XIV 



Pudiceps minor, note on the nest of, 

 1803 



Polecat, 1925 



Porcupines, tigers eating, 1769; wild 

 animals eating, i84'2 



Poultrj-yurd in India, dangers to the, 

 IWIO 



Pratincole, 1492 



Prouellariida;, 1849 



Ptarmigan, rock, 1717 



Puffin, 1490, 1681, 1909, 1857; winter, 

 at Marlboiousli, 1951 



Quail, 1491, 1676, 1761 



Quails, 1695 



lialibit, curious dentition in a, 1798; 

 abnormal dentiiion in the, 1843; 

 variety of, 1927 



Races, human, on the decay of those 

 which inhabit tiie shores uf the Medi- 

 terranean, 1529 



Rail, water, 1677; spotted, 1697; com- 

 mon American, 1752; Virginian, id. 



Rana temporaria, 1929 



Kanidie, 1714 



Rat, nuisk, and frog, 1719; variety of, 

 1926 



Raven, 1498, 1547, 1674, 1846; Ameri- 

 can, 1744 



Razorbill, 1545, 1681, 1816 



Redpole building in Brighton, 1801 



Redpole, lesser, 1600; mealv, 1600, 

 1743 



Redshank, 1677, 1695, 1696, 1906, IS60, 

 1862; spoiled, 1946 



Redstart, 1545, 1671 ; nest of, 180! ; 

 blick, 1672, 1898, 1699; builds in 

 quickset hedues by the side of tiie road 

 near Oilerlon, 1883; American, 1694 



Redwing, 1497 



Regulus, firecrested, at Brighton, 1513 ; 

 near St. Leonard's, 1683 



Reptiles, British, collected observaiions 

 on, 1593, 1617, 1649, 1707, 1826, 

 1929; immuiable, 1595; metanioi- 

 photic, 1707; early a))pearance of, 

 1724 



Rhinoceros horn toppling forward, 1915 



Rhododendron ferrugineum, a hint re- 

 specting the Nematus-gall of, 1838 



„ hiisulum, Nemalus-gall 



on, 1869 



Robin, variety of, 1513; sitting in De- 

 cember, 1560; at fault, lci04; Ameri- 

 can, 1644, 1693; early nesting of, 

 1720; breeding in confinement, 1865 



Rook, 1546, 1763, 1910, 1885; variety 

 of, 1561, 1906 



Rooks and rookeries, 1514 



Romans, 1538 



Salmon, a monster, 1836 



Sanderlin^', 1676, 1750 



Sandpiper, purple, 1495, 1677, 1750; at 

 Wcston->u|)ei-Mare, 1645; in Snffidk, 

 1722; <rreen, 1498, 1677, 1697, 1858; 

 on the Norfolk coast, 1866; common, 

 1677; Bonaparte's, 1750; least, id; 

 Bartrnm's, 1751 ; semiialmated.irf. ; so- 

 litary, u/.; spotted, i(/. ; stilt, i(/.; yel- 

 low-shanked, uZ. ; hnfTbieasted, 1752; 

 curlew, at Spurn, 1946 



Sapsueker, 1691 



Saurians, 1618, 1649 



Sa«flies, life-histories of, 1614, 1729, 1947 



Scincoideop, 1649 



Scolopacidte, 1749 



Scoter, common, 1678, 1698, 1841 ; 

 breeding in Stiathmore, 1867; velvet, 

 1722, 1902; American, 1758 



Scyllurns arctus in berry, 1725 



Sh-ig, I6f^l 



Shark, fox, off the Slapton Sands, 1869 



Shearwater, Manx, 1861, 1761, 1849; 

 cinereous, 1720; greater, 1849; sooty, 

 id. 



Shellducks, 1489 



Shells, about, 1700 



Sbieldrake, common, 1678, 1698; ruddy, 

 1910 



Shooting punt, a tale from a, 1504 



Shoveller, 1678, 1739, 1755, 1909, 1910, 

 1912 



Shrike, great gray, 1494, 1495; at Dover, 

 1513; in Norfolk, id.; at Menley-on- 

 Thaines, 1560; great norlhero, 1742; 

 redbacked, 1861 ; each species of nests 

 near Lee, 18H3 



Sibylliua, on the affinities of the genus, 

 1566 



Siredon into Amblystoma, observations 

 on the nielainor|>hosis of, 1569 



Siskins, 1762, 1885 



Skua, 1499; poiiiarine, at Exmouth, 

 1518; near Faversham, if/. ; at Aldc- 

 burgb, 1868; Richardson's, 1697; 

 arctic, 1850 ; BufFon's, id. 



Slow-worm, 1649 



Smew, 1678 



Snake, common, 1651; lizard, 1653; 

 sparrow fascinated by a, 1918 



Snake-poisiui and its reputed aiilidoles, 

 1809, 1870, 1889; the poison very soon 

 becomes exhausted by freciuenl biiing, 

 1876; antidote for, 1879; experiments, 

 1889, 1900, 1903 



Snake-stone, no truth in the virtue at- 

 tributed to the, 1877 



Snakes, jottings on, 1809 



Snipe, 1498, 1861; and woodcocks. 



