Ross Arden, Clay Beds of, i. 92 

 Ross-shire, Ornithological notes from, 



ii. 182 

 Rotche, i. 50 

 Rothesay, Dredging notes from the 



Bay of, ii. 45 

 Ruff, i. 184, 305; iv. 173, 201, 248; 



v. 223 

 Ruppia maritima, sub-sp. rostellata, 



Notes on, v. 227 



Saddleback, v. 217 



Sanderling, i. 301 ; iii. 70, 164 ; iv. 



248 ; v. 145 

 Sand-grouse, Pallas's, i. 15 1 ; iv. 64, 



245 ; v. 141. 

 Sandpiper, Buff-breasted, ii. 196 



Common, i. 304; ii. 112, 162; iii. 

 69, 164. 265 ; iv. 66, 248 ; v. 144 

 Curlew, i. 197, 306 ; iii. 265 ; iv. 248 

 Freshwater, iii. 59 

 Green, i. 237, 304 ; ii. 57 ; iii. 224 ; 



iv. 173, 247 

 Pectoral, ii. 196 ; v. 291 



, Notes on, v. 291 



Purple, 7; i. 307; ii. 64, 112; iii. 



265, 277; iv. 290; v. 145, 189 

 Solitary, ii. 196 



Spotted, i. 256 ; ii. 2, 196, 285 

 Wood, i. 304 ; ii. 193 ; iii. 59, 69 ; iv. 

 9, 66, 173, 201, 247 



, Notes on, iv. 9 



Saprophytism, iv. 203 



Saxicava rugosa, showing an unusual 



mode of repair, iii. 198 

 Scaup, iii. 72 ; iv. 68, 255, 322 ; v. 152 

 Schiehallion and the Neighbourhood of 



Tummel Bridge, Flora of, v. 161 

 Schimper, Prof, Death of, v. 2 

 Scorpion, Living specimen of, ii. 6 

 Scoter, Black, ii. 121 ; iii 246 ; iv. 255 ; 

 v. 152 

 Common, i. 311 

 Surf, iv. 255 



Velvet, i. 239,311 ; iii. 275 ; iv. 255, 

 323 ; v. 152 

 Scouler, John, M.D., LL.D., F.L.S., 



Death of, ii. 175 

 Sculliongour, On a section of Lower 

 Carboniferous Limestone Strata at, 

 ii. 219 

 Sea Anemones of Cumbrae, ii. 24 

 Sea-eagle, i. 150 



White-tailed, i. 273 ; ii. 73 

 Sea-gulls frequenting the Estuary of 



the Forth, ii. 198 

 Sea-horse, i. 90 



Seal, Common, ii. 143 ; iv. 93 ; v. 231 



Great Grey, ii. 144 ; iv. 37, 95 



Greenland, iv. 95 



Harp, v. 217 



Hooded, v. 218 



Ringed, iv. 94 

 Seal and Whale Fishery of 1881, v. 215 



Do. of 1882, v. 292 

 Seed potatoes, Experiments with Chi- 

 lian, v. 269 

 Sea-pike, iii. 318 

 Sea-star, Bird's-foot, ii. 6 

 Sea- weeds, On, v. 302 

 Sea-weeds in the Paisley Clay Beds, i. 



99 

 Sethe, 6 

 Shag, i. 317; iii. 164; iv. 68, 150, 



191, 209 

 Shearwater. Dusky, iv. 253 



Manx, i. 321 ; ii. 60, 130 ; iii. 267 ; 

 iv. 187 

 Sheldrake, i. 310 ; ii. 119 ; iii. 164 ; iv. 



202, 254; v. 151, 211 



Shell Mounds at Machar Grogary, ii. 24 



Do. of the North of Ireland, v. 7 



Do. ot the Outer Hebrides, ii. 64. 



Shoveller, i. 151, 310; ii. 7, 163; iii. 



59, 72 ; iv. 6S, 182, 255, 322 

 Shrew, Common, ii. 140 ; iii. 188 ; v. 

 120, 229 

 Lesser, iv. 92 ; v. 230 

 Oared, i 70 

 Water, ii. 140 ; v. 230 

 Shrike, Great Grey, i. 90, 236, 278 ; ii. 

 157 ; iii. 43, 61 ; iv. 57, 200, 238; 

 v. 54, 138, 212. 225 

 Remarks on, ii. 157 

 Northern, Remarks on, ii. 157 

 Red-backed, iv. 238 

 Silkworm, i. 236 



Japanese, ii. 194 

 Silkworm and its products, i. 236 

 Siskin, i. 289 ; ii. 100 ; iii. 66, 240 ; iv. 



59. 239 ; v. 57, 140 

 Skimmer, Black, ii. 288 

 Skua, Arctic, iv. 15 



Buffon's, i. 72, 321 ; iv. 252 



Great, iv. 251 



Pomarine, i. 178, 321; ii. 182; v. 



148, 208 

 Richardson's, i. 236, 321 ; ii. 130, 

 258 ; iii. 247 ; iv. 16, 251 ; v. 148 

 sp. ?, iv. 189 

 Skuas, On the, iv. 274 

 Sky-lark, i. 287 ; ii. 7, 102, 161 ; iii. 65, 



163, 241, 264 

 Slow-worm, ii. 147 

 Smelt, Hebridean, i. 187 

 Smew, i. 90, 151, 312 ; ii. 1S2 ; iii. 59, 

 72 ; iv. 185, 256, 323 



