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BKITISH BIRDS. 



Siskin in Devonshire, 38, 61. 

 Skua, Arctic, in Ireland, 142. 



, Buffon's, in Ireland, 142. 



, Great, in Isle of Man, 13. 



skua, Stercorarius, s., see Skua, 



Great. 

 Snipe, Common, nest with five eggs, 



. 46. 

 Song, The Relation of, to the nesting 

 of Birds, Noticed, 262 ; Letter 

 on, 283. 

 Sparrow, Hedge-, Recovery of 

 marked, 130 ; brooding, 159 ; 

 in S. Uist, 276. 



, House, in Norfolk, 244. 



, Tree-, Number of eggs in 



clutch of, 61 ; Cuckoo's egg in 

 nest of, 96, 117. 

 spinus, Carduelis, see Siskin. 

 Spoonbill in Gloucester, 234 ; in 



Norfolk, 248. 

 Starling, Recovery of marked, 129 ; 



in S. Uist, 276. 

 stellaris, Botaiirus, see Bittern, 



Common. 

 stellatus, Colymbus, see Diver, Red- 

 throated. 

 Stenhouse, Surg. Rear-Ad. J. H., 

 R.N., Note on the incubation 

 period, etc., of the Sardinian 

 Warbler, 41. 

 Stewart, W., Notes on Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker in 

 Argyllshire, 62 ; Cirl Bunting 

 in Argyllshire, 91 

 Stilt, Blaciv-winged in Wigtown- 

 shire, 164. 

 Stint, Little, in Norfolk, 164. 



, Temminck's, in Norfolk, 251. 



strepera. Anas, see Gad wall. 

 striata, Muscicapa s., see Flycatcher, 



Spotted. 

 subbuteo, Falco s., see Hobby. 

 SuFFERN, C, Letter on Ancient 

 Record of a Hawk carrying a 

 letter, 214. 

 Swallow, ringed in Stirlingshire 

 found in the Transvaal, 42 ; 

 late stay in Yorkshire, 237 ; 

 Recovery of marked, 130 ; 

 Early, in Leicestershire, 184 ; 

 in December, 190 ; Size of 

 broods, 208. 

 Swan, Bewick's, in Norfolk, 249. 



, Whooper, in Scotland in 



Summer, 22 ; Nesting in 

 Perthshire, 22 ; in Ireland, 142. 



SwANN, H. KiRKE, Note on Buz- 

 zards in Hertfordshire, 136. 



Swift in Isle of Man, 12 ; captured 

 by Kestrel, 136 ; Late stay in 

 Yorkshire, 237. 



sylvatica, Strix ahico, see Owl, 

 Tawny, British. 



Symes, Joseph H., Note on late 

 nesting of the Cirl Bunting in 

 Somerset, 132. 



tadorna, Tadorna, see Duck, Sheld-. 



tarda, Otis, see Bustard, Great. 



Taylor, W. P. G., Note on Period 

 of Dives of Great Crested 

 Grebe and Pochard, 235. 



temminckii, Erolia, see Stint, 

 Temminck's. 



Territory in Bird Life, Reviewed, 

 271. 



Tern, Arctic, nesting ceased in 

 Scilly Isles, 65 ; Status of, in 

 Lancashire. 281 



•, Black, in Lancashire, 141, 



164, 211 ; near Glasgow, 167. 



— — , Common, in Isle of Man, 12 ; 

 in Scilly Isles, 65. 



, Little, in Isle of Man, 13 ; 



Notes on the Breeding-Habits 

 of, 74. 



, Roseate, nesting ceased in 



S(jilly Isles, 65. 



, Sandwich, nesting ceased in 



Scilly Isles, 65 ; breeding in 

 CO. Galway, 120. 



Thompson, W. R., Notes on large 

 numbers of Common Sand- 

 pipers on the coasts of Alderney 

 and Dorset in summer, 95 ; 

 Kestrels attacking bats, 135. 



Thrush, Song-, Recovery of 

 marked, 1 29 ; feeding Cuckoo, 

 133 ; Cuckoo's egg in nest of, 

 143 ; and Wren, joint nest, 



143- 



Hebridean, in S. Uist. 276. 



Ticehurst, N. F., On the former 

 abundance of the Kite, Buzzard, 

 and Raven in Kent, 34 ; On 

 certain other species of birds 

 and their former status in 

 Kent, 83 ; Some early records 

 of the Crane in Kent, 127 ; 

 An early record of the Great 

 Bustard in Kent, 156 ; A 

 contribution to Swan history, 

 176 ; Notes on Long-tailed Tit- 



