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INDEX. 



Solitary thrushes of England and 



America, A. 206, Jig. 

 Somateria mollissima, Leach, A, 71, 



76 



Song-birds, vocal organs of, H. 283 

 Songs of birds, H. 260, 290 

 Song-sparrow, A. 85, fig. 

 Song thrush, accounts of by Turner, 



Montagu, and Jennings, A. 124; 



fanciful accounts of, by Aldro- 



vand, Pliny, and Aristotle, A. 123; 



nest of, interior plaster-work, 



126; masonry of, A. 123; nest, 



foundation Of, A. 125 ; A. 12?,^. 

 Song thrush and wood thrush, H. 



291 



Sorex araneus, Fleming, H.343 

 Sounds, imitation of, F. f)0 

 Spallan/ani's experiments, F. 116, 



119, 255 

 Sparrow, crow, and stork courts, 



II . 3? 

 Sparrow-hawk appropriates the 



crow's nest, A. 351 

 Sparrow's nests invaded by the 



swift, A. 335 



Sparrows and swallows, H. 316 

 Sparrows, said to be entombed alive 



by swallows, A. 335; nestle in 



rookeries, A. 337 

 Spartium scoparium, F. 183 

 Spatangi, A. 52 

 Spatangus ovum-marinum, BrissoJ, 



A. 52, 53 



Sphecidcc, Leach, A. 19, 38 

 Spiders, flowers, and shells, in- 

 stances of the use of colours 



from, H.I 19 

 Sponta, A. 77, 79 

 St. Kilda, fowlers of, II. 311, fy. 

 Stapes, F. 36 

 Starling, blackbird, and thrush, 



roosting of, H.61 

 Starling, anecdote of, H. 317 

 Staphylinidce, A. 102 

 Sterna minuta, H. 247 

 Sternum, H.245 



-Stilt, American, A. 70 ; F. 225,^. 

 Stork, H. 214; boxes in Holland, 



A. 342 ; crow and sparrow courts, 



H.37; nest at Persepolis, A. 193, 



to 



Stork and crane, A. 192 



Strix aluco, Meyer, A. 350 



Stri.v cunicularia, Molinc, A. 39, 



43, fir,. 



Strix nvbulosa, Gmelin, F. 23 

 Stri.v nyctea, F. 24 

 Stri.v otus, Linnouis, A. 350; F. 



40 



Stri.v Virginiana, A. 350 

 Structure of eggs, H, 105 



Strutlrio camclus, Aristotle, F. 87j 

 F. 132, 222 



Sturnnlea J.udoviciana, A. 322 



Sturnus prcedatorius, \Vilson, A. 

 85, 207 



Sturnus vulgaris, A. 20 ; H. 61 



Submersion of swallows, opinions 

 of different authors on, F. 262 



Subventaneous eggs, H. 116 



Suinda, A. 40 



Sttla alba, Meyer, H. 377 5 F- 170 

 235 



Summer-duck, A. 79, fig. ; Wil-^ 

 son's account of, A. 78 



Superstitions of mariners accounted 

 for, A. 30 



Swallow, anecdote of, H. 55 ; II, 

 20; feet of, F. 216; H.206; a 

 favourite of the poets, A. 107 ; 

 mutual assistance of mistaken, 

 A. 10i>. 



Swallows in the banks of the Rhine, 

 narrative concerning, F. 255 ; tor- 

 pidity of, in winter, White's in- 

 vestigations with respect, to, F. 

 256; kept in cages during the 

 winter, V. 259; opinions on the 

 submersion of, F. 262 



Swallows and sparrows, II. 216 



Swan, singing of, H. 308 ; gizzard, 

 showing its grinding surfaces, F. 

 ISS.fiy. 



Swan and goose's stomach, F. 127 



Swift, feet of, F. 215 



Swimming bladders of fishes, F 

 ^2, fig. 



Sylvia olivacea. A. 383 



Sylvia atricapilla, II. 75, 128, 268 



Si/lvia citrinella, Wilson, A. 212 



Sylvia cincrea, Latham, A. 232, 213 



Sylvia curruca, Latham, A.2^ii 



Sylvia formosa, A 86 



Sylvia Hippolais, A. 3 13 



Sylvia hortensis, Temminck, A. 344 



Sylvia Ivscinia, H. 270 



Sylvia Marylandica, A. 316, 382. 

 387 



Sylvia macroura, Latham, A. 280, 

 '28f; H.72 



Sylvia minuta, Wilson, A. 246, 86 



Sylvia phcenicur a, A. 242 



Sylvia phoenicur us, H. 282 



Sylvia pinvt t A. 246 



Sy/via provincialis, Temm. A. 233 



Sylvia rubecula, A. 76, 80, 242, 315, 

 346 



Sylvia sibilatrix, Bcchstein, A. 315; 

 H. 145 



Sylvia salicaria, A. 47 



Sylvia svtoria, Latham, A. 258, 259 



Sylvia trochilus, A. 301, 314, 315, 

 II. 129 



