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CONTENTS. 



Mammals collected and observed in 

 Darbhanga District, Tirhoot, Ben- 

 gal, 94 ; of Suffolk, 81 



' Man's Place in the Universe,' 239 



Mantidse, Bornean, bionomical notes 

 on some, 299 



Mantis religiosa, 296, 303 



Mareca penelope, 275, 368 



Martin, House, early arrival in Nor- 

 folk, 152 ; late, at Eastbourne, 455 



Maternal impressions, influence of, 

 on offspring, 117 



Megaderma lyra, 97 



Megrim and other fishes at Yar- 

 mouth, 354 



Merganser, Red-breasted, in Che- 

 shire, 459 



Mergulus alle, 157, 453 



Mergus albellus, 233 ; merganser, 

 453 ; serrator, 92, 318, 459 



Merlin, 211 



Mesogonistius chaetodon, 384 



Metallyticus semiaeneus, 299, 303 



Mice and Eats blind, 430 



Micropterus salmonides, 385 



Migration of Jays, 27 ; Rooks, 123 ; 

 birds in N. E. Lincolnshire, 361 



Milvus ictinus, 228, 278, 419 ; regalis, 

 446 



Modiola modiolus, 184 



Mole, 78 



Molge pyrrhogastra, 385 



Mollusca of Great Yarmouth District, 

 182 



Montacuta bidentata, 184 



Moorhen, albino, 351 



Motacilla alba, 155, 190, 226, 266, 

 389; borealis, 420; feldeggi, 420; 

 flava, 420 ; lugubris, 813, 364, 465 ; 

 melanope, 90 ; raii, 364 



Murex erinaceus, 187 



Mus alexandrinus, 98 ; buduga, 98 ; 

 decumanus, 98, 454 ; musculus, 98 ; 

 sylvaticus wintoni at Tostock, Suf- 

 folk, 150, 266, 311 



Muscardinus avellanarius, 104 



Muscicapa atricapilla, 364 ; griseola,90 



Mustela erminea, 189 ; flavigula, 96 ; 

 vulgaris, 189 



Mustelus vulgaris, 383 



Mya arenaria, 185 ; truncata, 185 



Myiopsittacus monachus, 1 



Myotis myotis, 387 ; natteri, 349 



Mytilus edulis, 183 



Nassa incrassata, 187 ; nitida, 187 ; 



reticulata, 187 

 Natica alderi, 186 ; catena, 1S6 



Natural History Museum, number of 

 visitors to, 238 



Nesocia bengalensis, 98 



Nesting of Lesser Redpoll in Middle- 

 sex, 26, — in Somerset, 457 ; habit 

 of, 26, 72, 105, 106 ; of Flamingo 

 in Bahama Islands, 40 ; sites of 

 Blackbird and Song- Thrush, 69 ; 

 early, of Shag, 153, 192 ; of Raven 

 in Co. Antrim, 191 ; of Ringed 

 Plover, 198, 219 ; of Stone-Curlew, 

 218 ; of Lapwing, 219, 222 ; of 

 Black-headed Gull, 224 ; of Mis- 

 tletoe-Thrush, 226, 312 ; of Lesser 

 Black-backed and Herring-Gulls, 

 261, 308, 317,352; of Pied Wagtail, 

 813; habit of Long-tailed Tit, 350 ; 

 of Grey Crow, 350, 390 



Netta rufina, 426 



Nettion crecca, 368 



Nettopus coromandelianus, 427 



Nidification of Black-headed Gull, 

 12S ; of Ringed Plover, 129 ; Night- 

 ingale, late arrival in Somerset, 

 226 



Nightjar, 211 



Norfolk, ornithological notes from, for 

 1902, with references to some occur- 

 rences in other counties (Plate III.), 

 121 



Nucula nitida, 184; nucleus, 184 



Numenius arquata, 224, 307, 352, 352, 

 353, 370 ; phaeopus, 224, 370 



Nuthatch, 178 



Nyctea scandiaca, 158 



Nycticorax griseus, 450 



Nyroca ferruginea, 426 ; fuligula, 

 427 



Obituary — 



Carus, Prof. J. Victor, 199 



Radde, M. Gustav, 199 



Spencer, Herbert, 472 

 Octopus vulgaris, 187 

 Odostomia dolioliformis, 186 ; uniden- 



tata, 186 

 (Edemia fusca, 453; nigra, 368, 453 

 (Edicnernus crepitans, 450 ; scolopax, 



154, 216, 218, 306 

 Oriolus galbula, 447 

 Osmerus eperlanus, 383 

 Osprey in Notts, 459 

 Ospreys, English-killed, 234 

 Ostrea edulis, 183 

 Otis tarda, 368 

 Otocorys alpestris, 866 

 Ouzel, Ring, 211 ; near London, 454 



