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Regulus auricapillus, 2428, 2486 



„ ignicapilhis, 2487 

 Reptiles, British, 2575 

 Rliodaria sanguinalis in England, 2547 

 Robin, singular nidification of, 2495 

 Robins, curious nesting-place of, 2453 

 Rceslerstammia perlepidella, lxii 

 Roller in Sussex, 2497 

 Rook, 2430, 2561 

 Ruff, 2537 

 Rusticus, Letters of, 2442 



Salicaria arundinacea, 2533 

 „ Locustella, 2532 



Sandpiper, green, note on the tail-feathers 

 of, 2352 ; pectoral, near Yarmouth, 

 2392 ; green, 2432 ; spotted, at Whitby, 

 2455 ; near York, 2456 ; near Bishop's 

 Auckland, 2499 ; curlew, 2537 ; com- 

 mon, 2541; pectoral, correction of an 

 error respecting, 2568 



Saxicola QEnanthe, 2541 

 rubetra, 2532 



Scolopax Brehmi in Scotland, 2621 

 „ Gallinago, 2537 

 „ major, 2537 

 „ rusticola, 2537 



Scomber punctatus, xxix 



Scops Aldrovandi, 2596 



Scoter, velvet, 2539 ; common, 2539 



Sea birds, 2445 



Sea-serpent, Hon. T. H. Perkins's ac- 

 count, 2359; on the Orkney Isles, 

 2395 ; Mr. Davidson's account, 2458 

 seen off Cumberland Island, 2459 

 Lieutenant Sanford's account, 2459 

 Commander Herriman's account, 2541 



' Sea-side Book,' 2468 



Seal, crested, in the Orwell river, 2380 



Shearwater, Manx, 2625 



Shell, new, 2399 



Shicl drake, common, 2539 



Shrike, great gray, near Bishop's Auck- 

 land, 2386 ; near Shoreham, 2386 ; at 

 Heacham, 2411; in Suffolk, 2412; 

 near York, 2452 ; near Lewes, 2452 ; 

 great gray, 2478, 2536 ; red-backed, 

 2478 ; American greater northern, 

 2495 ; error in describing, 25(57 



Silkworms, second brood of, 2(>13 



Siskin, 2429, 2191 



Sitta Europaea, 2603 



Skeletons, inquiry as to the best mode of 

 preparing, 2474 ; replies to inquiry, 

 2522, 2557 



Skua, Billion's, in Huntingdonshire, 2392 ; 

 near Redcar, 2592; poinarine, 2625; 

 Richardson's, 2625 



Skylark, 2429 



Smew, 2540 



Snake, eel fascinated by, 2397 



Snakes, on sewing up the mouths of in 



India, 2433 

 Snipe, departure of in 1849, 2421 ; jack, 

 breeding in Norfolk, 2456 ; great, 

 2537 ; common, 2537 

 Somateria mollissima, 2539 

 Sparrow, destructive power of, 2348, 2350 ; 

 house, remarkable instance of sagacity 

 in, 2351 ; defence of previous state- 

 ments about, 2388 ; further observa- 

 tions on, 2389 ; granivorous propensity 

 of, 2415, 2417; tree, 2490; house, 

 2490 

 Sphecodes subquadratus, 2370 

 Spiders, sense of touch in, 2400 

 Spoonbill, &c, near Yarmouth, 2499 

 Stainton, H. T., ' Catalogue of Tineidae,' 



2549 

 Starling, 2430, 2559 

 Sterna arctica, 2624 

 „ Boysii, 2624 

 „ Dougallii, 2624 

 „ Hirundo, 2624 

 „ minuta, 2624 

 „ nigra, 2624 

 Stilt, black-winged, 2601 

 Stint, little, at Rye, 2529, 2569; Tem- 

 minck's, near Penzance, 2591 ; little, 

 2602 ; Temminck's, 2602 

 Stoat changing its coat, 2343 

 Stoats, pied, further note as to, 2407 

 Stonechat, 2483 



Stork near Wisbeach, 2568 ; white, 2601 

 Strix brachyotos, 2477 

 „ bubo, 2477 

 „ flammea, 2427, 2477 

 „ nyctea, 2477 

 ,, otus, 2477 

 „ passerina, 2478 

 „ stridula, 2477 

 Sturgeon at Wisbeach, 2500 

 Sturnus vulgaris, 2430, 2559 

 Sula Bassana, 2624 

 Swallow, 2534; white variety of, 2392, 



2568 ; chimney, 2604 

 Swallows, late stay of at Rye, 2352 ; mi- 

 gration of, 2391 ; late appearance of 

 in 1848, 2455; hybemating in the 

 cliff at Hastings, 2590 

 Swan, Bewick's, 2539 

 Swift, 2606 



Swordfish, combat with, 2396 

 Sylvia arundinacea, 2484 

 „ atricapilla, 2485 

 „ cincrea, 2485 



llippolais, 2486 

 „ hortensis, 2 185 



