CONTENTS. 



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Organic colour, origin of, 48 



Orgyia antiqua, 455 



Oriole, Golden, in Malta, 255, 256 



Oriolus galbula, 158, 162, 171 



Osteolepus, 802 



Otaria gillespii, 552 



Othonia gracilis, 536 



Otis tetrax, 32, — figured, 120 



Otocorys alpestris, 64 



Ouzel, Ring, haunt of, 403 



Ovis musinion, 549 ; tragelaphus, 

 549 



Owl, Cape Scops, in captivity, 420 ; 

 Short-eared, nesting of, 121 



Owls (Barn, Long-eared, Scops, Short- 

 eared) in Malta, 254 



Oxfordshire, notes on the ornitho- 

 logy of, 433 



Panurus biarmicus, 115 



Papilio cenea, 530 ; lyseus, 458 ; ma- 



chaon, 318 

 Paroaria cucullata, 275 

 Parra gallinacea, 467 

 Parrots, tax on exports from Loango, 



287 

 Partridge, variety, 126 

 Partridges, black-breasted, 270 ; Rus- 

 sian, 224 

 Parus ater, 85, 157, 308; borealis, 



60 ; casruleus, 85, 157, 162, 313 ; 



major, 85, 157, 162, 308; palustris, 



85, 157 

 Passer domesticus, 63, 72, 85, 158, 



162; montanus, 158, 162; rufi- 



pectus, 422 

 Pastor roseus, 317 

 Pearl-button industry of Mississippi 



River, 480 

 Pedetes caffer, 45 

 Pelamid in Cornwall, 421 

 Pelamya sarda, 421 

 Penthina gentiana, 531 

 Perameles nasuta, 413 ; obesula, 413 

 Perdix cinerea, 160, 271; daurica, 



270 ; montana, 126 

 Petasia casinea, 539 

 Petrels, Storm, in Malta, 255 ; flying 



at light, 557 

 Petrosea goodenovii, 141 

 Phalacrocorax carbo, 30, 70, 73, 183 ; 



graculus, 73 , melanoleucus, 409 ; 



novae -hollandise, 408 

 Phalarope, Grey, in Co. Armagh, 477 

 Phalaropus fulicarius, 477 ; hyper- 



boreus, 66, 169 

 Pharnacea serratipes, 290 

 Phasianus colchicus, 139, 160 



Phasma rossia, 290 



Phasmid*, 290-302, 455, 541 



Pheropsophus, 468 



Philanthus triangulum, 356 



Phoccena, 409 



Phoenicopterus roseus, 29 



Phomacentridse, 464 



Photodilus badius, 317 



Phrynosoma, 468 



Phyciodes, 460 



Phy Ilium crurifolium, 456 



Phyllomorpha paradoxa, 451 



Phyllopteryx sp., 540 



Phylloscopus bonellii, 154 ; rufus, 133, 



134, 154, 177,517,555; sibilatrix, 



154 ; superciliosus, 221 ; trochilus, 



60, 85, 154, 177, 555 

 PhysaliaB, 409, 410 

 Pica rustica, 64, 159, 162 

 Picus major, 460 

 Pieridse, 444, 445 

 Pieris brassicae, 529, 530 

 Pigments, green, in invertebrates, 430 

 Pilobolus, 446 

 Pionus acciptrinus, 317 

 Pipistrellus noctula, 131, 473; pipi- 



strellus, 473 

 Pisa armata, 536 ; tetradon, 536 

 Platalea leucorodia, 270 

 Platycercus semitorquatus, 141 ; zo- 



narius, 371 

 Plecotus auritus, 471 

 Plectophanes nivalis, 63 

 Plotus levaillanti, 461 

 Plover, Grey, in summer plumage in 



Yorks, 419 

 Plovers (Golden and Grey) in Malta, 



255 

 Plumage of certain birds, variations 



in, 138 

 Pochard, Paget's, hybrid, 128 

 Podiceps auritus, 32 

 Poecilogale albinucha, 449 

 Point Cloates, North-west Australia, 



notes from, 139 

 Polecats in Wales, 79 ; in Halifax, 144 

 Poliaetus leucogaster, 142 

 Poymitarcys virgo, 348 

 Polyporus betulinus, 459 ; fomenta- 



rius, 459 

 Pond-life, microscopical, 281 

 Porpoise at London Bridge, 96 

 Pratincola rubetra, 152, 161, 203, 267, 



369, 475 ; rubecula, 133 ; rubicola, 



152, 161, 208 

 Pratincole in Malta, 255 

 Primary, first, in passerine birds, 129 

 Procellaria pelagica, 77, 557 



