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Osmia purpurascens, lviii 



Osprey, 2476, 2594 ; at Udimore, 2346 ; 

 near Bishop's Auckland, 2452 ; at 

 Scilly, 2620 



Otis tarda, 2599 

 „ Tetrax, 2599 



Otter in Suffolk, 2379; in Dorsetshire, 

 2407 



Otus brachyotos, 2536 



Ouzel, water, near Hitchin, 2346 ; ring, 

 2482 ; supposed to be nesting in Wor- 

 cestershire, 2495 ; water, note on, 

 2526 ; ring, 2541 ; near Esher, 2567 ; 

 nesting near Lowestoft, 2589 



Owl, tawny, variety of, 2411 ; barn, 2427; 



» tawny, 2427, 2477 ; great eagle, nest- 



ing in confinement, 2452 ; eagle, 

 2477 ; long-eared, 2477 ; short-eared, 

 2477, 2536 ; snowy, 2477 ; white or 

 barn, 2477 ; little, 2478 ; eagle, breed- 

 ing in confinement, 2566 ; scops-eared, 

 2596 

 Oyster-catcher in Worcestershire, 2455 



Paludina vivipara, downy epidermis of, 



2399 

 Pamphila Comma near Salisbury, 2546 

 Pandion Haliaeetos, 2594 

 Partiality of cats for cigars, 2439 

 Partridge, 2607; note on, 2352 ; common, 

 migration of, 2419 ; red-legged, 2598, 

 2610 

 Parus ater, 2487 



„ caudatus, 2429, 2487 

 „ caeruleus, 2429, 2487 

 „ major, 2487 

 „ palustris, 2487 

 Pastor, rose-coloured, 2560, 2598 

 Pastor roseus, 2560, 2598 

 Pelican in France, 2591 

 Pempelia adornatella, 2629 

 „ dilutella, 2628 

 „ obductella, 2628 

 „ ornatella, 2629 

 „ sororiella, 2628 

 „ subornatella, 2629 

 „ thymiella, 2628 

 Perdix cinerea, 2608 

 „ Coturnix, 2610 

 „ rubra, 2598 

 „ rufa, 2610 

 Pernis apivorus, 2596 

 Petrel, fork-tailed, near Brighton, 2392 ; 

 fulmar, at Bridlington, 2592 ; fork- 

 tailed, near Yarmouth, 2622 ; fulmar, 

 2625 ; fork-tailed, 2625 ; storm, 2625 

 Phalacrocorax carbo, 2624 



„ cristatus, 2624 



Phalarope red-necked, 2538 ; gray, 2602 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, 2538 



„ lobatus, 2602 



Phasianus colchicus, 2432, 2607 

 Pheasant, 2432, 2607 

 Philomela luscinia, 2534 

 Physeter bidens, 2441 

 Pica caudata, 243 1 

 Picus major, 2431, 2564 

 „ minor, 2564 

 „ villosus, 2496, 2527 

 „ viridis, 2431, 2564 

 Pike, remarkable instance of instinct in, 



2356 

 Pipit, tree, 2488 ; early arrival of, 24 1 5 ; 



meadow, 2488 

 Pissodes Pini, 2374 

 Planorbis carinatus, supposed monstrosity 



of, 2462 

 Plectrophanes nivalis, 2536 

 Plover, ringed, 2536 ; in Cambridgeshire, 



2497; golden, 2610 

 Podiceps auritus, 2623 



„ cornutus, 2623 



,, cristatus, 2623 



„ minor 2433 



„ rubricollis, 2623 

 Polecat in Suffolk, 2379, 2523 ; in Dor- 

 setshire, 2407; at Udimore, 2407; 



is it rare in Suffolk ? 2440 ; white or 



cream-coloured, 2440, 2619 

 Polia Lichenia, 2404 

 Porrectariae, habits and economy of the 



larvae of, 2436 

 Procellaria glacialis, 2625 

 Puffin, 2624 



Puffinus Anglorum, 2625 

 Purple colour of the ancients, 2506 

 Pyrrhula vulgaris, 2430 



Quail, common, 2535, 2610 



Raiidse, enormous fish apparently allied 

 to, 2357 



Rat, black, in Devonshire, 2344 ; killed 

 by a frog, 2474; water, inquiry re- 

 specting, 2474 ; blackbird's eggs 

 sucked by, 2495 



Rats, anecdote of, 2408 



Raven, 2560, 2598 



Reason and instinct, 2333 



Recurvirostra Avocetta, 2601 



Redbreast, 2482 ; singular variety of, 2526 



Redpole, lesser, 2429, 2492 



Redshank, spotted, 2537 



Redstart, 2483 



Redwing, 2481 



Regulus, fire-crested, at Rye, 24 1 8 ; 

 golden-crested, 2428, 2486 ; lire- 

 crested, 2487 ; at Bembridgc, 2526 



