XV1U 



CONTENTS. 



Roinney Marsh, ornithological notes 



from, 246 

 Rook in a storm, 59; dispersal of 



acorns by, 18, 19, 76, 105 ; in 



Outer Hebrides, 140; nesting in 



laurels and holly, 258 

 Rookery destroyed by Crows, 144 

 Roosting habits of Sparrow, 77 

 Ruff in aviary, 51 ; in Outer Hebrides, 



142 ; in Co. Sligo, 884 ; at Rye, 409 

 Ruticilla moussieri in Algeria, 126 

 Rye, ornithological notes from, 408 



Salamander in Holland, 331 

 Salmon, importation into London, 



360 

 Sambur at Woburn Park, 364 

 Sanderling, last flock on Romney 

 Marsh on June 2nd, 251 ; at Rye, 

 409 

 Sandpiper, Broad-billed, in Norfolk, 

 168, 174, 175 ; at Rye, 411 ; Com- 

 mon, breeding haunts of, 251, — 

 nesting, 372 ; Curlew, at Rye, 413, 

 414 ; Green, in Norfolk, 174, 175, 

 — at Rye, 409 ; Pectoral, Cumbrian 

 specimen of, 294 ; Purple, in Nor- 

 folk, 172 ; Wood, in Norfolk, 174, 

 —at Rye, 409, 414 

 Scientific Societies : — 



Linnean, 26, 79, 104, 147, 196, 235, 



437, 476 

 Zoological, 28, 106, 152, 197, 236, 



265, 477 



Entomological, 30, 108, 154, 239, 



266, 439, 478 

 Scissor-bill, anatomy of, 108 

 Scolytidae, new Oriental, 156 

 Scorpcena dactyloptera at Lowestoft, 



79 



Scoter, Black, in English Channel, 

 335 ; Surf, 294,— in Ribble, 294 ; 

 Velvet, in Norfolk, 176 



Scotland. — Local birds nesting in 

 Perthshire, 23 ; abnormal nesting 

 of Willow Wren, 102; Squirrel 

 killing small birds, 298 ; Hedge- 

 sparrow breeding on Bass Rock, 

 304, 358 ; Opah, or King-fish, off 

 Aberdeen, 306 



Seal and Whale Fishery, 1895, notes 

 on, 41 



Sea- Lion at Zoological Gardens, death 

 of, 466 



Sea-Otter, progression of, 106 



Secretary-bird, alleged snake-killing 

 exploits of, 112 



Seebohm, Henry, memoir of, 10 



Serin in Algeria, 128 



Serinus hortulanus in Algeria, 128 



Shearwater, Manx, in Norfolk, 174, 

 175, — in Warwickshire, 385 



Sheldrake, Ruddy, 120 



Shell-coloration, 62 



Shoveller in Somersetshire, 102 



Shrike, Great Grey, in Oxfordshire, 

 225, — near Namur, 334 ; Pallas's, 

 coloration of, 299 ; Red-backed, 

 note on, 70, 103, 355 



Siskin and Linnet, hybrid, 102 



Skua, Buffon's, in Norfolk, 175, 176; 

 Great, in Norfolk, 177, — in Somer- 

 setshire, 233 ; Pomatorhine, in 

 Norfolk, 176, 177,— near Hastings, 

 387, — in Sussex, 475 ; Richardson's, 

 in Norfolk, 175, 176, — near Hast- 

 ings, 387 



Skylark, white eggs of, 252 



Slugs, distribution of worm-eating, 

 437 



Snail, Roman, in Holland, 332 



Snake, new, 29 ; South African, mode 

 of swallowing eggs, 266 



Snakes, two little-known Opistho- 

 glyphous, 150; dentition of, 238; 

 deaths from, 359 



Snipe, Great, in Essex, 384 ; Solitary, 

 in Norfolk, 176; three-legged, in 

 Norfolk, 169 



Solway Firth, Tunny Fish in, 103; 

 Little Gull on, 385 



Somateria mollissima and S. spec- 

 tabilis in Norway, 454 



Song of Icterine Warbler, 194, 228, 

 258, 304 



Sorex, 237 ; araneus, breeding of, 432 



Sparrow, roosting habits of, 77, — in 

 Algeria, 131 ; Rock, in Algeria, 128 ; 

 Spanish, in Algeria, 128 



Spider, British Trap-door, 30; Taran- 

 tula, food of, 80 ; yellow, 480 



Spiders of the Amazons, 266 



Spoonbill in Norfolk, 173, 175, 176 ; 

 on Romney Marsh, 252 ; in Hol- 

 land, 321 ; young, on nest (figured), 

 322 



Squirrel, food of, 58 ; eating young 

 Starling, 173 ; killing small birds, 

 298; and strawberries, 350; climb- 

 ing a house, 298 ; with dark tail 

 in autumn, 349,376, 432; seasonal 

 changes in, 401 



Stag-hunting, alleged cruelty of, 464 



Star-fishes attacking Oysters, 390 



Starlings, white, 55; yellow, 177; note 

 on, 388 ; rearing two broods, 469 



