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CONTENTS. 



Machetes pugnax, 211 



Macra stultorum, 533 



Macronyx capensis, 543 



Microphthalmias setosus, 349 



Macropus giganteus, 49 



Macrorhinus angustirostris, 441 ; ele- 

 phantinus, 441 ; leoninus, 441 



Malurus lamberti, 419 



Mammalia of Surrey, 559 



Man and Apes, relation between, 528 



Mangilia (Pleurotoma) nebula, 319 



Mantidse, 559 



Mareca penelope, 58, 210, 531 



Marten in Cleveland, 517 



Martin, Crag, on the Eigi, 269 



Megalestris catarrhactes, 521 



Megalomastoma antillarum, 306 ; 

 guildingianum, 306 ; suspensum, 

 305, 306, 317, 320 



Melizophilus melanocephala, 518 



Melopsittacus undulatus, 417 



Mergus albellus, 533 ; cucullatus, 533 ; 

 merganser, 533 ; serrator, 59, 533 



Merops apiaster, 409 



Microstylium apicale, 559 



Microtribonyx ventralis, 417 



Microtus glareolus, 381, 421 



Migrants, summer, lateness of, 238 



Migration notes from Great Yar- 

 mouth, 324 



Millport Marine Biological Station, 

 342 



Milvus ictinus, 215. 412, 454 



Mimicry, 32, 85, li6, 145, 287, 327, 

 536 



Misocalius osculans, 419 



Mitra saltata, 319 



Mitridse, 319 



Mole, variety, 142, 186 



Molluscs, Spinning, 289 (Plate III.) 



Motacilla alba, 220, 401, 451 ; flava, 

 401, 451 ; lugubris, 55, 205, 220, 

 401, 451 ; melanope, 205, 401 ; 

 raii, 205, 221, 401 ; sulphurea, 220 



Mouse, Long-tailed Field, insecti- 

 vorous habits, 421 



Mugil, 356 



Mullus surmuletus, 288 



Mus minutus, 321 ; rattus, 517 ; syl- 

 vaticus, 421 



Muscicapa atricapilla, 206, 237, 278, 

 403, 432; grisola, 206, 217, 403, 

 452 ; parva, 403 



Mustela erminea, 517 ; martes, 517 



Mycteris longicarpus, 348 



Names of British Birds, their origin 

 and meaning, 511, 558 



Nautilograpsus minutus, 350 



Nectocarcinus integrifrons, 349, 354 



Nematoda, 340 



Neomys fodiens, 142 



Neophron percnopterus, 258, 454 



Neptunus pelagicus, 354, 357; san- 



guinolentus, 354 

 Neritina fluviatilis, 303 



Nest of Missel-Thrush at low eleva- 

 tion, 12 ; of Kedstart and Robin 

 with young of Cuckoo, 13 ; of Haw- 

 finch emptied by Cuckoo, Rook, 

 and Jackdaw, 13; of Marsh-War- 

 bler with egg of Cuckoo in Oxford- 

 shire, 20,— in Norfolk, 105; of 

 Marsh Harrier in Norfolk, 105, — 

 in Berkshire, 143 ; of Great Tit in 

 active beehive, 143; of Bearded 

 Titmouse with eight eggs, 107, 367 



Nest and young, care of, 247 



Nesting of Barn and Long-eared Owls 

 in Oxfordshire, 11; of Great Tit, 

 19, 82, 143, — in Worcestershire, 

 423 ; of Hobby in Shropshire, 143, 

 382; notes, 239; of Curlew in 

 Surrey, 382 ; of Common Sparrow, 

 424, 519; of Starling, 425; of 

 Marsh-Warbler in Wiltshire, 555 



Nettion castaneum, 419 ; crecca, 209 



Nisaetus morphnoides, 419 



Noctiluca miliaris, 356 



Noctilucse, 356 



Norfolk, ornithological notes from, 

 for 1899, 97 (Plate II.) ; notes from, 

 239 



Notes and songs of Birds, variations 

 in, 882 



Nucifraga caryocatactes, 407 



Numenius arquata, 62, 212, 382, 456; 

 phaeopus, 212 



Nutcracker in Norfolk, 106 ; on the 

 Rigi, 268 



Nuthatch at Aberystwyth, 78 



Nyctala tengmalmi, 410 



Nyctea scandica, 410 



Nycticorax griseus, 414 



Obituary ; — 



Anderson, Dr. John, M.D., F.R.S., 

 440 



Atkinson, Canon, 200 

 Coues, Dr. Elliott, 80 

 Cross, William, 248 

 Edwards, M. Milne, 248 

 Layard, E. L., 47 

 Mivart, Dr. St. George, 200 

 Paget, Sir James, 48 

 Russ, Dr. Carl, 81 



