CONTENTS. 



XV 



Bhamphiophis multimaculatis, 176 



Bhinolophidse, 166, 167 



Ehinolophus, genus, 166 



Ehinolophiis bihastatus, 63 ; euryale, 

 63 ; ferrum-equinum, 2, 63 ; hippi- 

 soderos, 2, 294 



Roach, 60 



Boe-deer in Cumberland, 382 



Boiler and other birds in the Isle of 

 Wight, 386 



Book, usefulness in destroying cater- 

 pillars, 109 ; Long-eared Owl lay- 

 ing in nest of, 304 



Books, habits of, 268 



Borqual, Common, at Skegness, 190, 

 — in Norway, 215 ; Rudolphi's, 

 219 ; Small, at Plymouth, 262 



Budd, 60 



Salmo fario, 61 ; salar, 61 



Salmon, 61 



Salmonidffi, 61 



Sandpiper, Common, nesting of, 305 ; 

 Curlew, iu Shetland, 72; Green, 

 habits of, 110 ; Pectoral, in Nor- 

 folk, 433 ; Purple, in the Channel 

 Islands, 76 



Sauria, 57 



Scabbard-fish on the Cornish coast, 

 114 



Scarcity of Fieldfares, 71 



Scincidae, 58 



Scotophilus noctula, 142 ; pipistrel- 

 lus, 143 



Seal, West India, 191 



Seal and Whale fishery of 1886, 

 notes on, 183 



Sepedon haemachetes, 179 



Serotine, the supposed, in the New- 

 castle Museum, 234 



Shark, Thresher, at Portland, 393 



Shearwater, Manx, in Gloucester, 

 388, — in Herefordshire, 430, — in 

 Staffordshire, 430 ; Sooty, at Flam- 

 borough, 430 



Sheldrake, Buddy, in Ireland, 25 ; 

 or "Bar-goose" on the Essex 

 coast, 195 



Shrike, Great Grey, in Kent, 154 



Siskin, breeding habits of as observed 

 in Co. Wicklow, 338 



Sleep of the Dormouse, 281 



Slow-worm and Kestrel, 263 ; at- 

 tacked by a Missel Thrush, 307 

 Slugs, Sea (with illustrations), 41 

 Smew, food, 271 



Snails, muscular power, 114 ; rate of 

 progress, 309 



Snake, Common, 51 



Snakes of South Africa, synopsis, 

 171 



Snipe, curious capture, 346 



Societies, Scientific : — 

 Entomological, 34, 80, 119, 159, 

 199, 239, 277, 312, 357, 393, 

 436, 471 

 Linnean, 30, 77, 117, 155, 273, 469 

 Zoological, 31, 79, 118, 156, 197, 

 238, 275, 310, 469 



Song of the Chaffinch, 299, 348, 431 



Sparrow, House, misdeeds of, 390 ; 

 Tree, unusual nesting site, 265 



Sponges, striicture and life-history, 

 223 



Squu'rels at a distance from trees, 

 424 



Stags, hornless, 381 



Starling, open nest, 347 



Stenostoma nigricans, 173 



StenotomatidjE, 173 



Stickleback, Three-spined, 59 



Stoat, white, iu August, 345 



Sturgeon, 59 



Surmullet, Plain, on the Devonshii-e 

 coast, 155 



Swallow in Somersetshire in Decem- 

 ber, 269; Cat attacked by, 345; 

 unusual site for nest of, 467 



Swallows and Swifts in captivity, 

 372 



Swans with white cygnets, 463 



Swan, Bewick's, in Norfolk, 195 



Swift, late stay of in Ireland, 428 



Swifts nesting in Martins' nests, 348, 

 391, 428; and Swallows in cap- 

 tivity, 372 



Swordfish, a man killed by, 307 



Synotus, genus, 165 



Talpa europaea, 441 



Tarantula, Wasp attacking, 310 



Temnorhynchus sundevallii, 175 



Tench, 60 



Tern, Black, near Gloucester, 299 ; 

 Gull-billed, m Belfast Lough, 433 ; 

 White-winged, in Cornwall and 

 Scilly, 387 : Caspian, iu England, 

 457 



Terns, Lesser and Black, near 

 Gloucester, 387 ; Noddy and Sooty, 

 nidificalion in the West Indies, 429 



Testacella haliotidea, habits, 29 



Thrush, Blackbird laying in the nest 

 of, 194 ; nesting on the ground, 

 112 ; White's, in the SciUy Islands, 

 114; Missel, occasionally a bird of 



