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Roller near Carlisle, 1378 



Rook, 1029, 1194, 1292; malformations, 

 1402; injurious to growing com, id. ; 

 will) a crossed beak, 1459 



Rookeries uniting, 1404 



Rookery at Great Stretton, 1214 



Ruff, 1033 



Ryiina Stelleri, 1353 



Salmon, large, in the Severn, 1321 



Sanderling, 1034 



Sandpiper, green, 1030, 1212; probability 

 of its breeding in North Lincolnshire, 

 1412; further remarks on, 1459; com- 

 mon, 10(56; purple, near Beachy Head, 

 1098; pectoral, 1128 



Saw flies, life-histories of, 1413, 1465 



Schizoneura, geuus, 1330 



Scouiberesox Saurus, 1463 



Scoter, black, 1285, 1319 



Scyllarus arctus off Penzance, 1223 



Selandria ovata, 1465 



Serpents, two, and a cat, 1343, 1381 



Shad, allice, at St. Ives, 1463 



Shag, 1128, 1196, 1373 



Shark, blue, 1256 



Shells, land and freshwater, a season's 

 collecting of in West Sussex, 1215 ; 

 seen or collected, early in June, during 

 a four-days' walk in Lancashire and 

 Craven, 1381 



Shieldrake, 1033 



Shoveller, 1126 



Shrew, albino, 1096; water, food of the, 

 1254 



Siphonophora, genus, 1049 



Silk-worm, American, 1225; enemies of 

 the, 1233 



Sipha, genus, 1328 



Siphocoryne, genus, 1299 



Siskin, 1033; in the County Dublin, 

 1458 



Skipper, 1463 



Skua, pomarine, at Eastbourne, 1099; 

 near Bridlington, 1462; at Flam- 

 borougb, 1482; on the Norfolk coast, 

 1483; commnu, on the Dogger Bank, 

 1462 ; Richardson's, near Flam- 

 borough, id. 



Slow-worm, kestrel feeding on a, 1177 



Smew, 1127 



Snipe, jack, 1029, 1034, 1477; in Au- 

 gust, 1059 ; spring moulting of, 1220 ; 

 common, 1 030,' 1089, 1 126, 1 174, 1 192, 

 1215 ; early breeding of in Sussex iu 

 1868, 1256: great, near Chrislchurch, 

 1422; in Cornwall, 1482; Sabine's, 

 1422; fawncoloured, 1459; solitary, at 

 Barnstaple, 1460; on Dartmoor, id.; 

 near Parracorube, 1461 ; in Wiltshire, 



id. ; on Salisbury Plain, id.; in Hamp- 

 shire, id. ; in Devonshire, id. ; in Sus- 

 sex, 1482 



Snipes, arrival of on the Cornish moors, 

 1459 

 „ solitary, 1352 



Sparrowhawk, 1089; white, in Suffolk, 

 1420 



Sparrow, house, 1192: variety of, 1058, 

 1218, 1406; tree, 1123, 1285 



Sparrows, English, in America, 1375 



Species, the death of, 1345, 1385 



Spiders, numerical proportion of the sexes 

 among, 1240; how they begin their 

 webs, 1301 



Spoonbill in the North of Yorkshire, 

 1135; on the Norfolk coast, 1295 



Squirrel, cat killing a, 1057 



Squirrels, do cats kill ? 1129 



Starling, white, 1031 



Starlings, gathering of, 1097, 1190 



Stelleria, 1353 



Stoat or ermine, 1185 



Stork, 1172 



Sturgeon, large, 1242 ; large, in the 

 Severn, 1295 



Swallow, 1032, 1089, 1215,1292; late 

 appearance of the, 1058; departure of 

 from Devonshire in 1868, 1479 



Swallow and maitin, 1095 



Swallows, 1219; in November, 1058 



Swan, 1174; mute, on Northam Bur- 

 rows, 1135; black, 1248 



Swift, 1033, 1411 ; decrease of and its 

 cause, 1406 



Tasmanian, 1388 



Telea Polyphemus, natural history of, 

 1226; description of the larva, 1234; 

 of the pupa, id. ; of the egg, id.; se- 

 lection and preservation of cocoons 

 intended for slock, 1235 ; hatching 

 out of the moth, id. ; rearing of the 

 larva in the open air, 1236; rearing 

 larvae under a shade, 1237 



Tern, lesser, 1318; in Devonshire, 1378; 

 black, in Somersetshire, id. 



Terns, colony of, 1067 ; wide-awake, 

 1098 



Tetraneura, genus, 1331 



Thrush, missel, 1030,1189,1194; with 

 malformed beak, 1131 ; early nesl of, 

 1177; singing while flying, 1218, 

 1294 



Thynnus brachypterus, 1463 



Tiger, Malabar superstition respecting 

 the liver of, 1374 



Tit, cole, 1065 



Tortoises laying eggs in confineme.nl, 

 1380 



