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Linnets, insect-eaters 6, 7 



Lloyd, Wm., on Yellow-billed Cuckoo 225 (note) 



Logan, Rev. John, and " The Cuckoo " 4 



Longevity, Use of Professor Ray Lankester's arguments in i65 

 Long-tailed Cuckoo, 201 ; parasitic on Tui or Parson-bird 20: 

 Lucas', Mr., Study of wing of Hoatzin 35, 36 



Macllwraith, Mr., on Canadian Cuckoos, 224; eggs vary 



from four to eight, 225 ; quotes Dr. C. K. Clarke, 226, 230, 232 

 Macpherson, Mr. A. Holte 271 



Magpies leaving Pigeons' Eggs alone 269 



Males over Females, Excess of 72, 73 



Males have more survived than Female Cuckoos 177 



Masscy's, Mr., Collection 142 



" May he's " not good honey bees 193 



Maynard, C. J., on Parasitism of American Cuckoos 228 



Merrell, Dr., of Ohio, quoted by Darwin in 



Migration, Insect-eating and 8 



Millar, Mr. J. Peat 27, 28, 30 



Miller's, Mr. W. J. C, Robins desert nest with Cuckoo's 



egg 135 

 Mivart, Professor St. George 171, 175, igj 



Modification of Oviduct in Cuckoo 177 



Molothrus Family, The, and Eggs 161 



Montagu 17, 21, 22, 25 



Mound-builders' Chicks 116 



Muirhead, Mr., and Birds of Berwickshire 73 

 Miiller, Herr Adolph, 12, 61 ; deductions from facts 



observed 62 



Naimianiiia 52 



Nehrling, 228 (note) ; on Cow-birds' Eggs in other's nests 240 

 New Zealand Cuckoos, connecting link between ours and 



American 205 



Newton and Little Grebe, 33, 34 ; quotes Rowley 85, 86 



