XIV 



CONTENTS. 



Phalacrocorax carbo, 378 ; graculus, 



380 

 Phalarope, Grey, at Yarmouth, 470 

 Phalaropus fulicarius, 470 

 Pharyngeal teeth of Fishes, 132, 450 

 Pheasant, some peculiar breeding 



habits of, 159 ; attacked by Stoat, 



227 

 Phidologiton affinis, 43 

 Phoca vitulina, 111, 448 

 Pholas crispata, breeding and boring 



habits of, 437 

 Phycis mediterraneus (fig. 3), 135, 



136 

 Phylloscopus rufus, 216 ; supercili- 



osus, 216 ; trochilus, 216 

 Pica rustica, 310 

 Pigeon, Wood, 153, 170 

 Pilot-fish, 141 



Pipistrellus pipistrellus, 428 

 Pipit, Alpine, 436; Meadow, 236; 



Tawny, 168 

 Plaice, 224, 446 

 Plectrophenax nivalis, 309 

 Pleuronectes platessa, 446 

 Podicipes nigricollis, 434 

 Pollack, 224 



Polyommatus boeticus, 15 

 Porpoise, 449 ; chasing Cape Salmon, 



40 

 Pratincola rubetra, 214; rubicola, 



215 

 Protection of Animals Act, 349 

 Puffin in confinement, 228 

 Purpura lapillus, 402 

 Pyrameis cardui, 15 

 Pyrrhocorax graculus, 469 

 Pyrrhula europaea, 308 



Eaia circularis, 445 

 Eaven at home (Plate V.), 321 

 Eay, Cuckoo, 445 ; Sandy, 441, 445 

 Eedpoll, Lesser, nesting near the 



ground, 390 

 Eedshank, 389 

 Eedstart in confinement, 229 

 Eedwing, 226 ; nocturnal habits of, 



361, 429, 431 

 Eeedham heronry, eighty-six Herons' 



nests in, 166 

 Eegulus cristatus, 216 

 ' Eeliqui^ Antiquse. Scraps from 



Ancient Manuscripts,' extract from 



(names of the Hare), 25 

 Ehacophorus leucomystax, egg-mass 



of (fig.), 393 

 Ehea americana, 37 ; darwini, 37 ; 



macrorhynca, 37 



Eoach, 221 



Eobiu, 30; Pekin, 392 

 Eockling, Three-bearded, 187 

 Eoller, 167 



Euticilla phoenicurus, 215 ; titys, 

 215 



Salmon, Avon, 155 ; Cape, chased bj^ 

 Porpoises, 40 



Salmonoids and Turbines, experi- 

 ments with, 241 



Salmon-Trout, 442, 448 



Sandpiper, Wood (?), in Lincolnshire, 

 432 



Sargus rondolettii, 452 



Saxicola cenanthe, 214 



Scaridffi, 456 



Schistocerca tartarica, 22 



Scomber concolor, 445 



Scotland — Turbot, 30 ; Willow- 

 Wren, 72 ; Osprey, 237 ; Lapwing, 

 296; Kite, &c., 317; Gannet, 73, 

 348, 386 ; Vertebrate Fauna of, 

 397 ; Long-tailed Duck, 432 ; Pho- 

 las crispata, &e., 437 ; Jackdaw, 

 469 



" Scoulter " (Bottle-nosed Dolphin ?), 

 449 



Sea, life in the, 472 



Sea-Bream. Common, 451 



Seal, 111, 448; Grey, in the Dee, 

 correction respecting, 111 



Seriola dumerilii (fig. 4), 139, 141 



Sharks, 225 



Shrew, Lesser, 27, — in Yorkshire, 

 276, 314 ; Water, in Surrey, 197 



Shrimp, Brine, bred from Tidman's 

 sea-salt, 280 



Skipjack, 140 



Skulpin (Dragonet), 223, 442, 443 



" Slinky," 444 



" Slipper-Limpet " or " Boat-Shell," 

 its introduction and influence on 

 Kent and Essex Oyster-beds, 401 ; 

 preliminary remarks, 401 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 403 ; its British intro- 

 duction and results, 407 ; appen- 

 dix, 412 ; description of Plates VI. 

 and VII., 414, 415 



Smelt, 13, 220, 448 



Smithsonian Institution, Annual Ee- 

 port (1909), 319 



Snail, African, a gigantic, wanderings 

 of, 41 



Snipe, development of, 205, 265, — 

 syrinx of Jack and Common com- 

 pared (fig.), 266; American, 269; 

 " Pintailed," 268 



