CONTENTS. 



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Owl, Barn, 208; Long-eared, 208; 



Short-eared, var., 137; Tawny, 180 

 Oxfordshire, notes on the ornithology 



of, 5, 59, 444, 463 



Paludina vivipara, 187 



Panurus biarmicus, 447 



Paradoxus niger, 95 



Parrot building in the open (Plate I.), 



1 ; Quaker, 1 

 Partridge, curious accident caused by 



a, 169 

 Parus cseruleus, 263, 318, 364 ; major, 



263, 364 

 Passer dornesticus, 305, 365, 465 ; 

 montanus, 313, 365, 448, 462, 465 

 Patella vulgata, 186 

 Pearls in Mussels, 238 

 Pecten opercularis, 183 ; varius, 183 

 Pelargopsis gurial, 428 

 Perdix cinerea, 462 

 Peregrines, strange behaviour of, 433 

 Pernis apivorus, 315, 367, 446 

 Petrel, Fork-tailed, in Somerset, 29 ; 



Storm, 181, 209 

 Phalacrocorax carbo, 232, 307, 453 ; 



graculus, 91, 153, 192, 232, 307 

 Phalarope, Eed-necked, breeding in 



Ireland, 116 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus, 116, 436 

 Phoca groenlandica, 312 

 Pholas Candida, 185 ; dactylus, 185 

 Phylloscopus rufus, 263, 363 ; sibila- 



trix, 263, 447 ; trochilus, 364 

 Physa hypnorum, 187 

 Pica rustica, 232, 305 

 Pigeon, Domestic, and Columba cenas, 



hybrids between, 73 

 Pintail, 209 ; inland in Cheshire, 229, 



274 

 Pipit, Tawny, in Sussex, 431 ; Tree, 178 

 Pisidium amnicum, 187 

 Planorbis complanatus, 187 ; corneus, 



187 ; vortex, 187 

 Platalea leucorodia, 419 

 Platanesta gangetica, 99 

 Plectrophenax nivalis, 108, 157, 365, 



448 

 Plegadis falcinellus, 419 

 Pleurotoma rufa, 187 ; turricula, 187 

 Plover, Grey, 208 ; Einged, nidifica- 



tion of, 129, 193, 219 

 Podicipes albipennis, 428 ; cristatus, 

 231, 370, 427 ; fluviatilis, 224 ; mi- 

 nor, 466 ; nigricollis, 10 ; rubri- 

 collis, 453 

 Porphyrio poliocephalus, 428 

 Porzana parva, 460 



Pratincola rubetra, 224, 262, 362, 447 ; 



rubicola, 262, 362, 447 

 Pratincole, Black-winged, in Sussex, 



392 

 Procellaria pelagica, 91, 309 

 Proteus anguineus, 385 

 Pseudogryphus californianus, 109 

 Pteropus rnedius, 96 ; poliocephalus, 



234 

 Puffin, 213 



Puffinus anglorum, 90 ; major, 30 

 Pupa umbilicata, 188 

 Purpura lapillus, 186; lapillus var. 



imbratica, 186 

 Pyoung or Gaur, Burmese, 264 

 Pyrrhocorax graculus, 90, 232, 305 

 Pyrrhula europaea, 108, 232 



Quail, 208 ; food of, 138 

 Querquedula crecca, 275 



Rail, Water, in Isle of Man, 209, 317 

 Ballus aquaticus, 233, 317, 368 

 Bat, Common, hairless specimens of, 



454 

 Bats and Mice, blind, 430 

 Ravens nesting in Co. Antrim, 121 

 Razorbill, var., 158 

 Reason, can and do birds ? do men 



also ? 396 

 Recurvirostra avocetta, 421 

 Redpoll, Lesser, 211 ; nesting in 



Middlesex, 26, — in Somerset, 457 ; 



a nesting habit of, 26, 72, 105, 106 ; 



in Cardiganshire, 106 

 Redshank carrying her young, 275 

 Redstart, 177,— var., 137 ; Black, 177, 



— at Bloxworth, Dorset, 454 

 Bedwing, var., 29, 207 

 Begulus cristatus, 263, 363 ; igni- 



capillus, 232, 419, 455 

 Reptiles of Suffolk, 31 

 Bhinolophus affinis, 97 ; hipposide- 



rus, 430 

 Rhombodera basalis, 299, — fig., 294 

 Ring for large birds, fig., 136 

 Rissoa inconspicua, 186 ; interrupta, 



var,, 186; parva, 186; tridactyla, 



278, 308 

 Roebuck, Mr. W. Denison, testimo- 

 nial to, 38 

 Rooks, a migration of, 123 

 Ruff, 180 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus, 363, 447; titys, 



363, 454 



Salmo irideus, 385 

 Sanderling, 208 



