XVI 



Sphecodes, descriptions of the British spe- 

 cies, 1011. 



Sphinx Convolvnli at Driffield, 1198. 



Spider, habits of, 1139. 



Spoonbill at Frensham pond, 878 ; in 

 Cornwall, 1193. 



Starling, nesting of, 1023. 



Stauropus Fagi at Hammersmith, 1043. 



Stelis, descriptions of the British species, 

 1154. 



Stylops, economy of, 949 ; observations 

 on, 1092. 



Swallow, nesting of, 868, 939 ; flight of, 

 939; hibernation of, 1136. 



Swallows, do they eat the honey-bee ? 1 137. 



Swan, Bewick's, at Somersham, 942. 



Swift, supposed new, 939 ; building of, 

 1 136 ; alpine, near Cambridge, 1191. 



Switzerland, butterflies of, 991. 



System of Nature, notice of, 1 162. 



Tenacity of life in Curculionidae, 1145. 

 Thrush, nesting of, 1023; new to Britain, 



1075. 

 Titmouse, nest and eggs of long-tailed, 



825 ; bearded, in Cleveland, 1135. 

 Toad, fly's eggs deposited on, 1138. 

 Trichius variabilis, 1145. 



Vanessa Antiopa in Silesia, 888 ; in So- 

 mersetshire, 945 ; in Kent, 945 ; 

 C. album in Cumberland, 1005 ; 

 Polychloros, 1084 ; Io, influence of 

 light on the caterpillars of, 1198. 



Vertebrata, British, notice of, 966. 



Vestiges of the Natural History of Crea- 

 tion, notice of, 954. 



Viper in Silesia, habits of, 829. 



Vulture, Griffon, in Ireland, 934 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 985. 



Wagtail, white, habits of, 940. 



Warbler, grasshopper, nest of, 941 ; Dart- 

 ford at Lytham, 1190. 



Wasps frequenting fir-trees, 1 156 ; nest 

 of, 1156. 



Water-rail, migration of, 876, 1025. 



Waterton, Mr., absence of, 866. 



Waxen chatterer, near Hull, 871. 



Weasel, anecdotes of, 856. 



Whale at Ilfracombe, 912; procreation 

 of, 1161. 



Wight, Isle of, birds of, 915, 970 ; rep- 

 tiles of, 1027. 



Woodcock, flight of, 876; varieties of, 

 903 ; shot on Cairn Monairn, 1137. 



Woodpigeon, nest of, 1137. 



Wren, golden-crested, 825; breeding twice 

 in same nest, 871. 



Xerene plumbata and rubiginata, 889, 

 1006. 



Yarrell's List of British Vertebrata, notice 

 of, 966. 



Zoophyte, description of a new, 1095. 



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