INDEX. 



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Roberts, T. V. : Notes on Tiirds 

 observed last Sprinix at Ah-iitone 

 and elsewhere on the Continent, 

 xvii ; Extracts from a Naturalist's 

 Notebook, Hi (titles only). 



Eodents sociable animals, 11. 



Roman coins found at Brickendonburj-, 

 Hertford, 1G9. 



R6nt<?en or "X" rays, 135. 



llothanisted, Ilarpeuden, rainfall at, 

 1853-96, 62, 71 ; in 1895, 10'-^. 

 112; in 1896, 142, 182; percolation 

 through soil at, 1871-92, 70. 



Rovston, rainfall at, 1851-96, 66, 

 72; in 1895, 112 ; in 1896, 142; 

 climatological observations at, in 

 1895, 93 '; in 1896, 241 ; birds of, 

 163; earthquake of Dec. 1S96 felt 

 at, 202 ; -water-levels in the Chalk 

 near, 209. 



Ruff in Herts, 79, 158. 



S. 

 St. Albans, ordinary meetings at, in 



1895, ix ; in 1896, li ; in 1S97, 

 Ixiii ; field meetings at, in 1S96, 

 xxxviii ; in 1897, Ixxi ; moths found 

 at. 27; rainfall at, 1860-96, 61, 71 ; 

 in 1895, ^1'^ ' i° 1896, 142; meteoro- 

 logical observations at, in 1895, 

 85; in 1896, 175; climatological 

 observations at, in 1895, 94 ; in 



1896, 242 ; phenological observa- 

 tions at, in 1895, 98, 99 ; in 1896, 

 230, 231 ; elm-tree destroyed by 

 fungi at, 129; earthquake of Dec. 

 1896 felt at, 193 ; climate of, 215. 



Sallow-beating at St. Albans, 27. 



Sandhurst, Berks, rainfall at, 1820-59, 

 37, vi. 



Sandon, birds of, 163 ; earthquake of 

 Dec. 1896 felt at, 201. 



Sandpiper, green and common, in 

 Herts, 79, 158. 



Saundees, J. : Notes on theCharaceae, 

 with a List of Species from the 

 South Midlands, xvii, 19-26 ; Notes 

 on some Plants collected in Hertford- 

 shire by Miss Maria Ransom, 1839- 

 40, Ixiii, 167, 168; Rambles by 

 Forest, Field, and Flood, li-lii. 



Sawbridsceworth, rainfall at, in 1895, 

 112; in 1896, 142. 



Scaup duck in Herts, 156. 



Schools, teaching of geography in, xv ; 

 anthropometric measurements in, xv. 



Scoter, velvet, new to Herts, 150 ; 

 common, in Herts, 157. 



Sea temperature, xi. 



Seebohm, H. (Hon. Memb. and Pres.), 

 obituary notice of, xxi. 



Scismological observations, xiv. 



Sheldrake, common, in Herts, 156. 



Shoveller breeding near Tring, 78. 



Shrike, great grey, in Herts, 75, 152. 



Siskin in Herts, 76, 153. 



Snipe, great, in Herts, 158. 



Sopwell, St. Albans, visited, Ixxi. 



South Midlands, Cbaracero of, 19. 



Southgate, rainfall at, in 1895, 112; 

 in 1896, 142. 



Spatula chjpcata breeding near Tring, 

 78. 



Spexceh, S. H. : Notes on Lepi- 

 doptera observed in the Neighbour- 

 hood of Watford in the year 1896, 

 Ixiii, 236-240. 



SplKcrothcca pannosa, rose-tree mUdew, 

 16. 



Sphinges in Herts in 1895, 28 ; near 

 Watford in 1896, 237. 



Spring of 1895, 88, 100 ; of 1896, 178, 

 232. 



Squatarola helvetica in Herts, 158. 



Sterna Jliiviatilis and mimitn in Herts, 

 80, 159; S. camis in Herts, 80; 

 S. macrura at Tring, 159. 



Stevenage, rainfall at, in 1S95, 112; 

 in 1896, 142 ; earthquake of Dec. 

 1S96 felt at, 197. 



Stock-dove nesting in Ashridge Park, 

 157. 



Stone-ctirlew disappearing from Herts, 

 157. 



Stoneworts or Characeae, 19. 



Stradling, a.: Flying (title only), 

 lii ; Anniversary Address — Serpents 

 and Umbrellas (title only), liii ; on 

 natural objects depicted on ancient 

 coins, xli ; remarks on elm-trees, 

 xlii ; on the death of Dr. Brett, 1. 



Summer migrants, arrival and de- 

 parture of, in 1895, 82 ; in 1896, 

 160. 



Summer of 1895, 88, 101 ; of 1896, 

 179, 233. 



Sunbury, Middlesex, rainfall at, 1797- 

 1838, 37. 



Survey, ethnographical, xvi, xlix. 



Swallow-holes in the Chalk, 61, 53. 



Swallows, observation of, 126. 



Symons, G. J., on meteorological 

 observations, x. 



Syrnium aluco in Ashridge Park, 77. 



TaiJorna eornuta in Herts, 156. 



Teal in Herts, 156. 



Temperature, of sea and river, xi ; 



of earth, xii. 

 Tern, black, common, and lesser, at 



Tring, 80, 159; Arctic, at Tring, 159. 



