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CONTENTS. 



Pandion haliaetus, 5, 427 



Pangolin, 351, 352 



Panurus biarmicus, 8 



Parasite, dipterous, in plumage of 



birds, 357, 480 

 Parus ater, 8 ; cseruleus, 8, 204 ; ma 



jor, 8 ; montanus kleinschmidti 



30 ; palustris, 8 ; salicarius, 29 

 Passai'a solitaria, 10 

 Passer domesticus, 205, 469 ; italise 



11 ; montanus, 11, 205 ; petronia 



11 

 Passera bianca, 11 

 Pastor, Eose-coloured, in Kent, 223 



roseus, 223 

 Patagonia, extinct reptiles from, 120 

 Patella vulgata, 118, 324 

 Pelias berus, 114 

 Pelidna americana, 187 

 Perdix cinerea, 14, 470 

 Periophthalmus, 336 

 Petrel, Storm, 254 ; in confinement, 



478 

 Phalacrocoracidse, mode of progres- 

 sion under water, 31 

 PhalacrocorajX carbo, 70, 408, 470; 



fulicarius, 477 ; graculus, 354, 408, 



470 

 Phalarope, Grey, 253 ; Red-necked, 



in Lincolnshire, 72, — in North 



Wales, 428 

 Phalaropus fulicarius, 100 ; hj'per- 



boreus, 72, 100, 209, 414 

 Phasma, 331 



Pheasant, hen, with spurs, 139 

 Phoca vitulina, 114 

 Photo-trapping Purple Herons and 



Spoonbills, 290 

 Phylloscopus bonellii, 10 ; rufus, 388, 



424 ; trochilus, 203, 469 

 Picoides tridactylus, 185 

 Pierinae, cannibalistic propensities of, 



198 

 Picus martins, 7 

 Pigeon, Wood, molluscs eaten by. 73 ; 



early breeding, 185 

 Pigeons, &c., pairing manoeuvres of, 



181, 270 

 Pinicola enucleator, 2, 12 

 Pipistrellus noetula, 51, 153 

 Pipit, Red-throated, in Ireland, 264 ; 



Richard's in North Wales, 425 

 Plague of Snakes, 25 

 Platalea leucorodia, 269 

 Plectrophanes lapponicus, 11 

 Plectrophenax nivalis, 11, 158, 206, 



284, 407 

 Plegadis falcinellus, 185 



Pleuronectes flesus, 160 ; microceph- 



alus, 160 

 Pochard, 252 

 Podargus strigoidea, 260 

 Podiceps auritus, 299, 417 ; cristatus, 



108, 161, 298, 339; fluviatilis, 211, 



299 ; griseigena, 134, 298 ; nigri- 



collis, 299 

 Poecilogale albinucha, 220 

 Point Cloates, N.W. Australia, notes 



from, 255 

 Porites, 120 



Porzana maruetta, 209, 391 

 Pratincola rubetra, 10, 203, 469 ; ru- 



bicola, 10, 64, 469 

 Procellaria pelagica, 300, 478 

 Protection of British birds, 226 

 Proteles cristatus, 78, 219 

 Ptilotis leilavalensis, 259 

 Puffin, 254 ; off coast of Kerry, 355 ; 



a breeding station of, on the Shiant 



Islands, fig., 429 

 Puffinus anglorum, 299 ; griseus, 477 ; 



major, 299 

 Pyrrhocorax alpinus, 13 ; gracxilus, 



13, 248, 250, 268, 470 

 Pyri'hula major, 12 

 Python molurus. 302 



Quagga, the true, 41 ; stallion, fig., 48 

 Querquedula crecca, 411 ; discors, 282 ; 

 sp. ?, 411 



Rabbits in New Zealand, how kept 

 in check, 278 



Raia batis, 22 ; oxyrhynchus, 22 



Rail, Water, 253 



Rallus aquaticus, 209 



Rat, Black, at Great Yarmouth, 153 



Ratiocination in Ants, 440 



Ratufa affinis, 244 ; bicolor, 243, 244 ; 

 ephippium, 244 ; gigantea, 244 



Raven, 250 



Ray, Spotted, at Great Yarmouth, 274 



Recurvirostra avocetta, 100 ; novae- 

 hollandiae, 255 



Redcar, Yorkshire, notes, 108, 477 



Redpoll, Lesser, 250 ; nesting in Sus- 

 sex, 315 



Regulus cristatus, 8, 203, 423, — near 

 Reading, 472 ; ignicapillus. 8 



Reptiles, extinct, from Patagonia, 120 



Rhinoceros bicornis, 116; simus, 116 



Rhodesia, North-eastern, fauna, 397 



Rhombus laevis, 160 



Rissa tridactyla, 296, 415, 471 



Robin in Shetland, 106, 154 



Roller, Common, in Sussex, 316 



