﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  IX 
  

  

  ALPHABETICAL 
  LIST 
  OF 
  SUBJECTS. 
  

  

  Aberdeen, 
  notes 
  from, 
  146; 
  migration 
  

  

  notes 
  for 
  April, 
  231 
  

   Aealyptophis 
  peronii, 
  415 
  

   Acanthiza 
  diemenensis, 
  328, 
  329 
  ; 
  

  

  ewingi, 
  27S, 
  329 
  ; 
  magnirostris, 
  329 
  

   Acanthochsera 
  inanris, 
  331 
  

   Acanthornis 
  magna, 
  278, 
  329 
  

   Accentor 
  modular 
  is, 
  294, 
  340 
  

   Accipiter 
  nisus, 
  297, 
  343, 
  388 
  

   Acrocephalus 
  palustris, 
  346 
  ; 
  phrag- 
  

  

  mitis, 
  252 
  ; 
  streperus, 
  294 
  

   Acryllium 
  vulturianurn, 
  224 
  

   Aex 
  galericulata, 
  448 
  

   Africa, 
  Big-Game 
  preservation 
  in, 
  

  

  153 
  

   Africa, 
  South, 
  Ornithologists' 
  Union 
  

  

  for, 
  239 
  

   Alauda 
  arvensis, 
  146, 
  251, 
  296, 
  342 
  

   Albinism 
  in 
  Magpie, 
  313 
  ; 
  and 
  melan- 
  

   ism, 
  in 
  Mammalia, 
  426 
  

   Albino 
  Kestrel, 
  344 
  

   Alca 
  torda, 
  375, 
  382 
  

   Alcedo 
  ispida, 
  165, 
  296, 
  342 
  

   Alces 
  machlis, 
  220 
  

   Alligator 
  lucius, 
  221 
  

   Ampelis 
  garrulus, 
  31, 
  74, 
  115, 
  230 
  

   Amsterdam 
  Zoological 
  Gardens, 
  220 
  

   Anarchichas 
  lupus, 
  392 
  

   Anas 
  boscas, 
  166, 
  375, 
  379, 
  449 
  

   Anatidse, 
  Indian, 
  notes 
  on, 
  447 
  

   Anglesea, 
  notes 
  on 
  birds 
  of, 
  7 
  ; 
  Snipe 
  - 
  

  

  bogs 
  of, 
  22 
  

   Animal 
  distribution, 
  rivers 
  as 
  factors 
  

  

  in, 
  121, 
  180 
  

   Animals, 
  do 
  they 
  think 
  ?, 
  399 
  

   Anous 
  stolidus, 
  402, 
  411 
  

   Anser 
  albifrons, 
  379 
  ; 
  brachyrhyn- 
  

  

  chus, 
  297 
  ; 
  cinereus, 
  379 
  ; 
  segetum, 
  

  

  297 
  

   Antelope 
  cervicapra, 
  223 
  

   Anthus 
  campestris, 
  as 
  a 
  visitor 
  to 
  

  

  England, 
  452; 
  obscurus, 
  165, 
  295, 
  

  

  375 
  ; 
  pratensis, 
  139, 
  165, 
  229, 
  250, 
  

  

  252, 
  295, 
  341 
  ; 
  richardi, 
  115 
  ; 
  trivi- 
  

  

  alis, 
  295, 
  341 
  

   Aplonis 
  atrifusca, 
  413 
  

   Aplysia 
  punctata, 
  444 
  

   Apteryx 
  mantella, 
  221 
  

   Aquila 
  chrysaetus, 
  224 
  

   Ardea 
  cinerea, 
  344; 
  garzetta, 
  228 
  

   Argyope 
  trifasciata, 
  402 
  

  

  Asio 
  accipitrinus, 
  230, 
  296, 
  343 
  ; 
  otus, 
  

   259, 
  265, 
  343, 
  377, 
  385 
  

  

  Athene 
  noctua, 
  74 
  

  

  Atlantic, 
  North, 
  and 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Law- 
  

   rence, 
  land-birds 
  of, 
  134 
  

  

  Australian 
  birds' 
  eggs 
  and 
  nests, 
  359 
  

  

  Avocet, 
  203 
  

  

  Badger, 
  variety, 
  227 
  ; 
  gestation 
  of, 
  

   30, 
  108 
  

  

  Ballistes 
  sp., 
  402 
  

  

  Barbastelle 
  in 
  Wales, 
  262 
  

  

  Bat, 
  Daubenton's, 
  in 
  Middlesex, 
  345 
  ; 
  

   Noctule, 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  425, 
  — 
  hyber- 
  

   nation, 
  455 
  ; 
  Whiskered, 
  in 
  Oxford- 
  

   shire, 
  311 
  

  

  Bear, 
  Himalayan, 
  pale-coloured, 
  455 
  

  

  Beri-beri 
  disease, 
  278 
  

  

  Berkshire, 
  rare 
  birds 
  in, 
  116 
  

  

  Bernicla 
  brenta, 
  379 
  

  

  Biological 
  suggestions 
  — 
  rivers 
  as 
  fac- 
  

   tors 
  in 
  animal 
  distribution, 
  121, 
  180 
  

  

  Bird, 
  old 
  or 
  local 
  name 
  of 
  a, 
  117, 
  147 
  

  

  Bird-life 
  in 
  Jersey, 
  339 
  

  

  Bird-slaughter 
  for 
  feminine 
  fashion, 
  

   315, 
  350 
  

  

  Birds, 
  of 
  Anglesea, 
  7; 
  of 
  Oxfordshire, 
  

   or 
  Buckinghamshire? 
  34, 
  75, 
  116; 
  

   of 
  Somerset 
  coast, 
  81 
  ; 
  of 
  Derby- 
  

   shire, 
  103; 
  rare, 
  in 
  Berkshire, 
  116; 
  

   of 
  Isle 
  of 
  Man, 
  119 
  ; 
  land, 
  of 
  North 
  

   Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  

   134; 
  oviposition 
  in, 
  146; 
  of 
  New 
  

   Bomney 
  and 
  Littlestone-on-Sea, 
  

   250 
  ; 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Hobart 
  Town, 
  307 
  ; 
  singing 
  haunts 
  

   and 
  habits 
  of 
  some 
  British, 
  315, 
  445 
  ; 
  

   of 
  Tasmania, 
  321 
  ; 
  of 
  Narin 
  district, 
  

   Co. 
  Donegal, 
  373 
  ; 
  Swiss, 
  423, 
  462 
  ; 
  

   shore, 
  at 
  Burnham, 
  Somerset, 
  434 
  

  

  Birds 
  and 
  eggs, 
  " 
  British," 
  traffic 
  in, 
  

   251, 
  351 
  

  

  Birds' 
  eggs, 
  infertility 
  of, 
  in 
  1903, 
  

   278 
  ; 
  Australian, 
  and 
  nests, 
  359 
  

  

  Bittern 
  in 
  Co. 
  Waterford, 
  144 
  

  

  Blackbird 
  singing 
  on 
  a 
  London 
  chim- 
  

   ney-pot, 
  262, 
  311 
  

  

  Blackcap, 
  late 
  appearance, 
  456 
  

  

  Blenny 
  (Sucker), 
  Montagu's, 
  147, 
  442 
  

  

  Bluethroat, 
  203 
  ; 
  White-spotted, 
  near 
  

   London, 
  262,-British 
  examples, 
  263 
  

  

  