132 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



sabinii, Xema. See Gull, Sabine's. 



Sanderling, The Chicks of the, 33; 

 in the Isle of Man, 218. 



Sand-Grouse, Pallas's, in York- 

 shire, 132 ; British Records of, 

 344. 



Sandpiper, Baird's, in Norfolk, 29. 



, Broad-billed, in Sussex, 257. 



, Marsh-, in Sussex (and in 



Hertfordshire), 356. 



, Pectoral, in Sussex, 339. 



, Spotted, in Sussex, 377. 



, Wood-, in Sussex in June, 



230. 



Sapsworth, A. D., The Peregrine 

 Falcon on the Yorkshire Cliffs, 

 52, 127. 



scandiaca, Nyctea. See Owl, Snowy. 



Scaup in Surrey, 230. 



schceniclus, Emberiza. See Bunting, 

 Reed-. 



Scoter, Common, Breeding in Ire- 

 land ; in Herts, and Bucks., 

 414 ; in Cheshire, 415. 



, Velvet-, on the North Coast 



of Wales, 265. 



scoticus, Lagopus. See Grouse, Red. 



Seppings, Captain J. W. H, Note 

 on Black-tailed Godwits in co. 

 Cork. 340. 



serrator, Mergas. See Merganser, 

 Red-breasted. 



Sharpe, Richard Bowdler, Note 

 on his Death, 233 ; Memoir of, 

 273. 



Shearwater, Levantine, in Scot- 

 land, 295. 



, Manx, in Warwickshire, 202 ; 



in the Isle of Man, 218; in 

 Berkshire, 231. 



Sheld-Duck, Common, in the Isle 

 of Man, 217. 



, Ruddy, at Sule Skerry, 204 ; 



in Norfolk, 271. 



Shetland, Rare Birds in, 378. 



Shoveler Breeding in Cumberland, 

 32 ; Nesting in Staffordshire, 

 58 ; Increasing as a Nester on 

 Lough Swilly, 340 ; Shoveler 

 in Cheshire, 414 ; in Hertford- 

 shire, 415. 



Shrike, Lesser Grey, in Sussex, 257. 



, Red-backed (nestling), 154 ; 



Returning to Nest in same 

 place, 160. 



Shrike, Woodchat, Devouring Swal- 

 low on board Ship, 187 ; in 

 Cornwall, 271. 



, , Corsican, in Kent, New 



British Bird, 369 ; Field-Notes 

 on the, 369. 



sibilatrix, Phylloscopus. See Wren, 

 Wood-. 



SlDDALL, C. KlNGSLEV, Notes Oil 



Breeding of the Great Tit, 186 ; 

 Black Tern in North Wales, 

 231. 



Siskin, On the Breeding and Eggs 

 of, in North Wicklow, 188; 

 Breeding-Habits in Ireland, 

 300, 330 ; feeding on Fir- 

 cones, 411. 



Skua, Great, in Ireland, 309. 



Smalley, F. W., Note on Diseases 

 in Young Black-headed Gulls 

 and Common Terns, 201. 



Smith, J. Beddall, Note on Blue- 

 headed Wagtail in Essex, 225 ; 

 Crossbills nesting in Kent, 402. 



Snipe, Nesting of the, in Wiltshire, 

 28 ; Perching, 59, 89 ; Variety 

 of (Sabine's), 258. 



Songs, The Meaning of Birds', 79, 

 121, 155, 156, 183, 221. 



Southwell, Thomas — A Memoir, 

 173. 



Sparrow, Hedge-, The British, 313; 

 Recovery of a Marked, 399. 



, House-, Unusual Nesting-site 



of, 118. 



, Tree-, in the Isle of Man, 216. 



, White-throated, at the Flan- 

 nan Islands, 204. 



spinus, Ghrysomitris. See Siskin. 



spipoletta, Anthus. See Pipit, 



Water-. 



Spoonbill in Norfolk, 32 ; in York- 

 shire, 128 ; in Devon, 232 ; 

 in Ireland, 330. 



stagnatilis , Totanus. See Sandpiper, 

 Marsh-. 



Stanford, E. Fraser, Note on 

 Crossbills Nesting in Suffolk, 

 371. 



Staples-Browne, Richard, Note 

 on the Longevity of Birds, 117. 



Starling, Curious Site for Nest of, 

 83, 118 ; Nesting in November, 

 309 ; on Lundy Island, 340 ; 

 Nesting in January, 343. 



