Machetes pugnax, 211
Macra stultorum, 533
Macronyx capensis, 543
Macrophthalmus setosus, 349
Macropus giganteus, 49
Macrorhinus angustirostris, 441; elephantinus, 441; leoninus, 441
Malurus lamberti, 419
Mammalia of Surrey, 559
Man and Apes, relation between, 528
Mangilia (Pleurotoma) nebula, 319
Mantidæ, 559
Mareca penelope, 58, 210, 531
Marten in Cleveland, 517
Martin, Crag, on the Rigi, 269
Megalestris catarrhactes, 521
Megalomastoma antillarum, 306; guildingianum, 306; suspensum, 305, 306, 317, 320
Melizophilus melanocephala, 518
Melopsittacus undulatus, 417
Mergus albellus, 533; cucullatus, 533; merganser, 533; serrator, 59, 533
Merops apiaster, 409
Microstylium apicale, 559
Microtribonyx ventralis, 417
Microtus glareolus, 381, 421
Migrants, summer, lateness of, 238
Migration notes from Great Yarmouth, 324
Millport Marine Biological Station, 342
Milvus ictinus, 215. 412, 454
Mimicry, 32, 85, 116, 145, 287, 327, 536
Misocalius osculans, 419
Mitra saltata, 319
Mitridæ, 319
Mole, variety, 142, 186
Molluscs, Spinning, 289 (Plate III.)
Motacilla alba, 220, 401, 451; flava, 401, 451; lugubris, 55, 205, 220, 401, 451; melanope, 205, 401; raii, 205, 221, 401; sulphurea, 220
Mouse, Long-tailed Field, insectivorous habits, 421
Mugil, 356
Mullus surmuletus, 288
Mus minutus, 321; rattus, 517; sylvaticus, 421
Muscicapa atricapilla, 206, 237, 278, 403, 432; grisola, 206, 217, 403, 452; parva, 403
Mustela erminea, 517; martes, 517
Mycteris longicarpus, 348
Names of British Birds, their origin and meaning, 511, 558
Nautilograpsus minutus, 350
Nectocarcinus integrifrons, 349, 354
Nematoda, 340
Neomys fodiens, 142
Neophron percnopterus, 258, 454
Neptunus pelagicus, 354, 357; sanguinolentus, 354
Neritina fluviatilis, 303
Nest of Missel-Thrush at low elevation, 12; of Redstart and Robin with young of Cuckoo, 13; of Hawfinch emptied by Cuckoo, Rook, and Jackdaw, 13; of Marsh-Warbler with egg of Cuckoo in Oxfordshire, 20,—in Norfolk, 105; of Marsh Harrier in Norfolk, 105,—in Berkshire, 143; of Great Tit in active beehive, 143; of Bearded Titmouse with eight eggs, 107, 367
Nest and young, care of, 247
Nesting of Barn and Long-eared Owls in Oxfordshire, 11; of Great Tit, 19, 82, 143,—in Worcestershire, 423; of Hobby in Shropshire, 143, 382; notes, 239; of Curlew in Surrey, 382; of Common Sparrow, 424, 519; of Starling, 425; of Marsh-Warbler in Wiltshire, 555
Nettion castaneum, 419; crecca, 209
Nisætus morphnoides, 419
Noctiluca miliaris, 356
Noctilucæ, 356
Norfolk, ornithological notes from, for 1899, 97 (Plate II.); notes from, 239
Notes and songs of Birds, variations in, 382
Nucifraga caryocatactes, 407
Numenius arquata, 62, 212, 382, 456; phaeopus, 212
Nutcracker in Norfolk, 106; on the Rigi, 268
Nuthatch at Aberystwyth, 78
Nyctala tengmalmi, 410
Nyctea scandica, 410
Nycticorax griseus, 414
Obituary:—
- Anderson, Dr. John, M.D., F.R.S., 440
- Atkinson, Canon, 200
- Coues, Dr. Elliott, 80
- Cross, William, 248
- Edwards, M. Milne, 248
- Layard, E.L., 47
- Mivart, Dr. St. George, 200
- Paget, Sir James, 48
- Russ, Dr. Carl, 81