CONTENTS. 



XI 



C. H. Townsend, H. M. Smith, I 

 and W. C. Harris, 470 

 The Forests of Upper India and 

 their Inhabitants, by Thomas 

 W. Webber, 471 

 Handbook of Instructions for Col- 

 lectors, issued by the British 

 Museum, 472 



Botaurus stellaris, 305, 315, 450 



Brachypternus aurantius, 209 



Breeding of Lesser Redpoll in Somer- 

 set, 66, — inYorkshire, 193 ; of Moor- 

 hen in Book's nest, 279 ; of Linota 

 rufescens on Wimbledon Common, 

 313 ; of Bittern in Herts in 1849, 

 315, 356 ; of Ringed Plover in 

 Worcestershire, 316 



Breydon Wild Birds Protection So- 

 ciety Report (1898-1901), 238 



Brom-Vogel, or Ground Hornbill, 49 



Bubalis bucephalus, 365 



Bubulcus coromandus, 450 



Bucorax cafer, 49 



Bunting, Girl, in Ireland, 353, — in 

 Carnarvonshire and Cardiganshire, 

 354 ; Little, in Durham, 466 ; Yel- 

 low, variety, 467 



Burma, prehistoric man in, 321 



Bustard, Little, in Sussex, 70 



Butastur teesa, 214 



Buteo lagopus, 230 ; vulgaris, 128, 

 229, 425 



Butorides javanica, 450 



Caccabis rufa, 61 

 Calandrella brachydactyla, 208 

 Calcarius lapponicus, 270 

 Calidris arenaria, 131 

 Calliope camtschatkensis, 206 

 Calliste fastuosa, 254 

 Caloenas nicobarica, 246 

 Campophaga melanoschista, 204 

 Canada, N.W. T., collecting small 



mammals in, 294 

 Canis latrans, 294 ; jubilatus, 362 

 Cannabina holboelli, 278 

 Caprimulgusasiaticus,211 ; europseus, 



61; macrurus, 211 

 Carduelis elegans, 14, 227 ; spinus, 



125 

 Carpodacus erythrinus, 207 

 Casarca rutila, 451 

 Centropus bengalensis, 212 ; 'sinensis, 



212 

 Cervus davidianus, 367 

 Ceryle maxima, 190 ; varia, 210 

 Cheetura sp. ?, 211 

 Chalcophas chrysochlora, 246 



'Challenger' Expedition, results at 



and near Bermuda, 39 

 Chamsepelia passerina, 245, 249 

 Charadrius fulvus, 387 ; pluvialis, 



129, 275, 375, 422, 426 

 Chaulelasmus streperus, 451 

 Chelidon urbica, 14, 108 

 Ciconia alba, 449 ; nigra, 449 

 Cinclus melanogaster, 271 

 Cinnyris amethystinus, 190 

 Circus seruginosus, 214 ; cineraceus, 



2'29, 435 ; cyaneus, 214, 229 ; ma- 

 crurus, 214 ; melanoleucus, 214 

 Cisticola cursitans, 203 

 Cittocincla macrura, 206 

 Clangula glaucion, 32, 307 

 Coccidae, antennae of, 437 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris, 125, 227, 



279, 465 

 Coccystes jacobinus, 189, 211 ; serra- 



tus, 189 

 Coccyzus americanus, 26, 73 

 Collections — birds, Mr. F. Coburn's, 



118 ; living mammals, Dr. Ren- 



shaw's, 179 

 Coloration, a question of, 150 ; pro- 

 tective, of Australian birds and 



their nests, 199 

 Colurnba senas, 61 ; eversrnanni, 381 ; 



intermedia, 384 ; livia, 384 ; cenas, 



15 ; paluinbus, 61, 129, 422 

 Columbidae, 245 

 Columbula picui, 245 

 Colyrubus arcticus, 422 ; glacialis, 



112, 311 ; septentrionalis, 277 

 Condor laying in confinement, 194 

 Connochsetes taurinus, 364 

 Copsychus saularis, 206 

 Coracias garrulus, 127 ; indica, 209 

 Corvidaa, 254 

 Corvus corax, 194, 422 ; cornix, 127, 



226, 272 ; corone, 14, 126, 422 ; 



frugilegus, 60, 127, 232 ; macro- 



rhynchus, 201 ; monedula, 14, 126, 

 . 422 ; splendens, 201 

 Corythaix musophaga, 190 

 Cotile riparia, 14 ; sinensis, 207 

 Coturnix communis, 307, 385 ; coro- 



mandelica, 385 

 County Records : — 



Derbyshire — Notes, 455 



Dorset — Jay, 466 ; Songs of birds, 

 468 



Durham — Kingfisher, 68; Little 

 Bunting, 466 



Cheshire — Knot, 467 



Cumberland — Sea-birds and Plo- 

 vers, 374 



