INDEX 
Sea-pie, Quavering note of, 1 
— Doctrine of metempsychosis in rela- 
tion to, 37 
— Bill of, how explained, 37 
— A sleepy bird, 38 
— Feeding habits of, 218-22 
— May become a swimmer, 220 
— Has some notes like the stone- 
curlew’s, 222, 223 
— Gatherings of, on beach, 222, 223 
— Love-pipings of, 223, 224 
— Aerial nuptial antic of, 224 
Sexual Selection, Nature and origin of 
prejudice in regard to, 280-3 
Shags, Use fect, alone, in diving, 50 
— Disturbed in caverns, 50 
— Unwillingness of young, to re-enter 
water, 50, 51 3 suggested explana- 
tion of this, 51-4; possible analogy 
in conduct of lizards of the Gala- 
pagos Islands, 52-4 
— Conduct of a female alarmed for her 
young, 54 
— Brilliant colouring of buccal cavity in, 
55, 130, 1313 but less brilliant in 
the young bird, 563; above facts 
explained by sexual selection, 55, 
56, 129-31 
— Apparent habit of continually drink- 
ing, of, 61 
— Flying out of caves in the morning, 
82-6 
— Bellowing of, 84, 85 
— Nuptial actions of, 129-31 
— Young fed by parents after leaving 
nest, 148, 149 
— Looking like heraldic eagle, 169, 170 
— Young, how fed, 173 
— Manner of diving, of, 173 
Shark, Luminous appearance of, under 
water, 205 
Sheep, A, and lamb, picturesque morning 
call from, 138 
— A little harm done by, 138 
Sheepskins in Manchuria versus sealskins 
in England, 337 
Shetlands, Sunrise in the, 81, 82 
— Summer in the, 167, 168 
— Night out in the, possibility of, 167 
— The wind in the, less interesting than 
in England, 170, 171 
— Persecution of ravens, etc., by land- 
owners in the, 191-3 
— Effect of climate in, on paraffin, 232 
387 
Shetlands, More lonely than “the great 
lonely veldt,” 257 
Sin, the way of, may be better than that 
of virtue, 206, 207 
Snakes, Killing of prey in captivity by, 
defended by author, 354-64 
Solitude, Sense of not diminished by 
animal life, except through human 
associations, 3 ; above opinion re- 
versed, 297 
— True, should imply no fleas, 257 
Sport, What it does for observation, 370, 
371 
Sportsmen, An unobservant race, 142, 
143 
— Their one channel of observation, 
143; and way of observing in this, 
143 
— Actuating motive of, to kill, 143 
— Little of the naturalist in, 144 
— Hasty inferences made by, 304, 305 
— Interested opinions of, 304, 307 
— Their intellectual competitions with 
geese, etc., 305 
— Compliments paid to themselves by, 
397 
— Statements of, accepted as though 
from heaven, 307 
Stone Curlew, Habit of crouching of, 6 
— Possible origin of some antics of, 71 
Sunrise, In the Shetlands, 81, 82 
Swifts, Flight of, compared with that of 
bats, 134 
Sympathy, The nature and origin of, 
184, 185, 291, 292 
—In relation to civilization, 292-5 ; 
Heine’s views as to, 293, 294 
i 
Terns, Breeding-ground of, on the island, 
1,9 
— Canopy formed by, 1 
— Sharp cry of, 1 
— A “shrieking sisterhood,” 2 
— One’s presence resented by, 4 
— Crouching habit of young, 6 
— Special relations of, with arctic skua, 
9-13 3 suggested origin of these, 11 
— Not often actually attacked by arctic 
skua, 11; some more persevering 
against than others, 11, 433 sug- 
gested explanation of this, 11, 43 
