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Owl, night conversation of, 1696; snowy, 

 in Norfolk, 1769 ; scops eared, at the 

 Scilly Islands, 1773; tame barn, 1857 ; 

 anecdote of, 1905 



Paludina, description of a remarkable spe- 

 cies of, 1786 



Palm-swift, 1810 



Pamphila Actaeon near Weymouth, 1867 



Parroquet, yellow-bellied, 1816 



Partridge, account of a tame, 1601 ; de- 

 structive to eggs, 1876 



Peal, 1614 



Pelican, rufous-necked, 1818 



Pelicanus fuse us, 1818 



Peru, Tschudi's Travels in, 1716, 1758, 

 1772 



Petrel, stormy, near Chipping Norton, 

 1643 ; near Knaresborough, 1643 ; at 

 Halifax, 1643 



Phalarope, gray, near Chipping Norton, 

 1640 ; at Wretham, 1640 ; at Mitchel- 

 dean, 1697; red-necked, near Salt- 

 house, 1955 



Pheasant, note on, 1856 ; anecdote of, 

 1861 



Phlogophora meticulosa in January, 1659 



Phycis furcatus, 1 826 



Phyllostoma erythromos, 1717 

 „ hastatum, 1717 



Phytonomus mixtus discovered in South 

 Dorsetshire, 1936 



Pigs, American, anecdote of, 1636 



Pike, 1847 



Pilchard, 1644, 1705 



Pissodes Pini at Gosforth, 1805 



Plaice, 1826 



Platalea ajaja, 1722 



Platessa flessus, 1827 

 „ limanda, 1827 

 „ microcephalus, 1827 

 „ vulgaris, 1826 



Plover, Norfolk, in December, 1601 ; kill- 

 deer, 1817 



Pochard, Paget's, description of, 1778 ; 

 breeding in Norfolk, 1782 



Polia occulta near Huddersfield, 1659 



Pollack, rauning, 1824 



Polyborus megalopterus, 1762 



Porphyrio Martinica, 1818 



Porrectaria Laricella of Hiibner, 1916 



Potato disease not induced by an insect, 

 1835 



Potoo, 1810 



Power, 1823 



Prairie-dogs, 1688 



Pselaphids, on the British species of, 

 11)32 



Psittacus mercenarius, 1721 

 Psyche, new British, 1863 

 Pteroptochus rubecula, 1764 



Quadrupeds, action of, in walking, 1851 

 Quail in Norfolk, in December, 1601 ; in 



January, 1692 

 Quiscalus crassirostris, 1815 

 Quit, blue, 1816 



Rabbits' teeth, malformation in, 1855 



Raniceps trifurcatus, 1826 



Rat, water, food of, 1768 



Ray, description of a new, 1880 



Redbreast, anecdote of, 1858 



Redstart, black, near Torquay, 1697 



Record, curious ornithological, 1772 



Regulus, fire-crested, near Truro, 1638 



Reptiles near Bonn, 1602 



Rhombus Arnoglossus, 1828 

 „ hirtus, 1827 

 „ maximus, 1827 

 „ megastoma, 1827 

 „ vulgaris, 1827 



Rhynchops nigra, 1764 



Rhyncoea Hilaerea, 1722 



Robins at sea, 1638 



Rock cook, 1611 



Rockling, five-bearded, 1825; three- 

 bearded, 1825 



Roebuck, hair of, 1871 



Rook, winter food of, 1859 ; aristocratic 

 taste of, 1906 



Rook's beak, nudity of the base of, 1638, 

 1696 ; suck birds' eggs, 1859 



Rose-galls, 1661 



Salmo fario, 1614 



„ salar, 1614 



„ trutta, 1614 

 Salmon, 1614 ; deadly encounter between 



two, 1650 

 Sandpiper, common, 1876 

 Scardia Picarella, 1884 

 Scolopax frenata, 1764 

 Scomberesox saurus, 1613 

 Scotophilus serotinus at Folkestone, 1635 

 Scyllaea, anatomy of, 1839 

 Seal, discrepancy in the colour of, 1870 ; 



supposed new British, 1870 

 Season of 1846, 1691 

 Serpent, the great sea, 1604, 1714, 1841, 



1911 

 Shad, twaite, 1713 ; allice, 1714 

 Shag, habits of the, 1 908 

 Shanny's nest attended by a stickleback, 



1911 

 Shieldrake, ruddy, in Ireland, 1877 



