XXV11 



Sparrow, anecdote of, 1298 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Camberwell and 

 Faversham, 1509; at Clonmel and 

 Dunmore, 1509 ; near Norwich, 1509; 

 near Epping, 1509; at Cambridge, 

 1509; near York, 1510; near Kings- 

 bury, 1510; near Winchester, 1510; 

 in City Road, London, 1510 ; near 

 Tonbridge Wells, 1510 ; at Sudbury, 

 1510; at Aylsham, 1511 ; in York- 

 shire, 1511 ; near Hessle-upon-Hum- 

 ber, 1511 ; near Leicester, 1511 ; at 

 Blackheath, 1511 ; at Leyton, 1512 ; 

 near Yarmouth, 1512; near Redcar, 

 1512 ; at Hackney, 1512 ; near Up- 

 pingham, 1512 ; at Brislington, 1512; 

 at Chipping Norton, 1512 ; with 

 Acherontia Atropos near Hull, 1513 ; 

 near Nottingham, 1513; at Hythe, 

 Kent, and at Chelmsford, 1513 ; and 

 Acherontia Atropos at Tooting, 1513 ; 

 near Faversham, 1513; near the 

 Land's End, 1513 ; S. Ligustri, length 

 of time required in the change from 

 the larva to the pupa state, 1346 ; 

 note on, 1514 ; S. Nerii near Ham- 

 burgh, 1514 



S. (Deilephila) Galii at Lewes, 1514 ; at 

 Faversham, 1514 



Spiders, exotic, imported in dye-woods, 

 &c, 1219; remarkable habits of an 

 Australian, 1219 



Spoonbill in Andalucia, 1213 



Staphylinites, exhibition of strength in 

 the larvae of, 1238 



Starling, white, and curious facts respect- 

 ing starlings' eggs, 1550 



Stoat, anecdote of, preying upon bats, 

 1204 



Stork, white, near Fermoy, 1394 ; near 

 Driffield, 1501 



Stormy petrel in London, 1501 



Sturgeon, huge, in the Wye, 1419; in 

 the Usk, 1555 



Swallow, migration of, 1211 ; at the Car- 

 ron Iron Works in winter, 1247, 

 1297; late stay of, at Penzance, 

 1247; early arrival of, in Cornwall, 

 1368; late departure of, at Redcar, 

 1368 ; Australian spine- tailed in Eng- 

 land, 1492; note on a white, 1500; 

 new to Britain at Uppingham, 1550 ; 

 anecdote of confidence in, 1551 



Swans, singing of, 1214 ; fatting, 1250 ; 

 rusty tinge of, 1300 ; black, 1327 ; in 

 Scotland, 1501 ; in Britaiu, 1554 



Swift, singular habit of, 1499 



Tadpole-fish off Sherringham, 1264 



Tapinotus sellatus, 1517 



Tenacity of life, remarkable instance of, 



1357 

 Terns, near Worcester, 1555; near Pont- 



y-pool, 1555 

 Tetrastich us, note on, 1232 

 Thrush, anecdote of 1210 ; parti-coloured, 



1496 

 Tigress and lion, hybrid between, 1462 

 Titmouse, bearded, near Land's End, 



1298; note on the early breeding of, 



1497 ; blue-headed, ferocity of, 1367 

 Toad, eggs of a flesh-fly deposited in a, 



1215 ; fish, 1341 

 Tortoise, remarks on, 1336 ; egg laid by 



1399; eggs found in a, 1399 

 Trichius fasciatus near Loch Rannock, 



1460 

 Trin ga Schinzii near Penzance, 1554 

 Trochilium Allantiforme at Greenhithe, 



1515 

 Trolling, extraordinary, 1341 

 Trout, memorandum of spawning of, 



1215, 1264 

 Trypodendron domesticum iu the vi- 

 cinity of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1357 



Vanessa Antiopa at York, 1504 ; near 

 Epping, 1504 ; at Winchester, 1504 ; 

 near Stowmarket, 1504 ; near Lin- 

 coln, 1505 ; at Camberwell, 1505 ; 

 at Ipswich, 1506; at Kensington, 

 1506 ; at Tottenham, 1506 ; at 

 Streatham, 1506; in the Isle of 

 Wight and near Leatherhead, 1506 ; 

 near Leicester, 1506; near Woburn, 

 1506; at Limehouse, 1506; at 

 Mickleham, 1506; near Nottingham, 

 1506 ; at Saffron Walden, 1507; 

 near Norwich, 1507 



V. urticee, appearance in winter, 1273 



Ventriloquism in birds, 1371 



Virginian colin in Surrey, 1394 



Wagtail, white, in Kent, 1497 

 Warbler, Savi's, nest of, 1212 ; grasshop- 

 per and shrew, 1297 

 Wasp insectivorous, 1233, and dragon-fly, 



1242 

 Water-rail, note on, 1299 

 Weasels hunting in packs, 1462 

 Weather, effects of mild, 1298 

 Weaver-bird, crimson, in Kent, 1499 

 Whales at the Faroe Isles, 1207; at Ler- 

 wick, 1207 ; stranded on the Belgian 

 coast, 1462, 1528 

 Wheatear, singular variety of, 1496 

 Whidah-bird, red-billed, in Kent, 1497 

 Wolf, American, variety of, 1526 



