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Index to Subjects.



“ Pheasants,” 227

Pktloeterus soci/fs, 97

Philippine, Hornbilt, 170


,, Racket-Tailed Parrot, 203

Phonipara olivacea, 164

Phylloscopus trochilus, 35

Pied Babbling Thrush, 97

Pigeon, Brush Bronzewing, 211, 263

„ Green Fruit, 126


„ Speckled, 99


,, Sclater’s Crowned, 71

,, Wharton’s Fruit, 71, 366

Pintail Nonpareil, 70

Pitta cyanoptera , 71

Pitta, Lesser Blue-winged, 71

Platycercus browni, 70


,, flaveolus, 353


Plegadis falcinellus, 71

Ploceus megarhynchus, 57, 69, 103, 165

Plover, American Golden, 71

„ Golden, 34

Ploceipasser mahali, 96

Plumed Ground Dove, 230

Pceocephalus meyeri , 94

,, robustus, 328


Poliopsar andatnanensis, 70

Polyandry in Birds, 104, 291, 363

Polytelis alexandree, 250

,, melanura, 66, 102


Pompeoptera triton, 125

Pope Cardinal, 64

Popes, 267


Post mortem Examinations, 59, 87, 120, 148,

_ 178, 210, 237, 257, 284, 309, 334, 371

Princess of Wales’ Parrakeet, 251, 256

Prioniiurus discurus, 202, 246

Psephotus hcematogaster, 252

,, hcematorrhous, 252

,, multicolor, 304


,, xanthorrhous, 252


Psitleuteles euteles, 246

,, zueberi, 246

Pternistes infuscatus, 325

,, leucosepus, 325


Pteroglossus torguntus, 70

Ptilosclera, 69


,, versicolor, 164


Purple-headed Glossy Starling, 103

Purple Heron, 125

Pycnonotus melanicterus, 126

Pyromelana oiyx, 96

Pyrrhula griseiventris, 71

Pyrrhulauda verticalis, 304

Pvrrhzira vittata, 164

Pytelia afra, 70



Rare Foreign Birds, 57

,, ,, ,, at the Crystal Palace,


69


,, Waterfowl breeding in Captivity, 137

Ravens breeding in Captivity, 292

Rearing Dippers and Hooded Crows, 282

„ Sandpipers, 321


Red-backed Shrike breeding in captivity,

339


„ -bellied Conures, 164

,, -breasted Merganser, 35

,, -collared Lorikeet, 57, 69, 102

,, -faced Finch, 70

,, ,, Lovebirds, 253, 2S2, 350


,, „ ,, breeding - in


Captivity, 330


Red-headed Cardinal^, 267


,, Cardinal's, The smaller, 63


,, Finch, 95, 164


,, Hangnest, 70


Red Rosellas, 199


Red-rump and Kosella Hybrid, 103

Redrumps, 54

Redshank, 34, 35

Red-vented Blue" Bonnet, 252

,, Bulbul, 125

Reed Bunting, 35

Reeve, Ruff and, 58


Reviews, &c. (see pp. 46, 48, 76, 136, 224)

Rhynchotus rufescens, 285

Rheas, Hybrid, 301

Ribbon-Finches, Rearing young, 116

Ring-necked Parrakeets at large in

Hampshire, 107


Robins, Appreciation of kindness by, 283

Rock Pebbler Parrakeet, Breeding the, 66

„ Pepler, 102

,, -Thrushes at Riva, 214

Roller, South African, 98

Rose-finch, Long tailed, 71

Rosella and Redrump hybrid, 103

Rosellas, 67, 199

Ross’s Snow Geese, 71

Ruff and Reeve, 58

Rufous-bellied Niltava, 21, 70

,, -breasted Thickhead, 62

,, Dove, Nesting of the, 270

,, -tailed Grassfinch, 70

,, Tinamou, 285


Rules of the Avicultural Society, 15


„ „ ,, Amendments, 306



S.



Q.


Quail, The Rain, 55, 58


,, Winter Quarters of the Common,

231


Quails, African, 54

,, Californian, 54

„ Egyptian, 53

„ Painted, 311

Queen Parrakeet, 198



R.


Racket-tailed Drongo, The Great, 84


,, „ Parrot, Pliillippine, 203, 246


Rails, Pectoral, 56

Rain Quail, 55, 58

Rallina canningi, 275

Ramble in Cevlon, 124

Rambles among the Wild Birds (No. III.)


30



Saffron and Ribbon Finches rearing

young, 116


Saltator aurantiirostris, 57, 70, 335

Sandpiper, 34


,, The rearing of the, 321

Scaly Dove, Nesting of the, 278

Scardafella sqtiamosa, 278

Sceloglaux albifacies, 331

Schuett’s Francolins, 223

Sclater’s Crowned Pigeon, 71

Scoresby’s Gulls, 71

Screamers, Crested, 277, 301

Seed-eater, St. Helena, 305

Seleucides nigricans, 26

Septicaemia, 49

“ Seven Sisters,” 97

Sliama and Dyal-bird, 232

,, Hen, 84

Shoebill Stork, 138

Shrike, Long-tailed, 98

,, Red-backed, 339

Silkworms, 208

Silver-bill, African, 133


„ and Nutmeg-finch Hybrid, 115



