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" cock," pugnacity of, 9562; vemaik- 

 able pieseivutidii of egjj;s of, 9625 ; 

 singular position of nest of, id. 



Roller iu LincolnsLire, 9418; off Yar- 

 mouth, 9664 ; near the Land's Eud, 

 9782 



Rook in the Isle of Wiylit, 9500, 9719, 

 9721 ; in Lanarkshire, 9572 ; in Shrop- 

 shire, 9782; iiesl of, on the ground, 

 9626 ; fishin^r, id. ; white, 9662 



Ruff, plumage of, 9628; in West Sussex, 

 9809; on the Northaiu Burrows, Norih 

 Devon, 9848 



Ruffs and reeves in Cornwall, 9564 



Sacculina Carcini on the Devonshire 

 coast, 9848 



Sandpiper, purple, first arrival of in the 

 county Dublin, 9433 ; note on, 9468; 

 in Shetland, 9569, 9762, 9763 ; in the 

 Isle of Wight, 9583; common, in 

 Lanarkshire, 9442; in Dorsetshire, 

 9671 ; green, in Lincolnshire, 9573; 

 in West Sussex, 9601, 9809; wood, in 

 West Sussex, 9808; curlew, at Kings- 

 bury Reservoir, 9848 



Sawflies, life-histories of, 9471, 9549, 

 9635, 9749, 9830 



Scaup in Shetland, 9762 



Scolopacidoe, 9683 



Scoter, 9499; velvet, in Norfolk, 9577; 

 in East Sussex, 9578; surf, at Scilly, 

 9794 



Seal in the Taw near Barnstaple, 9465 



Season, backwardness of the, 95()2 



Selandria pusilla, 9830 



Senex Auslralis, 9426 



Shag ill Shetland, 9488,9761 ; in the Isle 

 of Wii^ht, 9583 ; in Dorsetshire, 9675 



Shark, fox, at Venlnor, 9P30 



Shearwater, Manx, iu Norfolk, 9405; in 

 Shetland, 9763 



Shieldrake, common, in the Isle of Wight, 

 9583 



Shoveller in Yorkshire, 9446 



Shrew, rustic, 9430 



Shrike, great gray, in Bucks, 9415 ; near 

 Beverley, 9418; at Preston, id.; in 

 Suflfolk, 9455; in Norfolk, 9576; in 

 Shropshire, 9775; redbacked, in the 

 Isle of Wight, 9603; iu Shropshire, 

 9775 



Silkworm, a new American, 9620 



Siskin in Shropshire, 9781 



Skua in Shetland, 9401, 9763; Richard- 

 son's, in Shetland, if/.; iu Norfolk, 9406 



Sloth, 9517 



Smew on the River Hull, 9529; in Nor- 

 folk, 9576; in East Sussex, 9578 



Snake, smooth, note on the capture and 

 habits of, 9734 



Snakes in New Granada, 9512 



Snipe iu Shetland, 9438, 9487, 9618, 

 9690, 9764, 9766; in Lincolnshire, 

 9774; malformation of beak of a, 

 9564; nesting in Warwickshire, 9628 ; 

 in Dorsetshire, 9671 ; in the middle of 

 July, 9733; jack, in Shetland, 9436, 

 9518; in Yorkshire, 9527; abundance 

 of during the past winter, 9564; soli- 

 tary, near Tlietford, id. 



Snipes, young, 9793; nesting at Liphook, 

 id.; and wagtails, if/. 



Snow-cock, Himalayan, 9393 



Sparrowhavvk in Dorsetshire, 9666 ; in 

 Shropshire, 9685 



Sparrow, house, 9583, 971 1, 9803 ; tree, 

 in Shropshire, 9780; in the Isle of 

 Wight, 9840 



Sparrows, black, 9467, 9531 



Sparrowhawk, in Lanarkshire, 9440; in 

 the Isle of Wight, 9499, 9604, 9609 



Sparrowhawks, voracity of young, 9416; 

 nests of, 9465, 9539 



Spider, water, notes on, 9737 



Spiders, habits of, 9471 



Spoonbill iu Norfolk, 9406 ; on the coast 

 of Norfolk, 9418; near Hilston, 9564 



Squirrel, common, black specimen of, 

 9431; habitsof the, 9481, 9648; note 

 on the, 9560 ; food of the, id, ; breeding 

 • of the, 9648 



Starling, in Dorsetshire, 9668; iu Shet- 

 land, 9762; redwinged, near Liphook, 

 9782 



Starlings in Lincolnshire, 9535; in the 

 Isle of Wight, 9583 ; nesting of, 9594 ; 

 discovery of skulls of, 9627 



Stint, little, in tiie Isle of Wight, 9583; 

 Temminck's, in the Isle of Wight, id. ; 

 in West Sussex, 9716; near Rainham, 

 Kent, 9848 



Stoat, 9644, 9647 



Stomach of cuckoo, villous coating of 

 9782 



Stonechat, a winter resident in Norfolk, 

 9455; in West Sussex, 9498; in the 

 Isle of Wight, 9499; in Lincolnshire, 

 9533; in Yorkshire, 9595 ; in Dorset- 

 shire, 9667 ; in Shropshiie, 9777 



Stork, white, in West Sussex, 9809 



Storks, anecdote of a pair of, 9453 



Sturgeon off Yarmouth, 9470 



Sturuidse, 9682 



Sucker, lump, at the Land's Eud, 

 9558 



Swallow iu Shetland, 9402, 9766; late, 

 9418; migration of the, 9434; in 

 Lanarkshire, 9441; iu the Isle of 

 Wight, 9607, 9843; iu Yorkshire, 

 9710; note on the, 9729 



