﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  XV 
  

  

  Measurements 
  and 
  weights 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   of 
  commoner 
  Charadriidae, 
  281 
  

  

  Megacephalon 
  maleo, 
  224 
  

  

  Megalestris 
  ehilensis, 
  406 
  

  

  Melanism 
  and 
  albinism 
  in 
  Mamma- 
  

   lia, 
  426 
  

  

  Meliornis 
  noYK-hollandise, 
  307 
  

  

  Melithreptus 
  melanocephalus, 
  831 
  ; 
  

   validirostris, 
  381 
  

  

  Melospiza 
  lincolni, 
  138 
  

  

  Mephitis 
  mepbitica, 
  222 
  

  

  Mergnlus 
  alle, 
  401 
  

  

  Mergus 
  albellus, 
  230 
  ; 
  serrator, 
  145, 
  

   381 
  

  

  Merlin, 
  12, 
  84 
  

  

  Merops 
  apiaster, 
  842 
  

  

  Micranous 
  leucocapillus, 
  402 
  

  

  Micropus 
  pacificus, 
  832 
  

  

  Microtus 
  amphibius,426 
  ; 
  orcadensis, 
  

   241, 
  246 
  

  

  Migration 
  of 
  birds 
  in 
  1903, 
  115; 
  

   notes 
  from 
  Norfolk 
  and 
  East 
  

   Coast, 
  201,— 
  fig., 
  210, 
  211 
  ; 
  at 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  231; 
  in 
  N.E. 
  Lincoln- 
  

   shire, 
  291 
  

  

  Migratory 
  notes, 
  267 
  

  

  Milvus 
  ictinus, 
  314 
  

  

  Mole, 
  Common, 
  variety, 
  190 
  

  

  Molge 
  cristata, 
  391, 
  435 
  ; 
  palmata, 
  

   891, 
  435; 
  vulgaris, 
  485 
  

  

  Moorhen's 
  egg 
  in 
  nest 
  of 
  Magpie, 
  

   228 
  

  

  Motacilla 
  alba, 
  227, 
  230, 
  376, 
  453 
  ; 
  

   lugubris, 
  146, 
  294, 
  340, 
  376, 
  421 
  ; 
  

   melanope, 
  146, 
  841, 
  376 
  ; 
  rah, 
  295 
  

  

  Mouse, 
  Yellow-necked, 
  at 
  Eichmond, 
  

   Surrey, 
  425 
  

  

  Mugil 
  chelo, 
  448 
  

  

  Mus 
  decumanus, 
  72 
  ; 
  flavicollis 
  sub- 
  

   spp, 
  424 
  ; 
  rattus, 
  72, 
  403, 
  411, 
  415 
  

  

  Muscicapa 
  atricapilla, 
  295, 
  341 
  ; 
  

   grisola, 
  295, 
  376 
  

  

  Mussel, 
  Common, 
  in 
  Belfast 
  Lough, 
  

   276 
  

  

  Mustela 
  martes, 
  455 
  

  

  Mya 
  arenaria, 
  168 
  

  

  Myotis 
  daubentoni, 
  845 
  

  

  Myristicivora 
  bicolor, 
  221 
  

  

  Mvtilus 
  edulis, 
  276 
  ; 
  magellanicus, 
  

   407 
  

  

  Myzomela 
  nigriventris, 
  413 
  

  

  Natural 
  History 
  observations 
  made 
  

   during 
  voyage 
  round 
  the 
  world 
  of 
  

   B.Y.S. 
  'YalhaUa' 
  (1902-3), 
  401 
  

  

  Nest-boxes, 
  267 
  

  

  Nest 
  of 
  Book 
  with 
  two 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   Book 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  Moorhen, 
  142 
  ; 
  

  

  of 
  Long-eared 
  Owl 
  (Plate 
  III.), 
  

   259 
  

  

  Nesting 
  habits 
  of 
  Common 
  Buzzard, 
  

   96 
  ; 
  of 
  Ringed 
  Plover 
  in 
  North 
  

   Kent, 
  168, 
  265 
  ; 
  of 
  Lesser 
  Tern 
  on 
  

   North 
  Kent 
  coast, 
  173; 
  of 
  Eobin 
  

   in 
  tree 
  and 
  hedge, 
  190, 
  263, 
  312 
  ; 
  

   of 
  Books, 
  191 
  ; 
  early, 
  of 
  Little 
  

   Grebe, 
  194 
  ; 
  note, 
  194 
  ; 
  early, 
  of 
  

   Lesser 
  Whitetbroat, 
  227, 
  264 
  ; 
  of 
  

   Linnet, 
  250 
  ; 
  of 
  Wheatear, 
  253 
  ; 
  

   of 
  Moorhen, 
  255 
  ; 
  of 
  Little 
  Grebe, 
  

   255 
  ; 
  of 
  Long-eared 
  Owl 
  on 
  ground, 
  

   259; 
  of 
  Marsh 
  Warbler, 
  346; 
  

   autumn, 
  370 
  ; 
  site, 
  unusual, 
  in 
  

   Dorset, 
  384 
  ; 
  habits 
  of 
  Pied 
  Wag- 
  

   tail, 
  421, 
  453 
  

  

  Nestlings 
  of 
  Sterna 
  fluviatilis 
  (Plate 
  

   II. 
  fig. 
  2), 
  216 
  

  

  Nettion 
  crecca, 
  166, 
  298, 
  380 
  

  

  Nettium 
  crecca, 
  448, 
  449 
  ; 
  formosum, 
  

   447 
  

  

  Nettopus 
  coromandelianus, 
  449 
  

  

  Newt, 
  Common, 
  does 
  it 
  occur 
  in 
  Car- 
  

   narvon 
  or 
  Anglesey? 
  391, 
  435 
  

  

  Newts 
  in 
  North 
  Wales, 
  435 
  

  

  Nidification 
  of 
  Common 
  Tern 
  (Plate 
  

   II. 
  fig. 
  2), 
  216; 
  Heron, 
  218; 
  Stock 
  

   Dove, 
  218 
  

  

  Night-Heron 
  in 
  Lancashire, 
  314 
  

  

  Ninox 
  bosbook, 
  823 
  

  

  Norfolk 
  and 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  England, 
  

   ornithological 
  notes 
  from, 
  for 
  1903 
  

   (Plate 
  II., 
  and 
  diagrams), 
  201 
  

  

  Nothoprocta 
  perdicaria, 
  410 
  

  

  Numenius 
  arquata, 
  146, 
  167, 
  299, 
  

   377, 
  381 
  ; 
  phaaopus, 
  167, 
  300, 
  881 
  

  

  Nuthatch, 
  unusual 
  nesting-site, 
  in 
  

   Dorset, 
  384 
  

  

  Nyctea 
  scandiaca, 
  230 
  

  

  Nycticorax 
  griseus, 
  314 
  

  

  Nyroca 
  baeri, 
  447; 
  nyroca, 
  447 
  

  

  Obituary 
  — 
  

  

  Fea, 
  Leonardo, 
  440 
  

   Francis, 
  Dr. 
  William, 
  78 
  

   McLachlan, 
  Eobert, 
  225 
  

  

  ffidemia 
  nigra, 
  166, 
  880 
  

  

  ffidicnemus 
  scolopax, 
  878 
  

  

  Oriole, 
  Golden, 
  85 
  

  

  Orkney 
  Islands, 
  new 
  British 
  Vole 
  

   from, 
  241 
  ; 
  Terns 
  in, 
  461 
  

  

  Ornithological 
  notes, 
  from 
  Mid- 
  

   Wales, 
  66 
  ; 
  Derbyshire, 
  103 
  ; 
  Aber- 
  

   deen, 
  146, 
  231 
  ; 
  Norfolk 
  and 
  East 
  

   Coast 
  (Plate 
  II.), 
  201; 
  made 
  on 
  a 
  

   trip 
  to 
  West 
  Indies, 
  228 
  ; 
  from 
  

   Shetland, 
  230 
  ; 
  New 
  Eomney 
  and 
  

  

  