INDEX. 



509 



Skip-jacks, 142. 



Skull, of horse, 289 ; of bird, 340 ; of 



ram, 454 ; of ox, 458. 

 "Slaters," 98. 

 Slug-worm, of pear, 167. 

 Slugs, 267, 269 ; remedies for, 272. 

 Small Intestine, of horse, 300 ; of pig, 



446 ; of ox, 450. 

 Smooth Snake, 333. 

 Snails, 267, 269, 271 ; natural enemies 



of, 273. 

 Snake-flies, 255. 

 Snakes, 15, 330. 

 Snipe, the, 376. 

 Snow-flies, 246. 

 Soft-soap, 494. 

 Solidungulata, 440. 

 Solutr^ fossil horses of, 440. 

 Sorexfodiens, 475. 



11 pygmceus, 475. 



II vulgaris, 475. 

 Sparrow-hawk, the, 359. 

 Sparrows, 396. 

 SphingidsB, 176. 

 Spider-fly, 229. 

 Spiders, 14, 88, 101. 

 Spinal cord, 815. 

 Spiracles, 93, 95, 487. 

 Spiroptera obtusa, 59. 

 Spleen, of horse, 302. 

 Split swimming foot, of bird, 354. 

 SpongidiE, 14, 27. 

 Spongillafluiyiaiilis, 28. 

 Sporozoa, 23. 

 Stag-taetle, 145. 

 " Staggers," 47. 

 Starfish, 14, 30. 

 Starling, the, 393. 

 Stedman, Mr (quoted), 241. 

 Stem Eelworm, 72, 74. 

 Sternum, of horse, 291 ; of bird, 341. 

 Stifle-joint, 296. 

 Stoat, the, 461. 

 Stock-dove, the, 383. 

 Stomach, of horse, 299 ; of bird, 342 ; 



of pig, 446 ; of ruminant, 449. 

 Stomoxys, 228. 

 Stone Curlews, 376. 



II -flies, 255. 

 Strigidffl, 384. 

 Striped Click-beetle, 142. 

 Stnx flam/mea, 385. 

 Strongyles, of horse, 62. 

 Strongylidffi, 61. 

 Strongylus armatus, 62. 

 " Sturdy," 47, 481. 

 Sturnidae, 392. 

 Stylopidffl, 128. 



Sub-zonal membrane, 429. 

 Suidse, 446. 

 Sulphur washes, 494. 

 Sulphuret of calcium, use of, 482. 

 Surface larvae, 182. 

 "Surra," 22. 

 Sus serofa, 446. 

 Swallows, 399. 

 Swans, 361. 

 Swifts, 386. 



Sylvia atricapilla, 404. 

 II cinerea, 404. 

 hortensis, 404. 

 r, 112. 

 II coinmunis v. ovis, 114. 

 Sympathetic nervous system, 320. 

 Syngamus trachealis, 66. 

 Syrian Bee, 158. 

 Syrnium alueo, 385. 

 Syrphidae, 210. 

 Syrphus balteatus, 211. 

 II ribesii, 211. 



Tabanidae, 207. 

 Tdbanus autumnalis, 208. 

 II boviniis, 209. 

 II siideticus, 209. 

 Tadorna Bellonii, 366. 

 Tcenia ccenwrus, 47, 481. 



II echitwcoccus, 51. 



II expansa, 55. 



II serrata, 55. 



II solium, 41, 50, 481. 

 Tffiniffi, 42. 

 Taenicides, 482. 

 Tieniosis, 31. 

 Talpa ewopcea, 473. 

 Talpidse, 473. 

 Tapeworms, 34, 41 ; development of, 



44 ; human, SO. 

 Tarsus, of horse, 296. 

 Tasohenberg, Dr (quoted), 229. 

 Tasmanian Devil, the, 439. 

 Tawny Owl, the, 385. 

 Teal, the, 366. 



Teeth, of horse, 443 ; of wolf, 444 ; 

 of pigs, 446 ; of ruminants, 451 ; of 

 camivora, 459 ; of cats, 465. 

 Tenthredinidae, 152. 

 Teph/ritis orwrpodinis, 225. 

 Teslacdla, 271. 

 Testes, of insect, 96 ; of mammal, 



307. 

 Teirao scoticus, 369. 



■I tetrix, 369. 



II urogaUus, 369. 

 Tetraonidae, 368. 

 Tetramyohus tdarivs, 105, 107. 



