Index. 



Scotland, visits to, 2, 4, 206, 236, 



237. 265. 

 Scully, Mr. R. W., 333, 339, 340, 



34 J > 358. 

 Sea Eagle, 24, 357, 366, 370, 382, 



383- 

 Seals, 70, 74, 81, 214, 216-7, 2I 9~ 



224, 242, 250-1, 269. 

 Seasonal notes, 27-8, 33-4, 36-7, 



39, 40-1, 65-6, 169, 384. 

 Sedge -Warbler, 321, 324. 

 Sedum rhodiola (rose-root), 52, 60. 

 Seebohm, Mr. H., 304, 312, 324. 

 Selache maxima (see shark). 

 " Selborne," White's, 8. 

 Senebiera (see Coronopus). 

 Senecio jacobsea (rag-wort), 217; 



spathulifolius (see Cineraria). 

 Serotine Bat, 34, 84. 

 Sesleria (blue moor-grass), 53, 65. 

 Sevenoaks, Kent, 71. 

 Shad, 569. 

 Shag, 89, 94, 243. 

 Shakespeare's "Chough," 177. 

 Shanklin, I. of Wight, 10, 164. 

 Shannon estuary, 315, 317. 

 Shanny, 214. 

 Shark, Basking, 214, 240, 252, 258, 



268, 328, 330, 369, 386-7 ; Fox, 



261; Spinous, 299, 300, 33 1,568- 



9- 



Sharpe, Dr. R. Bowdler, 234, 292. 

 Shawe-Taylor, Captain, andfamily, 



3,5, n, 20, 26, 49, 78, 169,263. 

 Shearer, Mr. R., 141. 

 Shearwaters, 236, 295-6, 321, 324, 



325,354>358,565. 

 Sheathbill,375. 

 Shell-collecting, 4, 72, 196, 210, 



344, 348-9. 



Shell-mound at Inish-kea, 245, 356. 

 Sheridan, Mr. J. R., letters to, 328, 



330, 332, 356, 357, 359, 366, 371, 



372, 383-4, 386-7, 392, 395-6. 

 Shore-Lark, 150. 

 Short-toed Lark, 365, 367, 369. 

 Shrews, 350. 

 Shrike, Great Grey, no, 324-5; 



Red-backed, 90, 367 ; Woodchat, 



94, 138, 150, 152. 

 Sibbald's Rorqual, 367-8. 

 Sibthorpia europaea, 204. 

 Silene acaulis (cushion-pink), 60; 



anglica (English catch-fly), 34, 



94; inflata (bladder-campion), 93 ; 



maritima (sea-campion), 46, 59. 



Silkworms, 208-210. 

 Silybum (milk-thistle), 92. 

 Sisymbrium irio (London rocket), 



56 ; sophia (flixweed), 47. 

 Sisyrinchium, 95, 284, 566. 

 Skellig island, 321. 

 Sketches of Irish Natural History,. 



547- 



Skiard Rocks, 218, 225, 237. 

 Skuas, 137, 179, 270, 325. 

 Slieve-more, Achill, 241, 245, 372. 

 Slug-nomenclature, 365. 

 Slugs and orchids, 158. 

 " Smiling Goose," 131-2. 

 Smith, Rev. G. E., 201. 

 Snail-hunting, 72, 196, 210. 

 Snail -torpidity, 129. 

 Snipe, Great, 57, 85, 334, 356, 358,. 



jack, 80. 



Red-breasted, 388. 



Sabine's, 358, 365. 



Snow Bunting, 137, 141, 357. 

 Snow Goose, 358, 359. 

 Snowdon, 61-3, 234. 

 Snowy Owl, 175, 362. 

 Solidago (golden-rod), 60, 206. 

 Solitary Snipe (see Great Snipe). 

 Song of Dunlin, 44 ; of Redwing,. 



42. 

 Sooty Shearwater, 295-6, 325, 354,. 



Southwell, Mr. Thomas, 353. 

 Sparganium (bur-reed), 381. 

 Sparrow, 28, 151. 

 Sparrow-hawk, 12. 

 Spartina stricta (grass), 315. 

 Spatangus purpureus, 205.- 

 Spergula (corn-spurrey), 257. 

 Spergularia (see Lepigonum). 

 Spiraea ulmaria (meadowsweet), 



34- 



Spiranthes autumnalis (orchid), 

 154, 159 ; romanzoffiana, 192, 

 235,' 237,' 552. 



Splitters and lumpers, 67, 122-4. 



Spoonbill, 7. 



Spotted Crake, 205. 



Spotted Eagle, 362. 



Sprat, 204. 



Spring of 1893,384. 



Squids, gigantic, 252-3, 269, 359, 

 386. 



Squirrel, 274-5. 



Stachys betonica (betony), 96. 



Stainton, Mr. H. T., 22, 77. 



