XV 



Salmon, large, in tbe Severn and Wye, 



916 

 Sanderling, 538, 899 

 Sandpiper, 871, 900; green, 543, 547; in 



Suffolk, 759; near Ingatestone, Essex, 



915; purple, on the South coast of 



Devon, 562 ; first arrival of in 1866, 



682; its habits, id. ; in Stirlingshire, 



902 ; curlew, in the Isle of Wight, 



912; near Aldeburgh, 950 ; at Grange- 

 mouth, id. ; wood, near Aldeburgh, id. 

 Sandpipers, green and wood, 973 ; wood, 



extraordinary flock of at Rainham, 



Kent, 991 

 Sawflies, life-histories of, 639 

 Scolopax gallinula, 770 

 Scops asio, 749 

 Scoter, velvet, in Shropshire, 633 ; surf, 



at Scilly, 1017 

 Scyllarus arctus near Penzance, 563 ; on 



the North Coast of Cornwall, 878 

 Seal, Greenland, near Ryde, 700, 754 ; 



the gray — correction of au error, 787 

 Seals and Cetacea, 923 

 Shad, allice, in Mount's Bay, 916 

 Shag, 676, 906; crested at Christmas, 



687 

 Shama, 825 



Shearwater, great, 543; Manx, 543, 908 

 Shells, land, two rare in Sussex, 760 

 Shieldrake, 546, 903, 946 

 Shot, remarkable, 605 

 Shoveller, 741, 903 



Shrew, common, 668, 882; oared, 668 

 Shrike, great gray, 540, 555, 594, 595, 



887; woodchat, in the neighbourhood 



of Plymouth, 557; redbacked, 689; 



lesser gray a British bird, 703 

 Shrikes, the two great gray, 555, 605 

 Siskin, 543, 597, 893 ; at Oatlands, 705 ; 



in Buckinghamshire, id. 

 Siskins during the first week in March, 



825 

 Skua, common, 811 ; piebald variety of, 



992 ; Richardson's, 907; Buffon's, on 



the Norfolk coast, 992 

 Skuas, 1013 ; on the Thames, 1017 

 Slow-worm, hen swallowing a, 950 

 Smew, unusual occurrence of the, 608 ; 



in Suffolk, 759; on Loch Lomond, 



907 

 Smews from Holland, 636 

 Snipe, 537, 658, 901, 946; great, near 



Dorchester, 608 ; in Stirlingshire, 901 ; 



jack, id. ; early appearance of, 1016; 



great, and other rare birds, near 



Brighton, 1017 

 Sparrow, tree, 540 ; house, 892; martins 



«'building-iu"a, 915 



Sparrows, wanted in New Zealand, 913 ; 

 damage done by, 944 



Species and varieties, 719 



Spoonbill at Aldeburgh, 916; on the 

 Norlham Burrows, 1017 



Squirrel, 631, 668, 976 



Squirrels and cat, 753 



Stainton, H. T., &c, ' The Natural His- 

 tory of the Tineina,'9l9; 'The Tineina 

 of Syria and Asia Minor,' 920 



Starling, 742, 893, 944 ; redwinged, near 

 Liphook, 913 



Starlings hawking for flies, 593 



Stevenson, Henry, F.L.S., ' The Birds of 

 Norfolk, with Remarks on their Habits, 

 Migration and Local Distribution,' 747 



Stint, little, 590; at Leicester, 991 ; and 

 Teinminck's, 973 



Stoat, 631,668 



Stonechat, 591, 692, 737, 869, 1006 



Stork, gigantic, 834 ; black, 872 



Strix brachyotus, 763 

 „ bubo, id. 

 „ lappouica, 762 

 „ nyctea, id. 



Sturgeon, large, in the Severn, 836 



Sturnus vulgaris, 763 



' Summary of the Occurrences of the 

 Gray Phalarope in Great Britain in 

 1866,' 917 



Swallow, 533, 537, 597, 733, 734, 738, 

 896 ; late nest of, 606 



Swallow-sloue and swallow's herb, an in- 

 quiry into the nature and properties 

 of, 744 



Swallow-stones, 561 



Swallows, strange trap for, 990; at Sal- 

 ford, 1015 



Swallows and martins, 594 ; early arrival 

 of, 827; picked up dead at Aldeburgh, 

 990; dying from cold, 1015 



Swan, 662; instinct in the, 916; Bewick's, 

 903 ; black, id. ; mute, id. 



Swans, 974 



Swift, 543, 869, 896, 908 ; only perches 

 on its nest, 915 ; number of eggs laid 

 by, 915, 990; late, 990 



Swifts, capture of by hook and line, 827 



Sylvia aquatica, occurrence of for the 

 second time, so far as is known, in 

 England, 946 

 „ trocbilus, 765 



Systems, a review of, 584 



Tailor-bird, Indian, 826 



Tegetmeier, W. B., ' Pigeons, their Struc- 

 ture, Habits and Varieties,' 929 



Tench, curative powers of the, 563 



Tern, black, 542; Sandwich, 543; at 

 Exmouth, 832; ou Inchmoin, 906; at 



