CONTENTS. 



Padda oryzivora, '255 



Pairing manoeuvres of birds, 71 ; of 

 Moor-hens, 196 



Palasornis cyanocephalus, 212 ; nepal- 

 ensis, 212 ; ro=a, 252 ; torquatus, 212 



Pandion haliaetus, 213, 272, 305 



Panurus biarmicus, 226 



Papilio machaon in England, histori- 

 cal notes on, 80 



Paroaria, 244, 250 ; cucullata, 250, 

 255 



Parus atriceps, 202 ;■ britannicus, 124 ; 

 caeruleus, 124, 422 ; domesticus, 

 14, 60, 125, 207, 252 ; major, 124, 

 422 ; montanus, 25, 126 ; niger, 190 



Passer domesticus, 422, 428 



Pastor roseus, 204, 226 



Pavoncella pugnax, 388 



Pearls, parasitic origin of, 118 



Peewit, observational diary of habits, 

 133 



Pelargopsis gurial, 210 



Pelecanus philippensis, 389 ; roseus, 

 389 



Penguins and their ways, 239 



Perdix cinerea, 61 



Pericrocrotus peregrinus, 203 ; spe- 

 ciosus, 203 



Peregrines in West Suffolk, 467 



Perisoreus infaustus, 272 



Peristeridse, 245 



Pernis cristatus, 215 



Petersfield, ornithological incidents 

 at, 436 



Phalacrocorax carbo, 15, 389, 422 ; 

 graculus, 15, 422 ; javanicus, 389 ; 

 hyperboreus, 130, 468 



Phalaropus fulicavius, 308 ; hyper- 

 boreus, 130, 468 



Phaps chalcoptera, 246 



Phlogcenas luzonica, 246 



Phylloscopus rufus, 124 ; sibilatrix, 

 23, 124, 313 ; trocbilus, 13, 124, 268 



Pica rustica, 226, 272, 422 



Picus major, 94, 96 ; martius, 25 



Pintail hybrids, 100 



Pipit, Red-throated, in Sussex, 25, — 

 in Ireland, 313 ; Tree, late, 111 ; 

 Water, in Sussex, 465 

 Piprisoma squalidum, 208 

 Platalea leucorodia, 32, 305, 449 

 Plectrophenax nivalis, 126, 270 

 Plegadis falciuellus, 449, 467 

 Ploceidai, 244, 256 

 Ploceinae, 244 

 Ploceus, 244, 257, 260; baya, 206; 



bengalensis, 206 

 Plotus melanogaster, 389 



Plover, Grey, in Birmingham, 280 ; 



Ringed, unusual nest of, fig., 28,— 



breeding in Worcestershire, 316 

 Plovers and Sea-birds noticed in 



Lancashire and Cumberland, 374 

 Plumage of Montagu's Harrier, 435 

 Podicipes albipennis, 453 ; capensis, 



300; cristatus, 133,311,453; fluvi- 



atilis, 65, 132 ; griseigena, 113, 



442 ; nigricollis ?, 454 

 Poephila mirabilis, 250 

 Pogonorhynchus torquatus, 189 

 Polioaetus ichthyaetus, 214 

 Poliospiza gularis, 190 

 Porphyrio poliocephalus, 386 

 Porpbyriola alleni, 98, 150 

 Porzana maruetta. 307 ; pusilla, 



385 

 Pratincola caprata, 205 ; leucura, 



206 ; maura, 206 ; rubetra, 123, 



198; rubicola, 422 

 Prehistoric man in Burma (with 



Plate), 321 

 Prinia inornata, 203 

 Preservation of our rarer mammals, 



400 

 Pristis an ti quorum, 114 

 Procellaria pelagica, 32, 311 

 Pseudotantalus leucocephalus, 449 

 Pseudogyps bengalensis, 213 

 Psittacidie, 248 



Ptylorhynchus violaceus, 71, 242 

 Ptilotis penicillata, 199 

 Puffmus anglorum, 16 

 Putorius cicognani, 295 ; longicaudus, 



295 ; vison, 296 

 Pycnonotus tricolor, 190 

 Pyroineloena, 244, 245, 257, 260; 



franciscana, 258, 259 

 Pyrrhocorax graculus, 14, 422 

 Pyrrhula europaea, 468 

 Pyrrhulauda grisea, 208 



Querquedula crecca, 274, 422 ; circia. 

 452 



Raia miraletus, 392 



Rail, Water, a curious, 467 



Rallus aquaticus, 129, 307, 385, 467, 



468 ; indicus, 385 

 Ravens nesting in Co. Antrim, 194 

 Recurvirostra avocetta, 387 

 Redpoll, Holboell's, in Ireland, 278 

 Redshank, Dusky, in Worcestershire 



and Warwickshire, 316 ; Lesser, 



breeding in Somerset, 66, — in 



Yorkshire, 193 

 Redstart, late, 111 



