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Scoters, velvet and common, on Winder- 

 mere, 2230 



Scyllium canicula, 1973 

 „ catulus, 1973 

 „ melanostomum, 1973 



Sea-adder, 1972; painted, 1972; great, 

 1972 ; small, 1972 ; stiff, 1972 ; worm, 

 1973 



Sea-fowl captured near the North Cape 

 by foxes, 2071 



Sea-serpent, Captain Woodward's account, 

 2028 ; objections to Captain Wood- 

 ward's account, 2192 ; Lieutenant 

 Drummond's account, 2306 ; Captain 

 M'Quhae's account, 2307 ; Captain 

 Henderson's account, 2308 ; Captain 

 Beechey's note on, 2309 ; Mr. Stir- 

 ling's account, 2310; Dr. Mantell's 

 hypothesis, 2310 ; Dr. Melville's hypo- 

 thesis, 2310 ; supposed to be a Plesio- 

 saurus, 2310; its existence universally 

 believed in Norway, 2311 ; Professor 

 Owen's hypothesis, 2312 ; Dr. Cogs- 

 well's resume of the evidence, 2316 ; 

 Captain M'Quhae's reply to Professor 

 Owen, 2323 



Sericoris Douglasana, 1990 



Sertularia gracilis, 2223 



Shanny, extraordinary habit of, 2029 



Sharks. — Small spotted dog, 1973; larger 

 spotted dog, 1973 ; black-mouthed 

 dog-fish, 1973 ; white shark, 1973 ; 

 thrasher, 1974; blue shark, 1974; 

 porbeagle, 1974 ; miller dog, 1974 ; 

 smooth hound, 1975 ; picked dog or 

 spear dog, 1975 ; hammer-headed 

 shark, 1975 ; long-tailed shark near 

 Berwick-on-Tweed, 2075 



Shearwater, great, near Kobin Hood's 

 Bay, 2027 



Shrew, common, habits of, 1957; oared, 

 at Birkenhead, 2009 ; in Derbyshire, 

 2280 ; water, in Derbyshire, 2280 ; 

 oared, in Lancashire, 2289 



Shrike, great gray, in Spain, 1960 ; at 

 Carrow, 2018 



Siskin nesting near Durham, 2188 



Skate, 1977; long-nosed, 1977 



Skua, Buffon's, near Thetford, 2149 



Smerinthus ocellatus, eggs of, 2269 



,, populi, hermaphrodite, 2270 



Snake, anecdote of, 1968 ; in the hole of 

 a sand-martin, 2027 ; captured in a 

 mole-trap, 2028 



Sparrow — is this bird more useful or inju- 

 rious to the farmer ? 2188, 2299 



Sphecodes rugosus, 2209 



Sphaerites glabratus in Scotland, 2000 



Sphinx Convolvuli in Scotland, 1985 ; at 

 Battel, 2331 



Sphinx Druraei at Bishop's Auckland, 

 2076 



Spiders, touch of, 2328 



Spilonota amaenana, 1988 

 „ rusticana, 1988 

 „ trigeminana, 1988 



Spinax acanthias, 1975 



Spoonbill, white, in Spain, 1962 ; in Sus- 

 sex, 2066 ; at Aldborough, 2229 



Squatina angelus, 1976 



Squirrel, common variety of, 1957; in 

 Derbyshire, 2283 



Starling, singular nesting-place of, 2145 ; 

 white variety of, 2229 



Steganoptycha immundana, 1989 



Stilt, black-winged, in Spain, 1962 



Stint, Temminck's, in Spain, 1963 ; near 

 Oxford, 1969 ; near Penzance, 2259 



Stoat and rooks, 1 958 



Stoat in Derbyshire, 2282 



Stork, white, in Spain, 1962 ; at the 

 Land's End, 2147; near York, 2191, 

 2229 ; near Yarmouth, 2291 



Strickland, H. E., and Melville, A. G., 

 • Dodo and its Kindred,' 2259 



Sturgeon, 1973 



Sun-fish, oblong, 1973 ; short, 1973 



Swallow, white variety of, 2021 



Swallows at Penmanshiel, 1968 ; scientific 

 dictum of Dr. Johnson respecting, 

 2064 ; dug out of hedge-banks, 2302 ; 

 a plea in their behalf, 2303 



Swan, wild, anecdote of, 2024 ; on the 

 Tay, 2148; Bewick's, in Wexford 

 Harbour, 2026 



Swift, alpine, in Spain, 1961 



Sylvia hippolais near Dover, 2228 



Syngnathus acus, 1972 



„ anguineus, 1972 



„ aequoreus, 1972 



„ lumbriciformis, 1973 



,, ophidion, 1972 



Typhle, 1972 



Tern, gull-billed, 1963; black, near Ox- 

 ford, 2191 ; roseate, near Bicester, 

 2230 



Terrier, anecdote of, 2131 



Tetanocera dorsalis, 2200 



Tetratoma ancora at Colney Hatch, 2109 



Tetratoma Desmaretsii in Henhault Fo- 

 rest, 2109 



Tetrodon Pennantii, 1973 



Thornback, 1977 



Tit, blue, white variety of, 2027 ; great, 

 apparent migratory movement of, 2071 



Toad, tameness and voracity of, 2074 



