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Sparrow, tree, at Penzance, 6329; tree, 

 6598; house, id.; singular nest of, 

 6638; sung, 6702, 6783 ; field, 6707; 

 Savannah, 6708 



Sparrows, nidification of, 6535 



Species, tendency of to form varieties, 

 6357,6474 ; imported, on the propriety 

 of including in the list of British in- 

 sects, 6385 



Specific names, 6337, 6338 



Sphinx Convolvuli, notes on the food of, 

 6337, 6382; reason for the specific 

 name of, 6337 ; a ray of light on the 

 food-plant of, 6693 ; general appear- 

 ance of, 6732 ; larva? of, 6788 



Spider, scorpion, 6399 ; and wasp, 

 6732 



Spoonbill, 6377 



Squilla Desmarestii, 6565 



Starling, 6631 ; red winged, 6705 



Starlings, late hrood of, 6328 



Sterna Hirundo, 6747 

 „ nigra, 6378 



Sterrha sacraria, another specimen of, 

 6693 ; at Croydon, 6789 



Strix nyctea, 6702 

 „ virginiana, 6748 



Strophosomus limbatus feeding on Rho- 

 dodendrons, 6772 



Sturnus vulgaris, 6631 



Swallow, barn, 6705, 6785 ; green or 

 whitebellied, 6706, 6785; chimney, 

 6708; Canada or whitefronted, 

 6747 



Swallows, in November, 6328 ; late, 6492 ; 

 disappearance of, 6779 



Swans, black, breeding at Carshalton, 

 6330 ; occurrence of in Somersetshire, 

 6379 ; on the South coast, 6447 



Sylvia Blackburniae, 6748 

 „ canadensis, 6746 

 „ citrinella, 6745, 6784 

 „ pennsylvanica, 6747 

 „ pusilla, 6746 

 „ sialis, 6704 

 „ troglodytes, 6749 



Tseniocampa cruda, larva of, 6383 



Tanager, scarlet, 6748 



Tephrosia crepuscularia, note on, 6462 

 „ laricaria, note on, 6462 



Tern, black, 6378 ; great, 6747 



Thalassema Neptuni in Torbay, 6349 



Theridiidae, 6499 



Thomisidae, 6495 



Thrush, ferruginous, 6746 ; wood, id. 



Thrush and blackbird, friendly alliance 

 between, 6722 



Tiger " Jungla " shipped for England, 

 6441 



Timandra imitaria, description of the 

 larva of, 6789 



Tinker, Mr. Jethro, appeal on behalf of, 

 6505 



Titmouse, blackcapped, 6705 



Toads, live, underneath a bed of clay, 

 6537, 6565 



Topsell's ' History of the Wasp,' 6465 



Tringa macularia, 6786 



Trinodes hirtus, 6620 



Trochilus colubris, 6748, 6784 



Troglodytes europaeus, 6671 



Turdus lividus, 6747, 6784 

 „ melodus, 6746 

 „ migratorius, 6704, 6781 

 „ rufus, 6746 



Twite, 6600 



Upupa epops, 6672 



Vanessa Antiopa at Torquay, 6461 



Variety of the partridge, 6329; of the 

 common buuting, 6492 ; of the com- 

 mon buzzard, 6602; of common night- 

 jar, 6779 



Varieties of Heliothis marginata, 6339 ; 

 of Colias Edusa, 6732 



Varieties, tendency of species to form, 

 6357, 6474 



Vermin annoyances, 6402 



Vespa arborea, capture of in Cumberland, 

 5792 



Vespidae, British, contributions to the 

 Natural History of, 6641 



Violets, ants store the seeds of, 6697 



Wagtail, pied, 6595 ; gray, id. ; Ray's, 

 id. 



Wallace, A. R., extracts from a letter of, 

 6409 



Warbler, Dartford, in Norfolk, 6537; 

 blueeyed yellow, 6745, 6784; blue 

 yellowback, 6746 ; blackthroated blue, 

 id. ; chestnutsided, 6647 ; Blackburn- 

 ian, 6748 



Wasp, Topsell's History of the, 6465 ; 

 and spider, 6732 



Wasps, notes on, 6696 



Waxwing, Bohemian, at Weymouth, 

 6326 



Whales at Lynn, 6367; in the Indian 

 Seas, 6777 



Whimbrel, 6378 



Wigeon, American, 6706 



Wolf, how does it drink ? 6594 



Woodcock, nest of in Norfolk, 6562 ; 

 American, 6746 



Woodpecker, goldenwinged, in England, 

 6327 ; green, nest of, id. ; new British, 

 6444 ; greater spotted, 6670 ; lesser 

 spotted, 6671; yellowbellied, 6705; 

 goldwiuged, id.; redheaded, 6782 



