CONTENTS. 



XV 



Lophoceros birostris, 210 



Loxia bifasciata, 353 ; curvirostra, 227 



Lynceidse, 101 



Lynceus, 101 ; brachyurus, fig., 106 



Machetes pugnax, 131 



Magpie, Lesser White-backed, in 

 Tasmania, 428 



Mammals, collecting small, in 

 N.W.T., Canada, 294 ; private 

 collection of living, notes on, 179 ; 

 our rarer, preservation of, 400 



Mareca penelope, 113, 129, 274, 452 



Marten, Pine, in Ross-shire, 192 



Megalestris catarrhactes, 132 



Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, 100 



Meliornis novae-hollandias, 200 



Mephitis hudsonia, 295 



Mergus albellus, 307 ; mergenser, 

 307, 425 ; serrator, 113, 273, 468 



Merops philippinus, 209 ; viridis, 209 



Merula atrigularis, 206 



Metopidius indicus, 387 



Migrants at Aberdeen, 233 



Migration of birds in N.E. Lincoln- 

 shire, 121 ; spring, of Swallows, 

 233 ; of Jays, 434, 466 



Micropternus phaeoceps, 209 



Microtus drummondi, 298 ; (Pedo- 

 mys) minor, 298 



Miller, Hugh, centenary of birth, 399 



Milvus govinda, 214 ; ictinus, 230 



Mimicry, 394 



Mimus polyglottus, 247 



Mirafra assamica, 208 



Moa egg offered for sale, 319 



Molpastes bengalensis, 202 



Monophlebus, antenna of, fig., 437 



Monticola axplorator, 190 



Moor-hen, nesting of, 27 ; pairing, 

 196; breeding in Rook's nest, 279; 

 feeding young, 436 



Morphological interpretation, 436 



Mosquitoes and fever, 359 



Motacilla alba, 207, 268, 464 ; beema, 

 207,— in Sussex, 232 ; borealis, 207; 

 campestris, 24 ; citreola, 207; flava, 

 24, 207, 269; hodgsoni, 207; leu- 

 copsis, 207 ; lugubris, 59, 125, 422; 

 maderaspatensis, 207 ; melanope, 

 125, 197, 228, 422 ; rah, 59, 125, 

 228 ; rupestris, 190 ; yarrelli, 197 



Munia atricapilla, 206 ; striata, 258 



Mus musculus, 297 



Muscardinus avellanarius, 23, 184 



Muscicapa atricapilla, 125; grisola, 

 13, 125, 193 



Mustela martes, 192 



Namsen Valley, birds of, 352 



Neophron ginginianus, 213 



Nest of Dormouse, 23 ; unusual, of 

 Ringed Plover, 28 ; of Fieldfare, 

 265 ; of Bluethroat, 267 



Nesting of Moor-hen, 27 ; of Ravens 

 in Co. Antrim, 194; habits of Black- 

 bird in Furness, 200 ; of Indian 

 Dabclhck, 200 ; of a pair of Green 

 Woodpeckers at Wells, Somerset, 

 313 ; of Hawfinch in Breconshire, 

 465 



Nests, Mr. Selous' theory of origin, 

 145 



Netta rufina, 452 



Nettion crecca, 129, 452 



Nettopus coromandelianus, 451 



Nightingale caught on a steamer in 

 Southern Ocean, 320 



Ninox scutulata, 213 



Norfolk and north of Suffolk, ornitho- 

 logical notes from, 81 



Nucifraga caryocatactes, 25 



Numenius arquata, 15, 63, 131, 197, 

 309, 376, 387 ; phceopus, 63, 131, 

 276, 310 



Nutcracker in Herefordshire, 25 



Nyctala tengmalmi, 68 



Nyctea scandiaca, 113, 272 



Nycticorax griseus, 305, 450 



Nyroca ferina, 452 ; ferruginea, 453 

 fuligula, 453 



Obituary — 



Butler, Samuel, 320 



Macpherson, Hugh Alexander, 18 



Mansel-Pleydell, John Clavell, 191 



Niceville, Lionel de, 21 



Selenka, Emil, 80 



Thorell, Dr. T., 40 

 Ocyphaps lophote, 246 

 CEdemia nigra, 129, 273, 307 

 CEdicnemus scolopax, 61, 308, 386 

 Okapi, 40, 191 

 Oncopera intricata, 430 

 Onychomys leucogaster, 297 

 Oreocincla dauma, 206 

 Oriolus galbula, 226 ; indicus, 204 ; 



Kundoo, 204; melanocephalus, 204 

 Orkney Islands, Siskin in, 390 

 Orthotomus sutorius, 203 

 Otis tetrax, 70 

 Otocompsa emeria, 202 

 Otocorys alpestris, 112, 271 

 Otogyps calvus, 213 

 Owl, Little, in Lincolnshire, 112 



Long-eared, 435 ; Tengmalm's, in 



Northamptonshire, 68 



