CONTENTS. 



XV 



Muscardinus avellanarius, 171 



Museum, Grosvenor (Chester), inter- 

 esting acquisitions by, 77 



Myotis daubentoni, 169, 429 ; rnysta- 

 cinus, 70, 849 ; nattereri, 812 



Mysis chamasleon, 177 



Names of birds of uncertain origin 

 or meaning, 271, 439 



Neomys fodiens, 171 



Neophron percnopterus, 864 



Nephrops norvegicus, 384 



Neriene affinis, 58 



Nest of Dabchick, 129 ; of Blackbird 

 on the ground in pasture-field, 140 



Nest-boxes, notes on, 816 



Nesting-box in use at the Faeroes 

 (Plate I., fig. 2), 86 



Nesting of Dunlin, 21 ; habits, eco- 

 nomical, of Willow- Warbler and 

 Wren, 27; habit, curious, of Long- 

 tailed Tit, 28; late, of Martin, 28; 

 habits of Pelicans, 867 ; habits of 

 Peewit, 413 ; of Lesser Eedpoll in 

 Eoss-shire, 468 



Newfoundland Sealing (1906), 875 



Nightingale, 68 



Nightjar, 297 



Nika edulis, 384 



Norfolk, ornithological report for 

 (1905) (Plate II.), 121 



Numenius arquata, 888 ; phaeopus, 90 



Nyctea scandiaca, 86, 351 



Obituary — 



Cornish, Charles John, 78 



Greene, Rev. Joseph, 117 



Tristram, Canon Henry Baker, 

 155 



Williams, Edward, 117 

 CEdemia nigra, 277, 386 

 Orca gladiator, 356 

 Orchestia littorea, 333 

 Oriole, 65 ; Golden, 248 

 Orkney, King-Eider in, 113 

 Ornithological notes — Barnstaple, 



237 ; Donegal, 153 ; Lewes, 153 ; 



Plymouth, 236 ; Eichmond Park, 



434; Eingwood, 190; Shetland, 



85 ; Surrey, 114 

 Ornithology of Oxfordshire, 410, 445 

 Osprey, 300 ; how does it carry its 



prey 



?, 35 



Otocorys alpestris, 72, 480 



Ouzel, Bin?, 243 



Owl, Barn, 298,— utility of, 128 ; 



Long-eared, 35, 298 ; Scops, 298 ; 



Short-eared, 298; Snowy, 123, 126, 



298,— in Ireland, 351 ; Tawny, 34, 

 35, 298, — in a chimney, 34 



Oxfordshire, ornithology of, 410, 445 



Oystercatcher, 337 



Pagurus bernhardus, 332 



Palasmon leachi, 334; serratus, 175, 



832; squilla, 175, 332, 333; varians, 



175, 833 

 Pandalina brevirostris, 436 

 Pandalus annulicornis, 175, 334 

 Panurus biarmicus, 439 

 Paralichthys olivaceus, 144 

 Partridge, 188, 306 ; Grey, 305 ; Bed- 

 legged, 305 

 Parus ater, 182 ; caeruleus, 77, 182 ; 



major, 28, 182 ; palustris, 182 

 Passer domesticus, 230 ; montanus, 



35, 230 

 Pastor, Eose-coloured, 252 

 Pearlsides up river, 155 

 Peewit, nesting habits of, 413 

 Pelecanus crispus, 361, 362 ; onocro- 



talus, 142, 361, 481 

 Pelican, White, at Whitstable, 431 

 Pelicans reportedin Oxfordshire, 193; 



as observed in Eastern Europe 



(Plate V.), 361 

 Perdix cinerea, 387 

 Petrel, Leach's Fork-tailed, 194, 346; 



Stormy, 346 

 Phalacrocorax carbo, 301 ; graculus, 



35 

 Phalarope, Grey, 337 ; Bed-necked, 



337 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus, 88 

 Phasianus colchicus, 386 

 Pheasant, 305 

 Phcenicopterus roseus, 394 

 Photogenic marine animals, 1 

 Phylloscopus rufus, 27 ; trochilus, 27, 



181 

 Pica rustica, 232 

 Picus canus, 66 

 Pigeon, Domestic, 67; Hollandais, 



49 ; Wood, 305 

 Pigeons, sea-going, 76 

 Pike, voracity of, 200 

 Pipit, Meadow, 247 ; Bichard's, 247 ; 



Bock, 247 ; Tawny, 247 ; Tree, 



247, 268 ; Water, 123, 247,— in 



Norfolk, 123, 124, — as a visitor to 



England, 463 

 Pirol, or Gold Amsel, 66 

 Pisaura mirabilis, 60 

 Plecotus auritus, 26 

 Plegadis falcinellus, 236, 365, 393 

 Plover, Golden, 104, 336 ; Grey, 336 ; 



