Index 



Snail, 276, 295 



Snake, 235; charming, 238; 



hog-nosed, 235 

 Snipe, 137, 140 

 Snow bunting, 149, 182 

 Social wasps, 18, 28 

 Soldier ants, 52 

 Sole, 224 



Solitary wasps, 36, 300 

 Sparrow-hawk, 107, 108 

 Spider, 154, 161, 261 ; bird- 

 eating, 262 ; garden, 263 ; 



raft, 272 ; trapdoor, 272 ; 



water, 271 ; web of, 123, 



265 ; wolf, 272 

 Sponge, 288 

 Springbok, 189 

 Springtail, 161 

 Squirrel nest, 217 

 Star-fish, 287, 290 

 Starling, 122, 181 

 Stentor, 291 

 Stick insect, 96, 101 

 Stickleback, 249 ; fifteen- 



spined, 249; three-spined, 



249 



Stoat, 192, 221 

 Stockdove, 119 

 Stork, 141 

 Stormy petrel, 119 

 Sun-bird, 146 

 Swallow, 139, 149, 181, 182, 



184 



Swarm of bees, 19 

 Swift, 144, 181, 182 

 Sword-fish, 200 



TADPOLE nurseries, 245 

 Tailor-bird, 134 

 Tape-worm, 295, 303 

 Tent caterpillars, 89 



Teratera lizard, 175 



Termites, 17, 42, 55, 65 ; egg- 

 laying of, 58 ; in nests, 114 ; 

 mounds, 56; nasuti, 57, 60 ; 

 nuptial flight of, 56 ; nurses, 

 57; queen, 57; royal cell, 

 57> 595 soldiers, 57, 60; 

 workers, 57 ; 



Tern, 108, no ; Arctic, 181 ; 

 lesser, 143 



Texture of eggs, 138 



Theories of migration, 184 



Thread-worm, 303 



Thrush, 117, 129, 141, 146, 



295 



Ticks, 223 



Tic-polonga, 239 



Tiger, 191 



Titmouse, 122, 140, 181 ; long- 

 tailed, 125, 150 



Toad, 241 ; fire-bellied, 244 ; 

 midwife, 243 ; spade-foot, 

 244 ; Surinam, 242 



Tortoise, 227 ; giant, 230 ; 

 gopher, 229 ; pond, 230 



Tree-creeper, 140 ; hopper, 



165 



Turtle, 227 ; dove, 126 ; 

 edible, 229 



V 

 VARIABLE hare, 221 



W 



WAPATI, 197 



Wasp, 18, 28, 29; mud, 41; 

 queen, 29 ; sand, 36 ; soli- 

 tary, 36, 300 ; sparring, 40 ; 

 wood, 71 



Water boatman, 197 



Water-hen, 151 



Water-snail, 304 



312 



