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Index. 



Prismatic structure in vitrified forts, 



258. 

 Protective resemblances in animals, 



53. 

 Pryde, J., 77. 

 Psammadromus Hispanicus, notes on, 



taken near Kinleith, 218. 

 Puffinus Anglorum, 213. 



,, major, 213. 

 Purves, Dr J. C, 99. 

 Pycnodont fishes, 263. 

 Pyrameis Huntera, 163. 



Quail, Japanese, 150. 

 Querquedula circia, 152. 

 ,, crecca, 152. 



Eainfall, on the power of, in denuda- 

 tion, 220. 

 Kaised beaches of W. of Scotland, 231. 

 Rallus aquaticus, 151, 207. 

 Recurvirostra avoeetta, 151. 

 Eeptiles from Old Calabar, 54. 

 Rhadinichthys Grossarti, 244. 

 ,, monensis, 241. 



,, on species of, from the 



coal measures, 237. 

 ,, Wardi, 239. 



Rhizodopsis, structure of lower jaw in, 

 135. 

 ,, sauroides, 135. 



Rhizodus Hihherti, 139. 



„ remains of, at Gilmer ton, 



133. 

 ,, structure of lower jaw in, 

 135. 

 Eiver jsurification, proposed processes 



for, 91. 

 Roller, 22. 

 Ruticilla tithys, 142. 

 Rynchcea capensis, 151. 



Salmo fario, note of a large common 



trout taken in the river Tay, 290. 

 Salteria primceva, 170. 

 Sand, magnetic iron, 28. 

 Sandpiper, Dunlin, 151. 



,, Temminck's, 151. 



thick-billed, 151. 

 Saxicola ruhicola, 83. 

 Schizodactylus monstrosus, 42. 

 Scolopax major, 22. 



,, rusticola, 151. 

 Scops Japonicus, 147. 

 Scrobicularia piperata, 128. 

 Sea-anemone, the Dalyellian, 280. 

 Sea-eagle, 147. 

 Sea, motion of, 77. 

 Serpentine of Shetland, 97. 

 Serranus Norvegicus, 43. 

 Shearwater, greater, 213. 



,, notes on the Manx, 213. 



Shetland, serpentine of, 97. 

 Shoveler, 22, 123, 152. 

 Shrike, grey, 115. 



,, red-backed, 148. 

 Simpson, J., 187. 

 Sirex, sp. , on a large species of, taken 



at Kinleith, 218. 

 Sitta Europcea, 155. 

 Skirving, R. Scot, 22, 69, 249. 

 Skua, Buff"on's, 188. 

 Smew, 155. 

 Smith, Dr J. A., 22, m, 88-90, 101, 



114, 123, 134, 154, 188, 206, 218, 



290, 291. 

 Snipe, painted, 151. 



,, solitary, 22. 

 Society, the early history of the, 7, 19. 

 Solenocaris solenoides, 167. 

 Somersetshire, coal formation of, 93. 

 South Esk River, fossils in bed of, 67, 



59. 

 Sparrow tree, 148. 



Spontaneous combustion, note on, 75. 

 Spoonbill, 151. 

 Squatarola helvetica, 83. 

 Sturnus cineraceus, 148. 

 Stockdove, on the occurrence of, in 



south of Perthshire, 288. 

 Stark, R. M., 3. 

 Strix Jiammea, 208. 

 Sturnella militaris, 214. 

 Surmullet, 43. 

 Surnia nyctea, 206, 250. 

 Swallow, 149. 

 Swan, hooper, 152. 

 Swift, spine-tailed, 149. 

 Syrnium rufipes, 185. 



Tachydromus sex-lineatus, 43. 

 Taylor, Andrew, 23, 97, 219. 

 Teal, common, 152. 

 Tellina Balthica, 128. 

 Teratodes monticollis, 42. 

 Tervet, R., 133. 

 Thrush, brown, 148. 



,, Naumann's, 148. 

 Tit, cole, 148. 



,, marsh, 148. 

 Traquair, Dr R. H., 134, 135, 209, 



237, 263. 

 Tringa alpina, 151. 



,, crasairostris, 151. 



,, lobata, 22. 



,, minuta, 83. 



„ subarquata, 83. 



,, Temminclcii, 251. 

 Tropical forest, remains of, at Bourne- 

 mouth, 226. 

 Trout, common, 290. 

 Trowbridge, H. T., 118. 

 Tryxalis nasuta, 42. 

 Turdus fuscatus, 148. 



