INDEX. 



331 



Roller, head of, showing the vi- 



brissso,F. 181, Jig. 

 llomulus and Remus, legend of, H. 



180 



Rooks, H. 205 ; H. 222 ; F. 175 

 Rook and crow, heads of, F. 178, 



fa 



Rook, nest of, A. 216; nest of, on 

 the weathercock at Newcastle 

 Exchange, A. 221, fig. 



Rooks appoint sentinels, H. 38 , 

 experience famine in dry wea- 

 ther, F. 182; males of, H. 71; 

 peculiarity of the bill in, F. 183 ; 

 revisit their nests in autumn, A. 

 222 



Rookery in Carlton palace gardens, 

 A. 218 ; in a church spire, A. 221 ; 

 in Temple Gardens, A. 218 



Ross (Captain) and M. Schmidt, 

 experiments of.F. 8 



Rotch, stomach of, F. \T2,fig. 



Ruffed grouse of America, H. 91 ; 

 H. 92,7^. 



Ruffs, killing of, H. 99 } fighting of, 

 II. 100 



llumkin, H. 5, Jig. 



Rump gland, II. 384 



Sagacity of animals, F. 187 

 Salangane, accounts of the nests of 

 by Bontius and Redi, A. 289 ; 

 commercial history of the nests 

 of, A. 303 ; account of the nest 

 of by Crawfurd, A. 295 ; edible 

 nests of, A. 288; quantities of 

 exported, A. 305 ; the species of 

 not accurately indicated, A. 299 ; 

 account of the nests of by Sir 

 George Staunton, A. 293 ; nest, 

 A. 292, Jig. j the various prices 

 of, A. 304 



Sandpiper and wagtail, H. 52 

 Sarcuramphus papa, Dumeril, H. 



Sarcoramphus gryphus.Dumevil, IT . 



49 

 Saxicola (Enanthe, Bechstein, H. 



67, 269 

 Saxicolu rubicola, Bechstein, H. 



127, 128 



Scaliger, experiments of, F. 2 

 Scansores, llliger, F. 226 

 Scntophaga stercoraria, Illiger, A. 



G7 

 Schlegel, M.,his observations on the 



migration of birds, F. 287 

 Scolopav gallinula, II. 50 

 Sculupax'yaUinago, II. 50 

 Sculupax rusticola, Charlet, F. 78 

 Scvlopax gallinugo, Ray, F. 22 



Sea-egg, A. 53, fig. 



Sea - mew, gizzard and cardiac 



cavity of, opened, F. 171 

 Seal and duck-bill, F. 195 

 Second stomach in birds, F. 112 

 Sedge-bird, nest of, A. 235 

 Seeds, diffusion of by birds, F. 113 

 Seiurus aurocapillns, Swains., A. 324 

 Setopliaga ruticilla, Swains., A. 230 

 Sewing, process of tailor bird's, as 



witnessed by Forbes, A. 260 

 Sexes, extraordinary proportion of, 



H. 69 

 Shearwater, bill of, F. 107] head of, 



F. 10$, Jig. 



Sheep, analogy from, H. 63 

 Sheep, instance of gregariousness 



in, H. 28 



Shells, flowers, and spiders, in- 

 stances of the use of colours from, 



H. 119 

 Shell, positions of, after the escape 



of the chick, H. Ill, Jig. 

 Shelter, II. 54 

 Sheltering of young, H. 175 

 Shoveller, upper mandible of, F. 



IQl.fig. 



Sialia /nisonli, A. 223 

 Siada /I'ilsonii, Swainson, A. 316, 



352, 383, 388 

 Signals, social, H. 253 

 Singing influenced by weather and 

 . food, H. 272 

 Sitta Europcea, A. 91, 92,135; F. 



193, 226 



Sky-lark's egg, H. 126; experi- 

 ment on, H. 279 ; nest, account 



of by Syme and Grahame, A. 59 

 Small birds, difference of from 



poultry, H. 175 

 Smell in birds, F. 61 ; in carrion 



birds, F. 62; in rook, F. 72; in 



water birds, F. 73 ; in woodcock, 



F. 78; in vultures, F. 67 

 Smellie, his opinion on instinct, F. 



290 



Snail, edible, proceedings of, F. 204 

 Snake and earth-worm, eggs of, A. 



63 



Snipe, bleating of, H. 245 

 Sociable grosbeak, fanciful account 



of by Paterson, A. 228 ; nest of, 

 A. 229, fi(/. ; correct account of 



byLe Vaillant, A. 229 

 Sociality of burrowing-owl with 



prairie dog, A. 41 

 Social signals for congregating, H. 



253 

 Solan goose's gizzard opened, F. 



Io8,fig. 



Solanum dulcamara, F. 8 1 

 Solitary birds, H, 50; 11.27 



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