varied or Variegated Bustard-, 295

Quails, 163, 364

Quelea erythrops, 157

,, quelea, 157


Quiscalus versicolor, 158



R.


Rail, Flightless, 213

,, Macquarie Island, 213

Rails, 346


Rain Quail, 234, 261, 363


Rambles among the Wild Birds, (No. IV.)


The Raven (Corvus corax), 190

,, with a Camera among our


South Country Birds, 134

Ramphoccelus japaca, 375

Rapt ores, 311

Ratitce, 315


Raven, 159, 175, 190, 311

Razorbills, 287


Recollections of Some Bird Friends, 30, 66

Red Avadavat, 367, 372

,, -backed Shrike, 44, 154, i 73 > 33 °


,, -breasted Flycatcher, 306

,, ,, Grosbeak, 156


,, ,, Marsh-bird, 158


,, -capped Parrot, 23, 351

,, Courser, 250

,, -crested Cardinal, 81

Reddish Finch, 258

Redbreasts, 379

Red-faced Finch, 41, 141, 235

,, ,, Love-bird, 161


,, Flamingo, 113

,, -headed Finch, 252, 373

„ ,, Gouldiau Finch, 259, 293, 373


„ „ Ground-Thrush, 287


,, ,, Smew, 122


Redpoll, 155


,, Lesser, 313

Redrump Parrakeet, 239

Red-rumped Swallow, 310

Redshank, 79, 95, 96. 136

Redstart, 166, 379

Red-tailed Finch, 210, 235

,, -vented Bulbul, 154, 252

,, -winged Blackbird, 125

,, ,, Francolin, 251


,, ,, Parrakeet, 161, 293


Reed Bunting, 95, 96, 332

,, Warbler, 166

Regent-bird, 153

Regulus cristatus, 167

Reviews :—


“ Emu,” The, 69


Finn," The Birds of Calcutta,” 143

Shellev, “ The Birds of Africa,” 205, 334

Westell, “ British Bird life,” 230 _

Resuscitating apparently drowned Birds,


84


Rhea, Common,, 375

,, Darwin’s, 255

Rheas, 286 375



