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2860; large flock of at Bedford, 

 2806; gray, 2338, 2655, 2783; ringed, 

 breeding at a distance from the coast, 

 2770, 2807; in Lincolnshire, 2783; 

 breeding inland, 2851 ; Keuiish, near 

 Penzance, 2806 



Polecat, 2754 



Polybvius Hensloii off Latuorna,28l2 



Poriunus corrugatus near Penzance, 

 2646 



Pratincole, collared, at Whitby, 2870 



Priiiia Stewarti, 2785 



Puffin, 2534 



Quail, food of the, 2484 ; near Norwich, 

 2521,2832; in Norfolk, 2601 ; nest- 

 ing between Hampslead and Kentish 

 Town, 2683; near Bury St. Edmunds, 

 id.; near Henley-on-Thames, id. ; in 

 Wdtshire, 2728; in the Engadine, 

 2837 



Quails, abundance of, 2440 ; in South 

 Devon, 2484; in North Lincolnshire, 

 2496; in Norfolk, id.; in Lundy 

 Island, 2521 ; in Devon and Corn- 

 wall, id.; in Wales, id.; breeding 

 near Hampslead, 2728 



Rabbit, 2757 



Rail, water, 2537, 2662 



Ra paces, 2835 



Rat, black, 2756 



Raven, 2537, 2631 



Redshank, 2534, 2653 



Redstart, grav, 2727; black, 2836; 

 Tiihys, 2867 



Redstarts at Scilly, 2849 



Rhipidura flabelli'fera, 2794 



Roach, weight of, 2445 



Roller in Orkney, 2561 



Rook, 2631 



Rooks breeding in October, 2439 ; nest- 

 ing in November, 2483 



Rotterdam Zoological Gardens, a visit 

 to the, 2838 



RuflF in Middlesex, 2852; and reeve 

 in Middlesex, 2806; in Norfolk, 

 2829 



Ruffs, 2852; and reeves at Yarmouth, 

 id. 



Salmo fontinalis, 2555 



„ salar, id. 



„ trutta, id. 

 Salmon, 2555 

 Sanderling, 2470, 2784 



Sandpiper, wood, in Somersetshire, 2441 ; 

 at Braunton Burrows, 2851'; Schinz's, 

 at Barnstaple, 2441 ; at Eastbourne, 

 2442; green, peculiar scent of, 2470; 

 at Scilly, 2485; near Barnstaple, 

 2809; purple, 2470; at Noilbam 

 Burrows, 2485; common, 2534; 

 spoiled, near Bury St. Edmunds, 

 2684 ; yellowshanked, near Marazion, 

 2807; pectoral, at Braunton Burrows, 

 2808 



Sawflies, life-bistories of, 2478, 2514 



Scomber grex, 2555 

 „ vernali-i, id. 



Scoter, velvet, 2600, 2603; near New- 

 bury, 2526; common, inland, id.; 

 near Beverley, 2644 



Sculpin, 2554 



Scymnus borealis, 2553 



Sea-fowl, preservation of, 2444 



Sea-lion of Southern California, 2493 



Seal capturing a herring gull, 2762 



Seal, harbour, 2541 ; harp, k/.; liooded, 

 2548; square-tipper, 2549; common, 

 2755 ; floe, id. 



Sebastes Norvegiciis, 2555 



Selandria melanoccpbala, 2478 



Shark, Greenland, 2553 



Sharpe, R. B, F.L.S., and H. E. 

 Dresser, F.Z.S., 'A History of the 

 Birds of Europe, including all the 

 Species inhahiiing the Western Palae- 

 arctic Region,' 2733 



Shearwaters, Manx, wholesale destruc- 

 tion of, 2646 



Shoulder-knot, rustic, 2696 



Shoveller, 2860 



Shrew, oared, 2753; valet, id. 



Shrike, great gray, 2439, 2633; red- 

 backed, 2538, 2633 ; breeding near 

 Wastwater, 2505; great gray, in 

 Shetland, 2561 ; at Ware, 2607; near 

 Clifton, 2726; gray, 2836; lesser, 

 gray, id. 



Shrikes, great gray, in East Yorkshire, 

 2482 



Sibbaldius borealis, 2551 

 „ tectirostris, id. 



Siskin, 2637 



Siskins in Wales, 2521 



Skua, Richardson's, 2829 



Slow-worm, 2759 



Smelt, American, 2556 



Smew on the Wandle, 2487; in North 

 Lincolnshire, 2495 ; in Shetland, 

 2537 



Smews in East Yorkshire, 2487 ; in 

 Norfolk, 2527, 2600 



Snake, common, 2759 



