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INDEX. 



Sallows and ivy attractive to 

 Moths, 69. 



Sea-acorns, the, 130. 



Sea-anemones, the, popularity of, 137 

 Form and appearance, 138 

 Sensitiveness, 139 Resemblance 

 to flowers, 140 Poisonous 

 powers, 141 Food, 142 Vora- 

 city, 143 Locomotion, 144 Re- 

 production, 145, 146, 147. 



Sea-cucumbers, the, 123 Their ex- 

 cessive irritability, 124 A Chinese 

 delicacy, 125. 



Sea-hedgehog, the, 121. 



Sea-mouse, the, 129. 



Sea-slugs, 134. 



Scheuchzer's Homodiluvii testis, 225. 



Settler's Clock, the, 231. 



Seal, the, 218. 



Secretary Bird, the, 223. 



Sepiola, the, Mr. Gosse on the 

 changes of colour in, 105. 



Serpents in Zoological Gardens, 223, 

 224. 



Serpulce, the, 125, 126. 



Sheep eat Snails, 87. 



Shrimps and Prawns, acuteness of 

 smell in, 149. 



Showers of Frogs, 168, 169. 



Siamang, the, 269. 



Sieboldia, the, 171. 



Singing Fish, 220. 



Siren, the, 170. 



Slow Monkeys, the, 266. 



Sloth, the Two-toed, 226, 227. 



Snake-stones, 101. 



Snails devoured by the Glow-worm, 

 61 An apology for, 73 Bril- 

 liancy of tropical species, 75 Su- 

 perstition respecting, 76 Horns 

 and eyes, 77 At dinner, 78 

 Remedial powers, 79 Experimen- 

 tal mutilation, 80 Hybernation, 

 81 British species, 82, 83 

 African and American species, 84, 



85 Philippine Islands species, 



86 Reared for the table by 

 Romans, 87 Formerly eaten in 

 England, and attempted reintro- 

 duction, 88 



Song of Birds, discussion icspectintr, 

 210, 211. 



Spallanzani's experiments on Snails, 

 79 On sensibility of Bats, 240. 



Sparrow, the House, its boldness, 

 214 And the Canaries, 215. 



Spawn of the Frog, 164. 



Spider-Monkeys, the, 259. 



Spio ceticornis, its habits in the aqun- 

 rium, 128, 129. 



Stay-at-home travelling, 252. 



Stainton, Mr. H. T., his history of the 

 Tineina, 64 Services to entomo- 

 logy, 65. 



Stentors, the, 21. 



Star-fish, the, 116 In the aquarium, 

 117 Mode of devouring shell-fish, 

 118 Voluntary dismemberment, 

 119, 120. 



Stomach in two stories, a, 143. 



Superstitions respecting the King- 

 fisher, 204. 



Surinam Toad, singular habit of, 167 

 Its hideous aspect, 175. 



Sugaring for Moths, 67. 



Swallow tribe, the, 196 Supposed 

 hibernation of, 198. 



Swan, the mute, elegant carriage of, 

 191. 



Swan, the Hooper, or Whistling, 192 

 Probably the Singing Swan of 

 the ancients, 193. 



Swimming Crabs, habits of, in aqua- 

 rium, 154. 



TADPOLE of the Frog, the, 164, 165, 

 166 A little cannibal, 167. 



Talking Canary, a, 209. 



Tench, the, the physician of Fish, 219. 



Terebella, the, 127, 128. 



Tidal belt, researches in the, 91. 



Tineina, Mr. Stainton's natural his- 

 tory of the, 64. 



Toad, the common, 175 Superstitions 

 respecting, 176 Services to man- 

 kind, 177 As a domestic pet, 

 178. 



Toad-in-hole question, the, 183. 



Tory Fox-hunter, the, in the park, 

 189. 



