INDEX 



473 



Rooks, Destruetiveness of, 112 



fishing, 192 



washing, 192 

 Ruff, The, 306 



S. 



Salmon-fishing, 366 

 Saloop, 414 

 Sanderlir.g, The, 309 

 Sandpiper, common, The, 307 



curlew, The, 305 



green, The, 309 



purple, The, 310 

 Scabious, Devil's-bit, 419 

 Scaup, The, 328 

 Scolopacidse, British, The, 297 

 Scops owl, 201 

 Scoter, The, 330 



surf, The, 332 



velvet, The, 331 

 Shag, The, 364 

 Shearwater, great, The, 360 



sooty, The, 361 



Manx, The, 361 

 Sheldrake, The, 320 

 Shepherd's purse, The, 452 

 Shoveller, The, 323 

 Shrew, common, The, 65 



Characteristics of, 66 



compared with the mole, 67 



oared, The, 67 



origin of the word, 65 



Varieties of the, 63 



water, The, 67 



The, 62 



Mortality amongst, 65 



Persecution of, 63, 64 



Pugnacity of, 66 



Superstitions regarding, 63 



Teeth of, 66 

 Silverweed, The, 452 

 Siskin, The, 102 

 Siskins, Redpoles and, 100 

 Skua, great, The, 348 



long-tailed, The, 349 



Pomatorhine, 348 



Richardson's, 348 



Skylark, French lines on, and transla- 

 tion, 146 



Skylark, Woodlark and, 144 

 Smew, The, 333 

 Snakebird, Name of, 138 

 Snapdragon, The, 454 

 Snipe, British varieties of the, 270 



common, The, 269 



Crouching, 271 



flushed, returning to same spot, 

 272 



jack, The, 268 



shooting, 270 

 Indian, 271 



Snipe, shot, difficult to find, 271 



solitary, The, 269 

 Solomon's seal, 455 

 Sparrow, Beauty of, 106 



hawk, The, 218 



tree, The, 106 



Sparrows, Starlings and, in 

 Speedwell, The, 454 

 Sport and cruelty, 77 

 Spurge, The, 455 

 Squirrels, 51 

 Stercorariinae, 347 

 Stilt, black-winged, The, 292 

 Stint, little, The, 303 

 Stoats, Weasels and, 45 

 Stonechat, The, 195 

 Stone curlew, The, 116 

 Succory, The, 453 

 Summer and winter migrants, 103 

 Swans as food, 264 



T. 



Tansy, The, 456 



Taxidermists, Naturalists and, 179 



Taxidermy, Provincial specimen of, 



179 



Teal, The, 323 

 Teasel, The, 456 

 Tern, Arctic, The, 340 



black, The, 338 



white-winged, The, 338 



black, common, The, 341 



little, The, 341 



roseate, The, 339 



Sandwich, The, 338 

 Thyme, wild, The, 457 

 Tit, bearded, The, 184 



blue, The, 183 



coal, The, 183 



family, The, 181 



great, The, 182 



long-tailed, The, 182 



marsh, The, 183 

 Tits feeding in winter, 183 

 Toad-flax, yellow, The, 458 

 Traveller's joy, The, 417, 420 

 Tree-creeper, Nuthatch and, 193 

 Tree-sparrow, 106 

 Trout-fishing, 368 

 Tufted duck, The, 327 

 Turnstone, The, 287 



V. 



Valerian, common, The, 458 

 Village cats and village birds, 109 

 Vole, water, The, 60 

 Vulpecides, 18 



W. 



Wagtail, gray, The, 176 

 pied, The, 175 



