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CONTENTS. 



Phasianus colcliicus, 150 

 Plicenicopterus roseus, 210 

 Phylloscopus rufus, 32, 110, 140, 148, 



349 ; sibilatrix, 149 ; trochilus, 32, 



148, 209 

 Pica rustica, 133 

 Pigeon, Wood, 35 

 Pike, plague of, 277 

 Pipit, Meadow, 48 ; Bock, 48 ; Water, 



at Eastbourne, 142 

 Platalea leucorodia, 211 

 Plectropbenax nivalis, 294 

 Plover, Golden, 101; Ringed, 101, 



423 

 Plusia moneta, 255 ; populi, 255 

 Plutella cruciferarum, 302 

 Pluvianus aegyptius, 212 

 Pocbard, 103 ; var., 268 

 Podargus strigoides, 127 

 Podicipes cristatus, 37, 109, 150, 188, 



314, 348 ; fluviatilis, 177, 350 

 Porzana bailloni, 465 

 Position of sitting birds in relation 



to wind, 236 

 " Postal anomalies and their effects," 



199 

 Pratincola niaura, 466 ; rubetra, 148, 



190 ; rubicola, 148, 176, 187, 212 

 Preservation of birds from a gar- 

 dener's point of view, 159 

 Prinia gracilis, 210 

 Procellaria pelagica, 465 

 Pterygistes leisleri, 68 ; noctula, 307 

 Ptilotis flavigularis, 125 

 Puffin, 172, 425 

 Puffinus anglorum, 394, 395 ; griseus, 



74 ; yelkouanus, 74 

 Putorius ermineus, 429 

 Pycronotus arsinoe, 210 

 Pyrrbocorax alpinus, 132 

 Pyrrbula europaea, 132, 149, 349 



Quail, 423, 457, 469 ; in Ireland, 392 



Eaia miraletus, 441 



Rallus aquaticus, 62, 111 



"Eat and Sparrow Club" near 



Hurstmonceux, Sussex, 198 

 Raven, 49, 467 

 Razorbill, 104 

 Redshank, 101, 469,— var., 98, 99; 



Dusky, in Kent, 349 

 Redstart, 378 

 Redwing, 47 ; var., 99 

 Regulus calendula, 297 ; cristatus. 



110, 130, 148 

 Rhachianectes glaucus, 29 

 Rhamphastus carinatus, 239 



Rhipidura diemenensis, 124 

 Richmond Park, Surrey, notes on 



ornithology of, 147, 187, 236, 349 

 Rissa tridactyla, 177 

 Robin, 48 ; nest of, on waggon-axle, 



198 

 Roller in Aberdeenshire, 466 

 Rook, 50 ; var., 99 ; execution of a, 



198 ; economical importance of, in 



Hungary, 359 

 Rotufa dealbata, 387 

 Rudd, what is the heaviest weight 



reached by ?, 256, 270 (fig.) 

 Ruff in Cheshire, 393 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus, 148 



Sanderling, 102, 425 



Sand-Grouse, Pallas's, 457 



Sandpiper, Common, 425 ; Curlew, 

 469, — in Dee marshes in February, 

 145 ; Pectoral, 89 ; Purple, 101 



Saxicola cenanthe, 148, 297 ; deserti, 

 209 ; leucura, 212 ; lugens, 209 



Scarborough, notes from (1904), 72 ; 

 mammals, 72 ; birds, 73 ; fishes, 

 74 



Scolopax rusticula, 189 



Scombresox saurus, 409 



Scorpsena dactyloptera, 443 



Scoter, 103, 423 



Scotopelia bouvieri, 471 



Scotland. — Little Shrew, 31 ; Swal- 

 low, 69 ; Starling, 263 ; Owls, 264, 

 313, 351 ; Rock-Dove (?), 268, 313, 

 314 ; Cuckoo, 310 ; Great Crested 

 Grebe, 314 ; Yellow Bunting, 347 ; 

 Land-mammals of Clyde faunal 

 area, 358 ; Swift, 388 ; Wild Red 

 Deer, 437 ; Dotterel, 437 ; Dipper, 

 463 ; Tree-Sparrow, 464 ; Sandwich 

 Tern, 465 ; Rare birds, 466 



Seal and Whale fishery in 1904, notes 

 on, 22 



Seal fishery, Newfoundland, in 1905, 

 361 



Seals in Killala Bay and Moy Estu- 

 ary, Co. Mayo, 134 



" Sea- Serpent," animal or animals 

 generally referred to as, 113 



Sericornis humilis, 126 



Shag, 105 



Shearwater, Manx, in Worcester- 

 shire, 394 ; at Yarmouth, 395 



Sheld-drake, Ruddy, in Lancashire, 



107 

 Shetland, notes from, 188 ; birds, 



188 ; fishes, 190 

 Sboveler in Surrey, 435 



